30 MARCH 1929, page 44

" Bear " Markets.

There are still nearly two months to run before the General Election, in other words, two Months before uncertainty can be changed into certainty, and it is the definite......

Election Uncertainties.

Finally, we come to the important . factor of the unsettlement and uncertainty engendered by the prospect of a General Election. If examination were made of the general course......

Reparations.

The impending decisions of the Reparations Com- mission with regard to future plans for the settlement of German Reparations is not, of course, necessarily an un- favourable......

Points For Consideration.

Arising out of these considerations there are one or two observations which, perhaps, may usefully be made. The first is that those who have been selling securities during the......

The Cunard Position.

That the directors of the Cunard Steamship Co. should have been able to maintain their dividend at 7f per cent, with no appreciable decrease in the carry forward, notwith.......

Scottish Provident.

At the recent annual general meeting of the Scottish Provi- dent Institution the Chairman was able . to present a most excellent Report, the net new business for the year of......

Financial Notcs

HESITATING MARKETS. WHEN all allowance is made for the numerous adverse influences "operating, the stock markets must be described a , fairly steady. That does not mean,......

Mercantile Bank Of India.

The latest Annual Report of the Mercantile Bank of India shows great steadiness as regards profits, the total for last year of £250,201 showing merely a trifling shrinkage......