Those covered in these mini biographies are Arthur W. Cutten, P.D. Armour, Jesse L. Livermore, J. Ogden Armour, E.L. Harper, Joseph Leiter, Thomas M. Howell, Dr. E.A. Crawfort, Emil Wagner, John W. Gates, B.P. Hutchinson, Alexander Legge, James A. Patten, Samuel Insell,

Table of Contents: The Street, Midas Buys a Flivver, A Certain Little Grey Man, The Boy Plunger, Man of the Hour, Tragic Emil, The Man with the Lantern, The Doctor Looks at Eggs, The Giant Killer, The Gentleman Speculator, The Ghost of the Pit, The Prince of the Yards, Laugh Clown!, A Master of Mergers, King for a Day, End.

Extremely scarce content. Near impossible to find originals of this title.

ISBN 10: 1945574992

ISBN 13: 9781945574993

At the time this book was written, William Dunnigan had a P.O. Box at Stanford University and we believe that he was working within the University at some capacity. Much of Dunnigan’s work around this period was forecasting based on statistics and barometers. The book starts out with some notes concerning the revisions he made to his Composite Barometer due to reporting changes from the Federal Reserve Board. A table of these changes in included and provides an interesting data point from July 1930 as it prints Dunnigan’s 12 month forecasts and the actuals up to July. 

In presenting this treatise the writer seeks to accomplish a two-fold purpose: On the one hand, this booklet is concerned with a presentation and examination of a forecasting method which would have successfully predicted, had it been available since January 1920, the direction of the net monthly movement of average stock prices in 102 of the past 120 months. This forecasting method (termed “the composite barometer method”) is one result of an original investigation engaged in by the writer wherein a study was made. of the monthly movements of each of 125 series of business data as related to subsequent monthly movements of average stock prices. 

The other purpose of this treatise is to emphasize three facts which were statistically demonstrated in the writer’s research and which have, or should have , an important bearing upon any investing or trading program in the stock market. Briefly, these facts are: (1) Practically all of the popular barometers which are based upon current information (brokers’ loans, call money rates, pig iron production, freight-car loadings, etc.) exhibit absolutely no consistent relationship to the short-swings in stock prices; (2) Ultimate failure is almost certain for anyone attempting to forecast the minor movements of stock prices by one of even a few of the best barometers attempting to forecast the minor movements of stock prices by one or even a few of the best barometers, and (3) the investor or trader who believes he knows the immediate future of the market should always supplement that essential “knowledge” with either the acceptance of competent financial counsel or a personal study relative to individual stock values or opportunities. Rare, early Dunnigan publication.

Contents: Chapter I. Scope and Plan, The Value of Statistical Methods, Chapter II. The Value of Statistical Methods (Continued), The Necessity of Forecasting Average Stock-Price Movements, Chapter III. Statistical Research Reveals Common Fallacies, Chapter IV. The Composite Barometer Method.

ISBN-10: 1945574933

ISBN-13: 9781945574931

Alanpuri Trading, Los Angeles, 2022, Softcover, Reprint, Illustrated, An exact facsimile of the original 1930 edition by E.H.H. Simmons (President, New York Stock Exchange),  29 pp. 

Summary: Transcript of an address delivered by E.H.H. Simmons (President of the New York Stock Exchange) at the Thirty-First Annual Dinner of The Transportation Club in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania January 25, 1939. Simmons reflects in this 29 pages address what he feels were the most important causes of the 1929 “financial disturbance.” (Crash)

Contents: Introduction, Part II. High Price Levels, Part III. Income Tax on Capital Gains, Mechanical Inadequacy of the Present Ticker Quotation Systems, Short Interest, Part IV. What effect will the Stock Market Liquidation have on Business? Effects on the Banking System, Final Thoughts — end. 29 pp. (List of Charts: Weekly Stock Prices 1929, Indices of Industrial Production 1923 to 1929, New York Stock Exchange Share Market Activity 1925 to 1929, Current Values of Securities Listed as Result of Right Financing and Cash Received by the Companies, Monthly Public Security Offerings of Corporate Securities (Net Capital) by type of security 1926 to 1929, Monthly Public Security Offerings of Corporate Securities (Net Capital) by type of enterprise 1926 to 1929, Relationship between Brokers’ Loans and Commodity Prices, Annual Public Security Floatations (Net Capital) 1919 to 1929)  

This address by SImmons was given just 3 months after the 1929 crash and therefore is absent any of the knowledge of what was soon to come in the following decade. This is a great historical piece to view the mindset of NYSE President just 90 days after such catastrophic yet entirely predictable outcome to such a sharp run up of security prices.    

