Investment, an exact science

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Identifikator:: 865521182

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-48767

Document type:: Monograph

Author:: Lowenfeld, Henry

Title:: Investment, an exact science

Place of publication:: London

Publisher:: The Financial Review of Reviews

Year of publication:: 1906

Scope:: 1 Online-Ressource (X, 160 Seiten)

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Chapter IV - Why geographical distribution protects both capital and income

Collection:: Economics Books

70 to a similar extent. These facts show that the system of securing accrued profits and of re-investing the proceeds of the stock thus sold in some other temporarily depreciated security, can be followed alike by investors holding the choicest securities and by those who select the more speculative stocks. How large are the profits to be made by an investor who follows this plan may be gathered from the price - movements given on the Geographically Distributed Chart. It will be noticed that the stocks therein depicted fre quently rise 15 points in two years, and that on an average quite a third of them do this during the period. To speculators, of course, the above briefly sketched plan offers a wealth of possibilities, but we are not here interested in any speculative questions. By this time we trust that we have clearly established the advantages of Geographical Distribution. But it is important to remember that in order to secure the benefits of this system it is necessary to apply to it a thorough grasp of Stock Exchange markets, combined with an intimate knowledge of Political Geography. There are many intri cacies attached to the fact that so many stocks are situated in one country but have to be treated as belonging to another country, because

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