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    HOW TO INVEST
    MONEY

    BY

    GEORGE GARR HENRY

    _Vice-President Guaranty Trust Company, of New York_

    [Illustration]

    FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY
    NEW YORK AND LONDON
    1908




    COPYRIGHT, 1908, BY
    FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY
    [_Printed in the United States of America_]
    Published April, 1908




                      CONTENTS


                                            PAGE

    PREFACE                                   5

    I. GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF INVESTMENT       7

    II. RAILROAD MORTGAGE BONDS              23

    III. RAILROAD EQUIPMENT BONDS            40

    IV. REAL-ESTATE MORTGAGES                51

    V. INDUSTRIAL BONDS                      63

    VI. PUBLIC-UTILITY BONDS                 76

    VII. MUNICIPAL BONDS                     91

    VIII. STOCKS                            100

    IX. MARKET MOVEMENTS OF SECURITIES      108




PREFACE


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. Most of the
matter which is presented has appeared in the pages of