Henry Voorce Brandenburg & Co. (INCORPORATED) BANKERS 6 WALL STREET, NEW YORK, N.Y. Copyrighted 1901 Henry Voorce Brandenburg & Co....

This book is published to show the absurdity of trying to make money speculating in Wall Street without adequate capital and the ease with which it can be made with capital and proper methods. The following pages open to the public a safe, conservative, and highly remunerative channel for the investment of their surplus funds, which does not have the element of risk and uncertainty that exists in general business. PROFITABLE STOCK EXCHANGE INVESTMENTS You read a great deal about the money lost i

We give below a few definitions of some of the more important words used in the financial operations of Wall Street. The Street itself has been the center of finance of this country for nearly a hundred years, when the New York Stock Exchange was established. Here are offices of the greatest and wealthiest financiers the world has ever known. It is the greatest speculative center in this or any other country. Here are found the men who create and handle railroads and the largest industrial enter

The contents of this book, including the Wall Street definitions given above, should give the reader a pretty clear idea of what is done on the New York Stock Exchange, and just why and how the blundering public is continually losing its money and giving Wall Street a black name. It should convince you that you cannot afford to attack Wall Street by the methods that have been tried so many thousands of times and found to be utter failures. About the worst possible thing that can happen to a man

Q. How many small "lots" can you handle with a capital of one hundred thousand dollars? A. About one hundred. Q. In case of a sudden "slump," say twenty per cent., what is the result? A. No change of base is made. Q. Suppose some lots are on hand bought at higher prices? A. They are kept until sold at a profit, meantime paying a dividend. Q. Why do you buy dividend paying stocks? A. Because they carry themselves. Q. How often do you make purchases in a declining market? A. That depends on the ma

First-class propositions in railroad building, gas and water plants, electric lighting and power, street car lines, mines and industrial and mercantile projects fail because those who control them lack capital or the knowledge and facilities for obtaining it. It is our business to supply capital for meritorious enterprises. Thousands of people have millions of dollars to invest, and yet hundreds of good enterprises lie dormant for lack of cash. There is plenty of money for any really good projec