Excerpt from Scientific Stock Speculation: With Introduction and Notes In 1902 the railroad stocks were the principal part of the market. They were the favorites not only with investors but with speculators also. The U. S. Steel Corporation had been organized the previous year, the stock had been well dis tributed to investors, and in 1904 it sold below $10 a share. Other industrials passed through a similar experience and were for the most part regarded questioningly. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.