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of the capital of trusts, it was possible to
obtain absolute Capital Stability by investing
money in the Government stocks of a variety
of nationalities distributed over a world-wide
area. It is almost unnecessary to remark that
these Government stocks are, of course, Trustee
stocks in each of their respective countries of
issue. So that what we have already shown
to be true of internationally selected stocks
generally is, as might be expected, equally true
of internationally selected Trustee stocks ; that
is to say, when a group of international Trustee
stocks is so chosen that the bulk of each
stock is held in the country of original issue,
then each of the stocks which form the group
will be controlled by a separate trade influence,
and each will fluctuate as an independent item.
In brief, such a group of investments wmuld
display that very stability of realisable value
which is so conspicuously lacking in a group
of all-British Trustee stocks.
In The Investment of Trust Funds, we publish
a chart showing the price-movements of fifteen
Government loans which may fairly be said to
embrace every investment quarter of the globe.
In this group we have not failed to include
United States 4 per Cent., Spanish 4 per Cent.,
Russian 4 per Cent., Japanese 5 per Cent., and
Chinese 5 per Cent. Gold Loan, although alJ