i4 Investing at its Best and
then - losses have occurred through adopting defective
investment methods, and are not likely to be retrieved
by continuing on the plan that has proved a failure.
Such a policy is obviously unwise, and they should
forthwith set about improving their position. Never
theless, they would do well to take nothing for granted.
They should not adopt a new method of investment until
they have satisfied themselves, by personal investiga
tion, that it is fundamentally sound in theory, and has
during a number of years, and in an overwhelming
majority of cases, actually produced a stable income,
safety of capital, and ability to realise, without loss, a
portion of the capital invested.
That the system of Geographical Distribution of
Capital has produced these results is proved on
undeniable authority, as the reader can easily ascertain,
in the manner hereafter mentioned.
To begin an entirely new list of investments on geo
graphical principles is a very simple matter. The amount
of capital to be invested indicates automatically the
number of stocks to be held, and governs also the
number of geographical areas to be covered. In his
book, “ All About Investment,”*’ the originator of the
system gives detailed instructions upon these points.
The quality of the stocks to be selected is determined
according to the income yield which the investor desires,
and to the other objects which he wishes his investments
to secure for him.
* Published at 2, Waterloo Place, London, S.W. Price Is. Obtainable
from all booksellers and bookstalls.