Paths to Wealth Through Common Stocks

Foreword ix

Preface: The Need for Additional Investment Books xix

Part I: Adjusting to Key Influences of the 1960's 1
Stocks and Inflation; Institutional Buying; Foreign Competition; Increased Population; The Economists Go Out-The Psychologists Come In

Part II: How the Greatest Increases in Stock Values Come About 70
Alert Corporate Management; A New Concept; The Role of Institutional Buying; A Reward Usually Overlooked

Part III: You and Where Your Investment Business Must Go 91
Methods of Investment Evaluation; Five Steps for Selecting the Right Investment Counselor

Part IV: Trivia but not Entirely 122
What About Mergers?; Voting Rights and Proxy Fights; Should You Buy or Sell Stocks Because of U.S. Election Prospects?

Part V: Major Growth Industries of the 1960's 149
The Chemical Industry; The Electronics Industry; The Pharmaceutical Industry; Other Interesting Industries; The False Growth Stocks of the Immediate Post-War Years

Index 205