18 AUGUST 1928, page 30

Investment Stocks Steady.

Meanwhile, British Funds and kindred stocks keep absolutely firm and in the main the explanation is no doubt to be found in the great extent of the genuine investment demand and......

Impending Government Maturities.

During the next five months there are exceptionally large amonpts in Government bonds maturing and at one time that circumstance would have been quite sufficient in itself to......

The "tote."

The Stock Exchange Committee is so greatly to be com- mended for its prompt action in the matter of issuing a warning to the investor this week with regard to risks attach- ing......

Finance—public And Private

That Blessed Word— ALREADY there are signs in the United States of all financial matters being submerged in a stream of political oratory relative to the impending Presidential......

Financial Notes

MARKETS FIRM. CONSIDERING that we are now at the height of the holiday season the stock markets are holding their own in excellent fashion. In a few instances, in some of the......

Cold Economies.

A correspondent asks me to explain a little more fully how the various monetary centres can aid each other in economy in the use of gold. One obvious way in which there can be......