For many income investors, the ideal stock is one that pays dividends regularly and offers a high yield in proportion to its price. The investor for income is in good company. For 16 years—from 1942 through 1957—the common-stock dividends paid out by companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange showed an increase over the year before. Investment for income is generally a long-term proposition. It implies stability. (Although 100 shares of a stock paying $3 would produce $50 more income annually than one paying $2.50, it would take more than a year to rationalize the commissions and taxes paid to sell the latter and buy the former).

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Among outsiders you can hear it said that stock ownership is a rich man’s game. The fact is—according to a recent New York Stock Exchange Survey—that almost half of all shareowners are in the $5,000-$10,000 a year income bracket. Regardless of your salary or income level, investment is possible if three conditions can be met:

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When the Suez Canal was closed, stocks of companies obtaining appreciable amounts of oil from the Middle East reacted adversely, while domestic oils advanced, anticipating a greater demand on their production. The President, the Congress, the Supreme Court, and all the attendant government agencies, bureaus, and committees can take action influencing the prospects for companies or industries.

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As recently as September 1955, when the market plummeted nearly 32 points for a loss of $14 billion in values on the news of President Eisenhower’s heart attack, we had dramatic evidence that the market does not have absolute control of its nerves. And, by contrast, in December 1957, the market recovered in a few hours the losses occasioned by momentary alarm over the President’s cerebral occlusion.

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The exchange floor is littered with ticker tape, note paper, etc. Only brokers may trade. The highest price ever paid for a seat, at the 1929 crest, was $625,000. Members pay an initiation fee, annual dues, and 1 percent of net commissions from trades made on the floor.

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As a general rule, the dividend and yield will be positive if the stock is soundly priced as compared to the prevailing market.

At the end of 1957, a composite of all 992 dividend-paying stocks on the New York Stock Exchange had a market price of $42.02 and a dividend of $2.56, resulting in a (median) yield of 6.1 percent.

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Consumer credit, which in the past has expanded dangerously beyond people’s ability to pay, has reached astronomic heights with an astonishingly low percentage of defaults.

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Originally all common stock had a stated or “par” value, based upon the premise that this represented the actual funds paid into the company treasury; actually, few stocks sell at their par value figure, the price depending entirely upon the net asset value and the ability of the company to show consistent earnings and dividends.

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United States Savings Bonds were first offered in March, 1935, and later were designed as a venture for excess savings during World War II. Savings bonds such as these offer the investor certain very valuable features.

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