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VOC shares, 1, 115–16, 121, 140– trading clubs, 121, 165–83; bargaining
42, 164, 172, 187–201; willingness supervision in, 170; Collegie van de
to take risks, 191–96 Actionisten, 169–73, 184, 197, 241;
Sprenckhuysen, Thomas, 100–101, 102, Confusión de confusiones on, 171;
114, 134, 137, 141 honor and trust, 167–69; Jewish,
Staets, Hendrick, 135, 138, 139–40 171; leverage and, 197; monthly
standardization, of VOC shares, 108–11 rescountering, 173–75; rules of, 170;
standard share value, 110 settlement, 173–75; speculation in,
States General: naked short selling ban 172
and, 65–66; permission to issue transfer of shares, 21, 23, 26–27; stamp
shares, 241; Philip II renouncement duty on, 26; VOC directorships
of, 14; VOC charter, 9, 10, 12, 13– procedure change, 89
14, 153; VOC petition to, 63–64 Treaty of Tordesillas, Republic ignoring
States of Holland: bonds issued by, of, 40
115, 153, 199; le Maire syndicate Trip, Louis, 191
petitions to, 63–64; VOC petition to, trust: in financial crisis of 2008, 2009,
61–62, 65 209; forward contracts and, 167; in
stockbrokers. See brokers 1672, 209; in tulip mania, 210. See
St. Olaf’s Chapel, 27–31, 30 also honor
straddle, 190, 278 tulip bulbs: court cases about, 119–20,
Straetmaker, Dirck Pietersz, 22, 23 211; scarcity and popularity of, 119;
Straits of Magellan, 54 speculation in, 116–21, 209–10;
Supreme Court of Holland, 65; van Winckel’s trade of, 117
Balck appeal with, 92; de Meijere tulip mania, 117–18, 120–21, 209–10;
appeal to, 84–85; on naked short club of bulb dealers during, 171
selling ruling by, 203, 204; ruling on Tweede noot-wendiger discours
directors’ case, 89–90; Semeij appeal pamphlet, 73
to, 85; tulip bulbs and, 119–20 Twelve Years’ Truce (1609–1621), 240;
Supreme Court of the Republic, 65, 99; Portuguese Jews and, 126, 128; terms
van Balck appeal to, 92–93; directors’ of, 40; war with Spain and, 127
appeal to, 90; directors’ case ruling
by, 90; on forward contracts, 85–86; usury regulations, 131
de Meijere appeal to, 85
Surck, Anthony van, 25 Vega, Joseph de la, 1–6, 50, 132, 141,
synagogue: courtyard, 1702 ban on 147–58, 168, 191–92, 221–23,
trading in, 124; 1677 ban on trading 228–31, 233–34
in, 124 Velaer, Jacques de, Jr., 11, 163; as broker,
Synod of Dordrecht, 116 35–37; correspondence of, 39, 41,
47–48; on forward share price, 60
taxes: levy on share ownership, by Velaer, Jacques de, Sr., 86, 87, 89
Dutch Republic, 132; on share Velters, Jeronimus, 140, 171, 216–19,
transactions, 147 238; as Amsterdam chamber
ten-year account, of VOC, 15, 23, 37, director, 154; crash of 1688 and,
38, 45 216, 233; forward contracts sold
Thijs, Hans, forward contract of, 57, by, 154; information and, 143–49,
58, 67–68 159; on information from Orient,
tradability, of VOC shares, 9–16, 141, 150–51; insider trading, 154; public
239–40 knowledge information of, 160;
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