The Battle for Investment Survival

The publication of this up-to-date and enlarged edition of The Battle for Investment Survival is due to two factors—the steady demand for the first hardcover edition, which has sold over 200,000 copies, and the highly complimentary comments made by various readers of that edition.

1. IT REQUIRES KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE, AND FLAIR
2. SPECULATIVE ATTITUDE ESSENTIAL
3. IS THERE AN IDEAL INVESTMENT?
4. PITFALLS FOR THE INEXPERIENCED
5. HOW TO INVEST FOR CAPITAL APPRECIATION
6. SPECULATION VS. INVESTMENT
7. SOUND ACCOUNTING FOR INVESTORS
8. WHY COMMITMENTS SHOULD NOT BE HAPHAZARD
9. SOME “DON’TS” IN SECURITY PROGRAMS
10. WHAT TO LOOK FOR IN CORPORATE REPORTS
11. CONCERNING FINANCIAL INFORMATION, GOOD AND BAD
12. WHAT TO BUY—AND WHEN
13. IMPORTANCE OF CORRECT TIMING
14. STATISTICAL ANALYSIS, MARKET TRENDS, AND PUBLIC PSYCHOLOGY
15. PRICE MOVEMENT AND OTHER MARKET ACTION FACTORS
16. FURTHER TECHNICAL OBSERVATION 
17. MORE ON TECHNICAL POSITION OF MARKET—ITS INTERPRETATION AND SIGNIFICANCE
18. ADVANTAGES OF SWITCHING STOCKS
19. “FAST MOVERS” OR “SLOW MOVERS”?
20. DETECTING “GOOD” BUYING OR “GOOD” SELLING
21. QUALITIES OF THE GOOD INVESTOR OR INVESTMENT ADVISER
22. GAINING PROFITS BY TAKING LOSSES
23. YOU CANT FORECAST, BUT YOU CAN MAKE MONEY
24. STRATEGY FOR PROFITS
25. THE EVER-LIQUID ACCOUNT
26. A REALISTIC APPRAISAL OF BONDS
27. MERITS OF MINING SHARES
28. DIVERSIFICATION OF INVESTMENTS
29. TRAVEL AS AN EDUCATION FOR INVESTORS
30. GENERAL THOUGHTS ON SPECULATION
31. INVESTMENT AND SPENDING
32. INVESTMENT AND TAXATION
33. INVESTMENT AND INFLATION
34. Postscript
35. INVESTMENT TRUST INVESTING IS AVERAGE INVESTING
36. DON’T LOOK FOR MANAGEMENT AT BARGAIN RATES
37. MIRACLE PLAN INVESTING
38. DOUBLE DIVIDENDS
39. INVESTMENT MANAGER’S DILEMMA
40. I DON’T SELL—PEOPLE BUY FROM ME
41. MONEY FROM MARKET LETTERS
42. THE IDEAL CLIENT
43. PERPETUAL PROFITS