CONTENTS

[The Purpose of This Book]

[The Human Element in Stock Market Transactions]

[The Pernicious Influence of the Stock Ticker]

[The Disconcerting Effect of Sudden Losses and Gains]

[Retired Business Men in the Stock Market]

[Stock Market Transactions Apart from Gambling]

[The Stock Market Produces a New Phenomenon—turns World-wide Disaster Into Local Prosperity]

[Nobody Loves a Bear]

[Frenzied Speculation is the Rankest Form of Gambling; It is a Perilous Indulgence]