ISBN-10: 1945574607

ISBN-13: 9781945574603

The Principal Causes of the Stock Market Crisis of Nineteen Twenty Nine (1930) by E.H.H. Simmons, 29 pp.

Alanpuri Trading, Los Angeles, 2022, Softcover, Reprint, Illustrated, An exact facsimile of the original 1935 edition by Leonard P. Ayres (Vice President of The Cleveland Trust Company), 52 pp. 

Summary: Written in 1935, six years into the Great Depression, Leonard P. Ayres of the Cleveland Trust Company lays out his hypotheses as to its causes. Using a broad range of historical economic data points, Ayres presents his beliefs in great detail as to what factors DID and DIDN’T cause the Great Depression and other Depressions. Illustrated with some insightful charts and tables, this is a great reference to have in ones trading library. 52 pp.  

Table of Contents: PART I. Origins of this Depression, Wholesale Prices Since 1750, Sequences, Post-War Depressions Primary and Secondary 1815 to 1935, A World Depression, Industrial Production 1928 to 1934, PART II. Factors that Did Not Cause the Depression, Demand Deposits and Check Transactions 1929 to 1935, PART III. The Causes of This and Other Depressions, Concentrated Unemployment, Unemployment by Producers, Industrial Production, Volume and Factory Production 1900 to 1934, Turning the Business Corners, Deviations from Normal Production 1900 to 1934, Initiation of Declines and Recoveries 1900 to 1934, Purchases by Business and by Individuals, Finished Goods Produced in 1929, Financing of Production, Business Profits and Business Purchasing, Changes in Profit Prospects, Laws Cannot Cure Business Cycles, Conclusion, Summary — end. 52 pp. 

ISBN-10: 1945574615

ISBN-13: 9781945574610

The Chief Cause of This and Other Depressions (1935) by Leonard P. Ayres, 52 pp.

Alanpuri Trading, Los Angeles, 2017, Softcover, Reprint, Illustrated, An exact facsimile of the original 1981 edition by John A. Pugsley,  41 pp. 

Summary: Know best for his 1980 title The Alpha Strategy, here Pugsley pens a detailed analysis of the economy as he sees it, the Federal deficits and his strategy using Copper as a longer term tool as a hedge. Of note, the US Federal deficit in 1980 was a mere $908 Billion.

Table of Contents: Introduction, PART 1, INFLATION FORECAST: 1980-1985, The Conventional Error, The Source of Money, The Future of the Deficits, Will Supply-Side Economics Work?, Tax Reduction vs. Tax Reform, Will It Help?, Increased Savings Benefits Politicians, Increased Production Aids Government Growth, The Hidden Deficits, The Accrual Deficits, The Future of Inflation, Conclusion, PART 2, UTILITY VALUE THEORY, Value is Ultimately Based on Usefulness, Supply & Demand, The Cost of Production, PART 3, THE COPPER INDUSTRY, Production vs. Price, Long Term Production Trends, Foreign Development, Short-Term Supply/Demand Factors, Price Projections, PART 4, THE COPPER MARKET, Coins, Common Stocks, The Physical Metal, The Commodities Exchange, Margin, Deposit Enough to Cover Your Risk, Earn Interest on Your Margin Deposit, Distant vs. Nearby Contracts, Delivery vs. Futures, Taking Delivery, PART 5, THE COPPER PLAY, The Copper Play, Source of the Cycle, Buy Below Equilibrium, Conclusion, Charts: Gross Fed Debt vs. Consumer Prices 1950-1980, US Federal Deficits 1950-1979, Inflation-Adjusted Copper Price / Refined Copper Stocks in US 1965-1980, Copper Cash Price 1910-1980 — end. 41 pp. 

ISBN-10: 1945574550

ISBN-13: 9781945574559

The Copper Play (1981) by John A. Pugsley, 41 pp. 

