Word: cash
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...college-the next (Fort Hays Kansas State College) is 110 miles away -the farm lands around St. Mary's suffered impoverishing droughts in recent years. Students who should be attending do not have the money, and the young college run by the Sisters of St. Joseph has little cash to spare for a student-assistance program...
...just after the market hit a 1958 high of 510.33 on the Dow-Jones industrial average, the Federal Reserve Board joined the ranks of the worriers. Noting that customer credit had increased by $746 million in the first half of the year, it raised margin requirements (i.e., the minimum cash payment required on stock purchases) from 50% to 70%. While the Fed thought its action would act as a damper on speculation, changes in margins have usually had almost no effect on the market (see chart). After a brief dip last week, the market closed the week at 510.13, only...
...belief that the market would go lower. But the small investor, as shown by the odd-lot (under 100 shares) records, has been buying more than selling, added a total of 13,679,000 shares to his holdings by midyear. In June many small investors began to cash in their profits. Since then, they have been selling more stock than buying...
...drop in U.S. bonds stemmed largely from speculation. Because there is no margin requirement on Government bonds, speculators have been able to buy them for as little as 2% in cash. Last winter and spring, as credit eased, speculators correctly guessed that Government bonds would rise. Buyers poured into the Government bond markets and made a killing, as competition among bond buyers pushed prices of new issues far above par. For example, the 3½% bond that came out in February was bid up to 107.10, a price that gave speculators a profit of 250% on their actual cash investment...
Many U.S. firms have discovered that the best and safest method is to buy a partnership in a European firm. Faced with much stiffer competition in the common market, European manufacturers are eager to get U.S. cash and technical know-how to help them meet it. A U.S. firm, on the other hand, can profit from its European partner's intimate knowledge of his market and area...