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The article discusses the acquisition of the Schenley Industries Inc. by Glen Alden Corp. which is owned by Meshulam Riklis. It says that Glen Alden has acquired 88% of Schenley's corporate stock. It tells that the acquisition provides Schenley stockholders with 13 dollars for each share that amounts to 85 dollars and a 100% debenture bond. Riklis adds that Schenley executives oppose to his terms because they are afraid of losing their positions.

The article discusses investment strategies as of November 2012, focusing on an analysis of why investments in stocks and bonds are not recommended in 2012. The Pacific Investment Management Company LLC (PIMCO) and its co-chief investment officers Bill Gross and Mohamed El-Erian are addressed, including information on the success of PIMCO's Total Return Fund which has reportedly outperformed its rivals for many years. It states that the global financial markets were stunned when Gross claimed that investments in equities are a Ponzi scheme.

The article offers news briefs in the U.S. International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) experienced difficulty in selling the bond issue during high interest rates which led to the decline of the earnings to 18 percent. Novice developer Nick Deane plans to convert an old factory building into 21 condominium apartments in Boston, Massachusetts. Traders Richard Lowrance undergone depression over the volatility of gold which dropped its volume to 50 percent.

The article focuses on French Finance Minister Joseph Caillaux's fight for a bill to relieve the Treasury based on the fact that the Treasury had to meet more than 21,000,000,000 francs of maturing short-term bonds. Caillaux's requests include the power to control departmental expenditure. The Socialists supported capital levy, but it was defeated 340 to 210. The bill was passed by the Senate and was signed by President Gaston Doumergue.

A list of events covered by "Time" magazine is presented, including the industrial magnates of Germany, the lack of bond buyers in Iowa, and the report that President Warren Harding never read the Declaration of Independence.

The article reports that for the second time in two weeks, the U.S. banks lowered their prime rate. The U.S. stock market got a lift from the rate reduction where the Dow-Jones industrial average gained 20 points to close at 781, its highest in seven weeks. The bond market experienced one of the sharpest price rallies in decades.

The article discusses the volatile decline of the U.S. stock market. It states that the Dow-Jones industrial average fluctuated downwards because of the North Viet Nam war, wherein investors took their money out of the market and invested it in fixed-interest bonds. It mentions that entrepreneur J. Pierpont Morgan forecasted the fluctuation even before it happened.

Several letters to the editor are presented in response to articles in previous issues including one on the death of the North Korean preacher due to manhandling by U.S. service personnel, one about newspaper publisher Cecil Highland of Clarksburg, West Virginia in the February 2, 1953 issue, and another on the airport bond issue of the city of Dallas in Texas in the February 9, 1953 issue.

The article reports on a speech delivered by U.S. Chief Justice William Howard Taft at the Supreme Court in Cincinnati, Ohio during the unveiling of the monument of Salmon P. Chase, a former resident of Cincinnati and chief justice. During the event, there were objections to the authority of the Supreme Court to declare acts of Congress unconstitutional. The proposed 10,000 U.S. dollars in annuity from steel bonds was also objected.

The article offers information on the bond-trading house in the U.S., Salomon Brothers Inc. It is stated that despite the poor condition in the market, where companies are reducing payrolls and closing branches, Salomon has moved into new offices that are bigger in size and are highly computerized. The company, which began as a bond trading house in 1910 and later diversified into other activities, traded around 135 billion dollars worth of bonds in 1969.

The article profiles 65-year-old Sidney Homer, research partner of Salomon Bros. & Hutzler, one of the Wall Street's largest bond dealers. It notes that Homer authored a privately published book titled "The Bond Buyer's Primer," a collection of insights on bond investment written intermittently since 1961. It mentions that Homer, a professional statistician as well as a bond analyst, came to Wall Street, New York after graduating magna cum laude in Philosophy from Harvard University.

Discusses the Treasury Inflation Protection Securities (TIPS) class of US Treasury bonds. The quick purchase by institutional investors; Comments from Deputy Treasury Secretary Larry Summers; Whether they are wise investments.

The article presents the decline of financial report of Douglas Aircraft Co. With its declining stock prices in aerospace planes and incompetent debentures, president Donald Douglas Jr. confirmed its minimal earnings as Douglas was also hit by Pratt and Whitney jet engines' delayed deliveries for the construction of DC-8 and DC-9 jets. Despite its losses, Douglas still tries to produce the DC-8-61 liners the United Air Lines has ordered.

The article focuses on the world capital shortage in 1957 induced by the increasing deficiency of money. It states that the capital shortage pushed the interest rate on U.S. Treasury bonds to the maximum point in about 25 years. It says that the shortage is due to the postwar boom, which is demanding businesses to expand and industrialize. It adds that a natural rationing system based on the laws of supply and demand should be created to deal with the economic problem.