4 FEBRUARY 1938, page 38

Finance And Investment

IT was not to be expected that in its present mood of disillusionment the City would summon up much enthusiasm for the van Zeeland Report. Hats have been raised to this worthy......

Electric Supply Preferences— Although The Market Is On...

see the long-promised Electricity Supply Bill, I think it will have to exercise itself in patience for many weeks. In its final form the Bill will be found to be without most of......

Banker On " Hot " Money

Not slump talk—although this was deprecated—but municipal extravagance and " hot " money were Lord Wardimgton's principal targets at the meeting of Lloyds Bank. It is unpopular......

A Basis For Confidence

In these dull days investors have plenty of time for taking stock of the position and, I hope, adjusting their portfolios, however painful this process may be. As a broad......