Bulls, Bears and Elephants: A History of the New Zealand Stock ExchangeElephants, in times of excitement, charge in herds through the African bush uprooting acacia trees as they go. New Zealanders, in times of fiscal excitement, charge in herd to their local stockbroker ... This book traces the development of the business of stockbroking in New Zealand and the growth of the Stock Exchange as an institution. It provides gripping accounts of the stockbrokers' central roles in tumultuous episodes in New Zealand history, from the quartz mining booms in the late 1860s to the economic reforms and speculations of the 1980s." -- Inside front cover. |
Contents
Acknowledgements | 7 |
Quartzopolis | 25 |
Punters Reverie | 57 |
The Institution Crystallises | 96 |
Depression and Its Aftermath | 137 |
Chrysalis | 171 |
Coming of Age | 197 |
Calm Before the Storm | 240 |
Charge of the Covetous Brigade | 272 |
Cause and Consequence | 327 |
Common terms and phrases
11 December advertising April ASE Committee Auckland brokers Auckland Exchange Auckland Star August Australian became brokerage broking firms broking leaders bull-run Buttle call-overs capital cent chairman Christchurch claims clients commission company's Corporation country members country's crash debentures December despite directors dividends Dominion dredging Dunedin Dunedin Exchange established Exchange brokers Exchange's February Fidelity Fund Fletcher Challenge floated Gold Dredging Company gold-dredging gold-mining industry insider trading interest Invercargill investment issue January July June listed companies loan March million mining companies mining shares Minutes National Business Review November NZSE October offices operators Otago Daily overseas Post profit promoters Reefton Reeves regulations Renouf rules scrip secretary securities sell September share prices share values Sharebrokers shareholders sharemarket small investors speculative Stock Exchange Association stockbrokers stockmarket takeover Taranaki Thames trading floor transactions trust ventures Waihi Wellington Wellington Exchange WRSE Zealand Exchanges Zealand Herald Zealand Stock Exchange