19 JANUARY 1929, page 32

In The More Speculative Departments, Price Movements Have...

irregular during the week, and industrial descriptions dealt in here and in the New York market have 'shown a tendency to react a little with some diminution in the volume of......

Financial Notes

MARKETS GENERALLY FIRSI. NoTwrrnsTANDINO - the stream of new capital issues there have been two_ factors which have exerted a favourable influ- ence upon high-Class investment......

Large Capital Issues: -

Certainly the market for investment • stocks has been pretty severely tested during the early days of the year, for within little-more than a fortnight we have had Trustee loans......

Tobacco Prosperity. T There Is A Solidity About _ The...

of the British American Tobacco Company which, despite magnificent divi- dends and bonuses, renders the proceedings at the annual meeting of a sober and almost commonplace......

Discount Houses' Profits.

The London Discount houses are able to give a good account of their operations for the past year and the annual Report of Alexanders Discount Company is an excellent one. The......

A Correspondent Asks For An Explanation As To What Induce-

ment there is for holders of 5 per cent. Treasury Bonds of 1988-35, to avail themselves of the opportunity for exchanging them for 4 per cent. Consols at £114 10s. That option,......

British Screen Productions. • • -

It is understood that the company has an arrangement ensuring the distribution of its pictures in -the United States, and that arrangements have also been made for the......