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Index Enkhuizen chamber, of VOC, 10, 12, forward trading, 95–96, 208; in 207; Amsterdam chamber compared Amsterdam chamber, of VOC, 179; to, 155; director investment figures of Athias and Levy Duarte, 167; in, 14, 110; share found in 2010, 21; le Maire syndicate plan of, 55–60; share registers in, 9 price fluctuations and, 169–70; European options, 218 private contracts for, 96; settlement, Exchange. See Hendrick de Keyser 59, 109, 173–75, 241; standard Exchange share value, 110; of tulip bulbs, exchange agent, 162, 173, 276 116–21 ex-dividend, 205, 215, 243, 276–77 France: Bishopric of Cologne alliance with, 218; boom in, 243; war with, Fagel, Gaspar, 217 157, 184–86, 206, 217–18 Far East, information from, 41–44, 72, Francees, Josep, 189–91 150–51, 156 Franco-Dutch War (1672–1678), 153, Farnese, Alexander, 37 157, 178, 184–86, 204–7 Ferdinand II (king), 125 fraudulent shares: Abelijn refusal to financial crisis, of 2008, 61; Lehman replace, 83; ban on selling, 66; by Brothers in, 178; short selling Bouwer, 77–99, 79; court cases prohibition and, 66; trust and, 209 about, 80–86; van Cruijsbergen as Financial Services Authority, UK, 66 victim of, 79, 82–83; by van Foreest, Financial Times, 3 79; Geurts as victim of, 79; by First Anglo-Dutch Naval War (1652), Rosecrans, 79; Rotgans and, 91 169 Frederick Henry, 5, 168 Fletcher, Mark, 156–57, 159 futures contracts. See forward contracts fluctuations, in VOC share price, futures trading. See forward trading 169–70, 192, 196, 209, 223 Fokkens, Melchior, 105 Gabay Henriques, David, 159 Foreest, Cornelis van, 55; forward Gabay Henriques, Jacob, 140, 154, contract of, 57, 58, 67–68; fraud 158, 159 by, 79 gambling: in Dutch Republic, 115–16; forward contracts, 1, 56–60, 95–96, with leverage, 196–201 97, 98–99, 277; on basis of honor Geelvinck, Cornelis, 215 and trust, 167–69, 209, 211; Geer, Jacques van de, 83 with contingent claims, 187–88; genuine buyer, Rotgans as, 90–94 convenience of, 56; counterparties genuine shares, 82–86; forward contract for, 200, 201; grain merchants use of, and, 99 56, 65; honor and, 167–69, 209, 211; Gerritsz, Steven, 55 for leverage, 196; of de Meijere and Geurts, Tobias: as fraud victim, 79; Bouwer, 59; obligation to register, lawsuit against VOC directors, 86–90 63; options compared to, 188–89; Glorious Revolution, 214 of Overlander and Abelijn, 59, 82; Golden Age, 114, 194, 239 provisions of, 198; renunciation Golden Bend, of Herengracht, 138, 139 clause, 87, 96, 98; rescountering Gomes Cotinho, Samuel, 158 meetings for, 173–75; of Semeij and Gonsales de Andrada, Luis, 128, 165 de Meijere, 59, 82; of Thijs and van Gonsalves de Assevedo, Joseph, 194 Foreest, 57, 58, 67–68; trust and, Goyen, Jan van, 210 211; unfulfilled, by Dias Henriques, grain merchants: forward contract use 208–9; VOC registration, 66, 179 by, 56, 65; trade of, 102 289

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