The aim of this book is to present in clear form the simple principles of investment, and to afford the reader a working knowledge of the various classes of securities which are available as investments and their relative adaptability to different needs. The book is an outgrowth of the writer's personal experience as an investment banker. Their intrinsic characteristics have changed in no regard except for their possibility of appreciation in provided cost estimate has become unequivocally more splendid. Their fall in cost has been because of two elements, one general and the other unique - first, the retention of fluid capital and ensuing ascent in loan fees, occasioned by the uncommon business action of the nation, and, second, the negative specialized position of the bonds, in view of an expanded stockpile despite a diminished interest. It will be seen that the subject of keeping up with the trustworthiness of the cash contributed involves extraordinary significance and may rank as a fifth figure deciding the determination of speculations, altho it's anything but an innate nature of every venture except is reliant for its impact upon general circumstances. If it is fundamental for the financial backer that his security shouldn't shrivel into the cost estimate provided, his best venture is a land contract, which isn't referenced and subsequently doesn't change for them.