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The First Crash Lessons from the South Sea Bubble By: Richard Dale Normal price: 18.95 Our price: 18 + postage Bargain: save £0.95 ! Product code: 20492 ISBN: 0691119716 192 pages Format: Hb Published by: Princeton University Press, 2004, 1st edition There are no reviews available for this book

Description of The First Crash

For nearly three centuries the spectacular rise and fall of the South Sea Company has gripped the public imagination as the most graphic warning to investors of the dangers of unbridled speculation. Yet history repeats itself and the same elemental forces that drove up the price of South Sea shares to dizzying heights in 1720 have in recent years produced the following: - the global crash of 1987, - the Japanese stock market bubble of the 1980s/90s, - the international dot.com boom of the 1990s. The First Crash throws light on the current debate about investor rationality by re-examining the story of the South Sea Bubble from the standpoint of investors and commentators during and preceding the fateful Bubble year. In absorbing prose, Richard Dale describes the trading techniques of London's Exchange Alley (which included 'modern' transactions such as derivatives) and uses new data, as well as the hitherto neglected writings of a brilliant contemporary financial analyst, to show how investors lost their bearings during the Bubble period in much the same way as during the dot.com boom. The events of 1720, as presented here, offer insights into the nature of financial markets that, being independent of place and time, deserve to be considered by today's investors everywhere.

The First Crash - Chapter headings

Introduction 1. Coffee Houses, The Press and Misinformation 2. Exchange Alley and the Evolution of London's Securities Market 3. Origins of the South Sea Company 4. John Law and the Mississippi Bubble 5. The South Sea Scheme 6. The Bubble 7. The Crash 8. Crisis Resolution 9. Lessons from the South Sea Bubble Appendix I: Hutcheson's South Sea Parable Appendix II: Technical Note on Stock and Subscription Price Data 10. Conclusion Glossary Bibliography Index

Authobiography of Richard Dale

Richard Dale is Emeritus Professor of International Banking at Southampton University, United Kingdom. His books include Risk & Regulation in Global Securities Markets; International Banking Deregulation; and The Regulation of International Banking. He has been a Parliamentary advisor in the United Kingdom on financial regulatory policy and has testified before U.S. Congressional Committees on regulatory issues.

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