The Story of Investment Companies

Presents the story of American investment companies from the initiation of the movements in the early 1920's through four decades. Also devotes space to an understanding of the British ancestors, the English and Scottish trust companies. Preface Contents 1. Our British Ancestors 2. Early American 3. The Roaring Twenties 4. “After Me the Deluge” 5. Investor Reaction 6. Political Reaction 7. Milestone 8. Public Approval 9. Canadian Experience 10. British Trusts Today 11. Current American Scene Glossary Bibliography Appendixes Facsimile Excerpts from Annual Reports of Four Investment Companies Index From their beginnings in the early 1920's to the present, including chapters on British and Canadian companies