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"Investor" Quotes from Famous Books

... of these, too, had particular friends, and within ten days Mr. Belcher had pocketed in his library the munificent sum of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. After a reasonable period, each investor received a certificate of his ...

— Sevenoaks • J. G. Holland

... New York the ten dollar game arose in this way, receiving Rook, Pawn and three moves, I lost on balance ten games, 5 dollars, and demanded double or quits which I was forced to comply with. Passed pawns bothered him also. I was New York Sun Chess Editor and not a chess book investor. ...

— Chess History and Reminiscences • H. E. Bird

... exploitation is so new to society that it has not yet awakened to its essentially criminal nature. Even if the business is able to pay good dividends on watered stock, the crime of overcapitalization is not lessened, though the harm done is now not to the investor but to the public. Stocks should represent only the actual value of the property, so that dividends may be only a fair return for capital really invested in the business. Where there is sharp competition, ...

— Problems of Conduct • Durant Drake

... immediately fall in value and are perhaps bought up by a syndicate of crafty speculators who are permitted to reorganise the road and its management. This is the history of many of our roads. There are exceptional cases, of course, but the investor should be familiar with the ...

— Up To Date Business - Home Study Circle Library Series (Volume II.) • Various

Words linked to "Investor" : shareowner, rentier, caller, bondholder, capitalist, invest, bear, bull, shareholder, loaner, depositor, stockholder, contrarian, lender