Alanpuri Trading, Los Angeles, 2022, Softcover, Reprint, Illustrated ,An exact facsimile of the original 1980/81 edition by Phyllis K. Rueb 

Summary: In this 1980 edition with additional notes added in 1981, Phyllis K. Rueb, an expert in wheat trading, applies the Elliott Wave Principal to decades of her monthly wheat charts for Kansas City cash wheat prices.  This book documents here surprising assessments in support Elliott Wave Theory applied to wheat prices. Illustrated with tables, charts and graphs, 27 pp. 

Table of Contents: 

Wheat-Price Trends and the Elliott Wave Principle: early May 1980

Appendix: wheat, corn and soybeans futures: early June 1980

Update: early April 1981

Editorial Aids: Aids pages 1-4

Hand written additions (throughout document): early Dec 1981

ISBN-10: 1945574542

ISBN-13: 978-1945574542

Wheat-Price Trends and the Elliott Wave Principle (1980) by Phyllis K. Rueb, 27 pp.

Alanpuri Trading, Los Angeles, 2022, Softcover, Reprint, An exact facsimile of the original 1967 edition by James H. Sibbet, 99 pp. + Appendix and corrections 16 pp.

Summary: The function of the seminar (this book is a transcript the seminar) is to take up where others leave off and explain how to ride the inflation elevation three times or more so as to parlay your profits into a fortune by shrewdly switching from one leveraged inflation hedge to another at the proper times.

Contents: Transcription of the seminar at the Embassy Auditorium – Given by James H. Sibbet on September 14, 1966. The lecture is organized by first talking about the current stock market in 1966 and then he briefly surveys the economic and future stock market. Later he gives a more detail description and gives a brief resume of his mortgage book “Mortgages and Bonds Are In Jeopardy.” From there he provides and analysis of each of the inflation hedges separately, and then gives chronological analysis of the sequence of events and timing for each of the hedges followed by a summary. The majority of the content is from the Question and Answer Session and gives readers a front seat to the seminar. A great historical piece to observe inflation views, concerns and proposed solutions in the 1960s. 

ISBN-10: 1945574569

ISBN-13: 978-1945574566

How to Profit Three Times from Inflation (1967) by James H. Sibbet, 115 pp.

Alanpuri Trading, Los Angeles, 2023, Softcover, Reprint, Illustrated, An exact facsimile of the original 1943 by Frank Vignola (M.V. Woods), 40 pp.

Summary: In this 1943 title, Vignola (Woods) builds upon his original 1940 Price-Curve concepts to offer some more refinement. The Price-Curve being based on a theory of over-extension of price movement will give trading signals near the peaks and valleys of market movements.

Contents: Introduction, Three Basic Market Movements, Secondary Reactions, A Working Definition for Secondary Reactions, Line Formations Reactions and Resistance Points, The Breakaway, The Trading Area, The Price-Curve, PART 1: How to Construct the Price Curve, Instructions for Recording Data, Example 1, Example 2, Interpretation of Analysis, RULE 1, Mechanical Variations of Rule 1, Example D, Example E, RULE 2, Example F, Example 3, PART 2, How to Know When A Price Curve Signal is Valid, How to Limit Risks and Protect Accrued Profits, How to Trade with Breakaway Signals, Implications Given by the Breakaway for Making New or Additional Commitments, How to Use the Breakaway While the Market is Engaged in a Primary Movement, How to Trade A Breakaway from Primary and Secondary Resistance Points, How to Trade the Breakaway from Minor Resistance Points, Volume Activity, How to Use Volume Activity, When Volume Indicates Continuation of Current Trend, When Volume Indicates A Turning Point, How to Pick the Best Trading Stocks, Supplement, A Dow Theory Study, Using the Industrial Average Without Confirmation of the Rail, Summary of Signals — end. 40 pp. 

ISBN-10: 1945574585

ISBN-13: 9781945574580

The Price-Curve Plan of Stock Market Trading (1943) by Frank Vignola (pseud. M.V. Woods), 40 pp.

Other W.V. Woods Titles Available from Alanpuri Trading

(1940) The 80% Price Curve Plan of Stock Market Trading

(1946-48) Seven Studies in Stock Market Trading (Seven M.V. Wood Price Curve Bulletins from 1946 to 1948)

(1951) The Price Curve Plan of Stock Market Trading with Countertrend Signal Analysis

Alanpuri Trading, Los Angeles, 2023, Softcover, Reprint, Illustrated, An exact facsimile of the original 1940 by Frank Vignola (M.V. Woods), 15 pp.

