Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-12-29

ment buying Tor income during
1850 and utilities and companies
making labor-saving machinery
may be more popular than other
industrials or railroads.
33. The wisest investors will
keep fair amount of their funds
liquid throughout 1850 pending
the great break in stock prices
which will come someday.
BONDS
81. High-grade taxable corpo-
rate bonds bearing low coupon
rates should continue at about the
same prices during 1850, but of
course, they will sell for much
lower prices when money rates in
crease.
70. 1850 will see a further
fading off in certain tax-exempt
bonds due to the new Housing
Authority Obligations to be issued
during 1850.
SO. The Federal Reserve will
continue during 1850 the same
general policy which it followed in
1919.
81. The Importance of diversifi-
citation will be given more at
tention in 1850 and wise investors
will watch their bond maturities
to see that they are either short or
Systematically staggered.
REAL ESTATE
38. The city real estate out
look is uncertain. 1t should con-
tinue to hold firm throughout 1850
due to less available rental space
caused by pulling down old struc-
lures to save taxes and to provide
parking spaces. Owing to. high
costs and the fear of World War
III, there will be little inclination
to build new city property. On
the other hand, the continual
movement out of our large cities :
in the interest of decentralization :
may cause prices to soften. Id
80. There will continue to be a
fair demand during 1850 for SUBJ
urban real estate with a shading
of prices for large places; but the
residential construction boom
should continue well into 1850.
40. The demand for large COM
mercial farm acreage will be less
during 1850; but small sustenance
farms, especially those located
close to established communities,
will hold up and, perhaps, increase
in price.
Al. There will be some decrease
during 1850 in industrial and pri-
vate building. The cost of such
building will decline a little and
the quality Of workmanship will
improve. There should be an in
crease during 1850 in publicly
financed building.
az. There will not be much
change in business rentals during
1850 but residential rents will
average higher in 1850. Only as
property owners are granted high
err rentals will there be more houses
built for rental purposes.
43. Mortgage interest rate dur
ing 1850 will continue about the
same as during 1949.
"a. The growth in industrial
pensions should help real estate
sales in Florida, California, New
Mexico and Arizona.
GENERAL BUSINESS
45. Many business concerns find
their operations sliding down to-
ward the break-even point. There
will not be as much margin be-
tween costs and selling prices
during 1850 as during 1949. I'm
employment will gradually increase
due to the installation of labor
saving machinery and other causes.
as. Military preparedness will
continue to bolster general bust
ness and employment during 1850,
but this is not healthy develop
ment.
AZ. Excluding Government
owned commodities, the physical
stock piles Of manufacturers will
remain about the same during 1850
as during 1949,
POLITICS
48. 1850 will be an election
year. The Republican Party will
remain in the doghouse. The Ad-
ministration will continue to. talk
radically against Wall Street and
the so-called Selfish Interests,
but at heart the Administration
will be fairly conservative. Its
bark will be far worse than its
bite.
40. The Administration will con-
tinue to be sympathetic to organ
lied labor unless someone like John
l.. Lewis goes too far. In that
event, such a man will be made
the whipping boy, but with the
consent of other prominent labor
leaders.
80. The Congressional Elections
Of 1850 will not change the politi-