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V  .  The  publishers  of  this  book  will  both
prepare  Tables  of  existing  investments  as
heretofore  explained,  and  also  construct  complete ­
  Investment  Schemes  for  every  investor’s
individual  case.  Furthermore,  they  analyse
the  stocks  held  as  to  soundness,  and  suggest ­
  which  of  them  could  be  most  advantageously ­
  retained.  They  also  keep  up  a
permanent  Register  in  which  the  safest,  best,
and  most  remunerative  stocks  for  the  time
being  in  every  Geographical  Division  are
recorded.  By  means  of  this  Register  they  can
indicate  instantly  stocks  most  suitable  to
every  kind  of  Investment  Scheme.
There  are  some  investors  who  have  a
rooted  prejudice  against  all  Foreign  Investments. ­
  This  attitude  is  highly  patriotic,  no
doubt,  but,  like  every  other  fancy,  it  has  to  be
paid  for.
To  such  investors  as  these  the  theory  of
this  book  will  not  prove  palatable,  in  spite  of
the  obvious  wisdom  of  a  wide  distribution  of
investment  risks.  It  is,  in  our  opinion,  impossible ­
  to  construct  a  really  safe  Investment  List
consisting  of  British  stocks  only,  for  the  simple
reason  that  these  stocks  are  bound  all  to  move
together.  The  best  practical  substitute  which
we  can*  suggest  for  world-wide  distribution  of
investment  capital  is  the  careful  choice  of