Summary: THE 80% PRICE CURVE PLAN is a practical forecasting method for trading the minor price swings of the stock market. It’s purpose is to serve the trader as an indicator of when to buy and when to sell; to time the tops and bottoms of the many rallies and reactions that occur so often during the progress of a major bull or bear market, and to determine when the minor technical position of the stock market is strong or week.

The principle of the 80% Curve is logically based on a simple formula for measuring the extension of the price movement of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. The purpose is to determine the ratio between supply and demand of stocks at any given time, it being most likely that after completing a move in one direction, the market will retrace a part if not all of its previous move.

Tests have shown that if the signals indicated by the 80% Curve are followed, minor market movements can be traded profitably when the market is in a trading area.

The method is self-contained and complete, and the trader has the choice of trading either the long or the short side of the market, or both, according to personal preference. The 80% Price Curve Plan can be used in connection with the Dow Theory for trading a large or primary market movements. A few suggestions are offered in the text, and no doubt new ways of synchronizing the 80% Curve with the Dow Theory, and other trading methods, will suggest themselves to the student. 

Contents: The 80% Price Curve Plan, To Calculate the 80% Price Curve: Instructions for Recording Data, Example 1, Example 2, Interpretation and Analysis, RULE #1, Example C, Example D, Example E, RULE #2, Example F, Example G, Definition of a Trading Area, How to Protect a Market Commitment, RULE #3, Example J, Example K, Primary and Secondary Market Movements, Example #4, Example #5, Detailed Summary of Signals, Example Showing the 80% Curve as Applied to U.S. Steel, Supplement, A Dow Theory Study, — end. 15 pp.

ISBN-10: 1945574593

ISBN-13: 9781945574597

The 80% Price Curve Plan of Stock Market Timing (1940) by Frank Vignola (pseud. M.V. Woods), 15 pp.

More M.V. Woods Titles Available from Alanpuri Trading

(1943) The Price Curve Plan of Stock Market Trading

(1946-48) Seven Studies in Stock Market Trading (Seven M.V. Wood Price Curve Bulletins from 1946 to 1948)

(1951) The Price Curve Plan of Stock Market Trading with Countertrend Signal Analysis

Alanpuri Trading, Los Angeles, CA, 2022, Hardcover, Reprint, 109 pp. (originally published in 1969)

Summary: Hardcover reprint of a rare and highly sought after 1969 title by Osman Ghandour. As evident in the title, Ghandour’s concept centers around price momentum and how to recognize entry and exit points to capitalize on large price moves. 

Table of Contents: Foreword: Pitfalls in other market books. An attempt to avoid them. Expressions of gratitude. “Going public.” Objectives of this book. Introduction Chapter One: LEARNING ABOUT STOCKS THE HARD WAY Chapter Two: MORE STUDY – AND A BLIND ALLEY Chapter Three: BIRTH OF A CONCEPT How new concepts are treated. The importance of market turning points. Selling before a stock peaks. Basing decisions on momentum studies. Predicting market reversals. The gambling instinct. Chapter Four: THE O-G MOMENTUM CONCEPT Perils of investing. Consistency of the stock market. Laws defining course of moving objects. The stock market power in motion. Principles of force, speed, and acceleration. Importance of momentum. Example of gravity. Difficulty of measuring bull and bear forces within one trend. Value of graphs in forecasting. Chapter Five: CHART PREMISES Chapter Six: APPLICATION AND DEFINITION OF R INDICATORS Chapter Seven: R1 – N.Y. COMPOSITE INDEX Chapter Eight: R2 – VOLUME AMEX TO N.Y. EXCHANGE Chapter Nine: R3 – NEW HIGHS AND LOWS ON N.Y. EXCHANGE Chapter Ten: R4 – PERCENTAGE YIELD ON 30 DOW-JONES INDUSTRIALS Chapter Eleven: R5 – ODD-LOTS SHORT SALES TO PURCHASES Chapter Twelve: STOCK RECOMMENDATIONS SUMMING UP – AND LOOKING AHEAD GLOSSARY LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

ISBN-10: 1945574771

ISBN-13: 9781945574771

The O-G Momentum Concept and how I use It to foretell Stock Market trends (1969) by Osman Ghandour, 109 pp.