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. To which is added, new tables of interest on India Bonds, calculated at 5 per Cent. - Directions how to avoid the Losses that are frequently sustained by the Destruction of Bank Notes, India Bonds, &c. by Fires and other Accidents. And an Appendix, giving some Account of Banking, and of the Sinking Fund. - With a Copper-Plate Table, shewing the intrinsic Value of the several Funds, and the Proportion they bear to each other, by which any Person may immediately know which is the ch

People / Organizations

• Thomas Mortimer (Author)

Imprint

London : printed for S. Hooper, at Caesar's Head, the Corner of the New Church in the Strand, M.DCC.LXI. [1762]

Publication year

1762

ESTC No.

T87416

Grub Street ID

307463

Description

[2],xxviii,211,[1]p.,plate ; 12°.

Note

With a half-title.

Uncontrolled note

Ht. from E