John Moody was a U.S. financial analyst and investor. He pioneered the rating of bonds and founded Moody's Investors Service and in the early 20th century, wrote several books on this topic.
Moody's Manuals are still issued, carrying on the tradition begun by the seminal Moody's Manual of Railroads and Corporation Securities and continued by the annual Moody's Analyses of Investments.
This book, "How to Invest Wisely", is one of several books written by John Moody that are now available in an ebook format sold at half it's original publication price.
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Original Advertisement:
"Diversified Investing
"Price of the Book, $2.00 per copy net
"This subject is fully covered in a small volume entitled "How to Invest Money Wisely," by John Moody, which we have recently published. For many years Mr. Moody has made a careful study of this subject in connection with his work as an analyst and advisor for bankers, financial institutions and investors, both at home and abroad. These principles for wisely and intelligently diversifying investment capital have been adopted within the past few years by numerous institutions and several thousand individual investors with satisfaction and profit.
"Moody's Investment Service"
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More food for thought:
"There are two superpowers in the world today in my opinion. There's the United States and there's Moody's Bond Rating Service. The United States can destroy you by dropping bombs, and Moody's can destroy you by downgrading your bonds. And believe me, it's not clear sometimes who's more powerful."
--Thomas Friedman
