Thomas Gibson
The Pitfalls of Speculation by Thomas Gibson (1908) is a book on our Trading & futures shelf. Why most speculators lose money and what the few winners do differently. It suits readers interested in trading & futures, and it is legally free from Internet Archive (library-digitised scan). Licence: Public domain in the USA (pre-1931 library scan).
Download free from Internet Archive (library-digitised scan)Why most speculators lose money and what the few winners do differently. Gibson, a Wall Street market writer, covers overtrading, thin margins, tips, chasing prices and trading without a plan, then sets out sound principles for speculating in the market.
The licence listed for this title is: Public domain in the USA (pre-1931 library scan). It is published free of charge by Internet Archive (library-digitised scan), and TopFreeBooks links only to that official source; we do not host the file.
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