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Investors  who  are  unfamiliar  with  work  of
this  kind  will  be  well  advised  to  have  such  a
table  prepared  for  them  by  an  expert,  as  it  is
of  indispensable  importance  that  this  table
should  be  correctly  made  out  in  every  detail.
As  soon  as  the  Table  is  complete,  the
investor  should  examine  the  examples  of
investment  objects  given  in  the  preceding
chapter,  ascertain  which  of  these  examples
represent  his  own  case  the  most  accurately,
and  then  compare  his  own  list  of  holdings  (as
shown  by  the  Table  of  his  own  investments)
with  the  recommendations  given  in  such
example.
The  investor  will  now  have  two  pictures
before  him,  the  one  showing  how  his  money
is  actually  invested,  the  other  how  it  ought
to  be  invested  so  that  his  capital  may  be  safe
and  his  investment  objects  obtainable.  Whenever ­
  it  is  found  that  an  investor’s  own  list
differs  widely  from  our  example,  then  prompt
and  drastic  action  should  be  taken,  and  the
list  rectified  without  delay.  Our  examples
are  based  on  a  life-long  experience,  and  have
proved  themselves  in  practice  to  be  correct.
On  the  other  hand,  we  have  hardly  ever  known
a  case  in  which  a  badly-constituted  list  has
produced  the  results  which  the  investor
himself  has  desired.