Every man his own broker: or, a guide to Exchange-Alley. In which the nature of the several funds, vulgarly called the stocks, is clearly explained. And The Mystery and Iniquity of Stock-Jobbing laid before the Public in a New and Impartial Light. Also The Method of Transferring Stock, and of Buying and Selling the several Government Securities, without the Assistance of a Broker, is made intelligible to the meanest Capacity: and an Account is given of the Laws in force relative to Brokers, Clerks at the Bank, &c. With directions how to avoid the Losses that are frequently sustained by the Destruction of Bank Notes, India Bonds, &c. by Fires and other Accidents. Some Account of Banking, and of the Sinking Fund. With a supplement, giving a Concise, but Clear Account of the Valuation of Annuities upon Lives: with accurate tables of interest (and many others equally useful); calculated to a Farthing, at 2?, 3, 3?, 4, and 5, per Cent. from 11 to 5001. from One Day to Sixty, and from One Month t

People / Organizations

• Thomas Mortimer (Author)

Imprint

London : printed for S. Hooper, at the East Corner of the New Church in the Strand, MDCCLXV. [1765][1766]

Publication year

1766

ESTC No.

T118204

Grub Street ID

169758

Description

xvii,[5],196,[2],46p. ; 12°.

Note

'A new book of interest, containing, accurate tables, calculated to a farthing' has a separate titlepage, dated 1766, and pagination, but continuous register.