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The Questioned Stock Manual

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PREFACE                                         xi
CHAPTER ONE
STOCK TRADING AND THE ORIGINS OF
"QUESTIONED STOCK"                               1

     History of Stock and Stock Trading  The Name Game:
     Mergers and Acquisitions

CHAPTER TWO

SUCCESS STORIES                                 21

     Sleuth  Tracer  The Doctor's Library  The Engineer's
     Windfall  The Nudist's Certificate  The Baker's Estate s
     The Lucky Schoolteacher The Woman Who Changed
     Her Mind  Dig Deep


CHAPTER THREE
THE INVESTIGATION: 1    33

      Recommended Procedure  Starting Point: The Certificate  
      Itself  Sources of Further        Information  The Secretary of
      State The Securities and Exchange Commission  The
      Transfer Agent and Registrar   The National Association of
      Securities Dealers  Contacting the Company and Its 
      Officers Directly

CHAPTER FOUR

THE INVESTIGATION: 11                                             63

     R. M. Smythe & Company, Inc. The DiTectory of Ob-
     solete Securities  The National Monthly Stock Sum-
     mary  An Example: Resdel Industries  The News Media
     Other Sources

CHAPTER FIVE

SAVE THAT PRETTY WALLPAPER-.
Stock Certificates As "Collectibles"                             95
     The Mining Securities

CHAPTER SIX

DETECTION AND RECOGNITION OF FRAUDULENT
SECURITIES                                                       103

     Security Printing  Stringent Requirements for Valuable
     Documents  Aids in Detecting Counterfeits  Ten Quick
     Checks for Genuineness

APPENDIX:Sixty Years of Corporate Ups, Downs, and Outs
(1917-1977)     119

GLOSSARY        177




            

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