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NOTES FROM THE EXCHANGE: All is not Gold that Glitters

... NOTES FROM THE EXCHANGE. tt Alt it mt Gold that Glitters. Dkar Sib, Capel Court. Much 9, 1895. The Bank profit are a little better than general expectation had put them at, and enough has been earned to pay 4¼ per cent., which, although not a grand distribution, is more than the proprietors received last half-year. If rumour is to be believed, India proposes to come again to this market for a ...

Published: Wednesday 13 March 1895
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1143 | Page: Page 52 | Tags: Letter 

NOTES FROM THE EXCHANGE: All is not Gold that Glitters

... NOTES FROM THE EXCHANGE. All (i net Geld that Glitter* Dear SlB.-- Oantd Oaurt. Get. 1 0. 1 805. Your determination to retire from active participation in Stock Exchange speculation, although deeply regretted by us, is hardly a surprise. We knew you had made more than a modest fortune within the last two years, hut, until your letter reaehed us, we had not an idea of the amount to whieh that ...

Published: Wednesday 23 October 1895
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 910 | Page: Page 52 | Tags: Letter 

NOTES FROM THE EXCHANGE: All is not Gold that Glitters

... NOTES FROM THE EXCHANGE. All is not Gold that Glitters. Dear Sir, Capel Court, March 23, 189o. I lie ad j ourned Bank meeting on Tuesday last brought up again the unpleasant affair of Mr. Adrian Hope's account, and ended in a savage attack upon that un- tortunateyictim of the late chief. cashier's financial methods, by Mr.' Cosmo Bousor. Mr. Hope was despoiled by the trusted officer of the ...

Published: Wednesday 27 March 1895
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 2033 | Page: Page 52 | Tags: Letter 

NOTES FROM THE EXCHANGE

... . All is not Gold that Glitters. Dear Sir, Capel Court, Nov. 11, 1893. Discounts remain firm, chiefly on account of the keen demand for gold in the market. Absolute, stagnation reigns upon the Stock Exchange, and very few brokers are making enough to pay office expenses. Probably, the large firms who for years have been doing gigantic business, three-quarters of which has been of a ...

Published: Wednesday 15 November 1893
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 872 | Page: Page 43 | Tags: Letter 

NOTES FROM THE EXCHANGE: All is not Gold that Glitters

... NOTES FEOM THE EXCHANGE. All is not Gold that Glitters. Dear Sip,. Canel Court, Aug. 24, 1895. The thunderstorm 011 Thursday cleared the air. What with the heat, a certain amount of reckless buying by weak bulls, the approach of the settlement, and the rumoured hitch about Barney's. Bank, the market had got so flustered that all sorts of rumours were flying about, and, among the most ...

Published: Wednesday 28 August 1895
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1097 | Page: Page 52 | Tags: Letter 

NOTES FROM THE EXCHANGE: All is not Gold that Glitters

... NOTES FROM THE EXCHANGE. All is not Gold that Glitters Dear Sir. Capel Court, June 3, 1803. The Bank return, showing such a large influx of gold, and increasing the proportion of reserve to liabilities from just over 37 per cent, to something under 42 per cent., has improved the tone of the money market, and brought discounts down, so much so that the rates on deposit have been lowered, and in ...

Published: Wednesday 07 June 1893
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1017 | Page: Page 47 | Tags: Letter 

NOTES FROM THE EXCHANGE: All is not Gold that Glitters

... NOTES EEOM THE EXCHANGE. All is not Gold that Glitters Dear Sir, Capel Court, Aug. 25, 1894. The Bank return disclosed record figures both in the reserve and the stock of bullion, and it is probable that the next few weeks will see the position even stronger than this week's figures. The week has been a dull one on the Stock Exchange, but has ended with a general rise in American Railways, ...

Published: Wednesday 29 August 1894
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1463 | Page: Page 52 | Tags: Letter 

NOTES FROM THE EXCHANGE

... . All is not Gold that Glitters. Dear Sie, Capel Coiu-t, Nov. 4, 1893. As we led you to expect, no change-lias been made in the Bank rate, although opinions were divided as to what the directors intended to do up to the last moment. The Bank return is not reassuring, and it is pretty clear that we must expect an upward movement in the official minimum before long. The two events of the week ...

Published: Wednesday 08 November 1893
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1019 | Page: Page 51 | Tags: Letter 

NOTES FROM THE EXCHANGE: All is not Gold that Glitters

... NOTES FBOM THE EXCHANGE. All is not Gold that Glitters. Deab. Sin, Capel Court, April 29, 1893. The Australian position remains the unknown quantity in all future calculations. When, a fortnight ago, we wrote you that with the great Australian banks it was a case of the Devil catch the hindmost, and that the old gentleman's appetite would probably prove voracious, we did not expect the truth ...

Published: Wednesday 03 May 1893
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1020 | Page: Page 47 | Tags: Letter 

NOTES FROM THE EXCHANGE

... . i All is riot Gold that Glitters. Dear Sir, Capel Court, Oct. 14, 1893. The features of the past week in Capel Court have not been very striking, while the account just concluded has been one of the smallest the Stock Exchange has known, even in these times of stagnation. The truth is that matters have practically come to a standstill in things financial, for, not only does the public hold ...

Published: Wednesday 18 October 1893
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1031 | Page: Page 54 | Tags: Letter 

NOTES FROM THE EXCHANGE

... NOTES EKOM THE EXCHANGE. All is not Gold that Glitters. Dear Sir, Capel Court, Feb. 17, 1894. Herewith we beg to return you your application form and cheque in the matter of the Gigantic Wheel Company, and to inform you that, in the exercise of the discretion you were good enough to invest in us, we have refrained from sending it in. Your speculative instincts, dear Sir, were in this case ...

Published: Wednesday 21 February 1894
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1016 | Page: Page 52 | Tags: Letter 

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS

... . Breakspears. We hope you have got our private letter, which answers all your questions. Shaxdox Balls. W e should hold Nos. 1 and 2. As to No. 3, it is a gamble. We do not advise buying more Londonderry's, as we think the mine is overvalued at about £350,000, which is what the present price of the shares represents. Axxiovs. The advertisements are mostly bogus, and you will find, if you ...

Published: Wednesday 29 May 1895
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 458 | Page: Page 52 | Tags: Letter