A stock or currency that is at its own yearly high must be judged for the possibility of going higher. It would quite possibly be a risky buy unless the upward momentum were pronounced and the indications of further progress were clear. The width of the range also has a bearing. A stock near the [...]

Shares are now owned by millions of ordinary people worldwide. By 1956, 37 million families owned automobiles a rise of 61 per cent in eight years. By 1956, 37 million married couples were living in their own households-an increase of 28 per cent over the total of ten years before. The $5,000-a-year income, that mystical [...]

No one can predict the future with any high degree of accuracy, and the farther ahead the seer attempts to look, the less accurate he is likely to be. Be receptive; good information is where you find it. Second, you will find that the costliness of information does not necessarily reflect its value. Much of [...]

In the vocabulary of investment, “speculation” is a nasty word. It suggests gambling, insecurity, long shots, luck, and similar improprieties. For old campaigners it stirs up memories of the 1929 unpleasantness, as damp weather tweaks the rheumatic joint. And, worst of all, it seems synonymous with money lost. For every speculator who pulls a coup, [...]

You feel yourself financially able and personally qualified to invest. You can meet the conditions of reasonable stability, reasonable flexibility, and reasonable caution. But nagging doubt remains. Wouldn’t you really be better off with your extra cash in a savings account? Or a piece of real estate? In short, is it really safe to invest? [...]

One of the simplest, most effective, and currently most popular methods of buying stock is the Monthly Investment Plan.The Plan now has more than 93,000 accounts in force, and new ones are being written at the rate of about 180 a day. Another 111,734 Plans begun in the same period have been completed or terminated. [...]

Investment for income is generally a long-term proposition. It implies stability and it makes particularly good sense for people who do not expect to become market experts or security analysts. In fact, there are respected authorities who state flatly that the investor who seeks anything more than income from securities must be classed as a [...]

Investment for income is generally a long-term proposition. It implies stability and it makes particularly good sense for people who do not expect to become market experts or security analysts. In fact, there are respected authorities who state flatly that the investor who seeks anything more than income from securities must be classed as a [...]

When you buy shares, do not buy just one stock. Buy four or five at least. The most sophisticated professional can often do no better than pick seven winners out of ten selected. Suppose he had bought only the wrong three that he thought were right at the time he bought them! When you invest [...]

Forex is more risky than the stock market but nearly 12,500,000 people in the United States today own common stock. This fact, so briefly stated, is of first-rank importance. For it summarizes one of the profound and far-reaching shifts in American social and economic life in the twentieth century. Never before in our history have [...]