What a person invests in depends on his own criteria for investments. If he has come by his savings the hard way and in a lifetime of work has been able to accumulate a savings fund of $5,000, he may think it best to put it into the savings bank and draw 3% interest. At least he will be fairly sure that his $5,000 will remain intact in number of dollars.

On the other hand, he may look at his hard earned $5,000 and figure that unless he takes a risk his $5,000 will always be just $5,000, and only by running a risk will he be able to make it grow to say $50,000. He may recognize fully that he may lose the $5,000, but he concludes if there is no risk there is no possibility of large gain.

How a person invests is entirely up to him, and it is hoped that this book may have served the twofold purpose of showing a person in a general way what opportunities there are in which to invest his funds and of helping him to clarify in his own mind just what his investment objectives are safety or hope of specu lative gain or some objective between these two extremes. Investment - Read More.