(Here is a concise, clear, no-nonsense guide to intelligen...)
Here is a concise, clear, no-nonsense guide to intelligent investment for the laymen. The author offers no short-cuts or magic formulas for vast wealth. Instead, he relies on his years of experience in the investment business, and on the good sense of his readers. He has compiled the answers to the many questions asked of him by small investors: How do you buy and sell stocks? What is selling short? What is the Dow theory? How can I make sense of the financial page? This is the ideal handbook for the person who wants to take advantage of the opportunities afforded by sensible investment.
Harold Marshall Finley was an American columnist, pastor and author. He was also known as a financial adviser.
Background
Harold Marshall Finley was born on February 24, 1916 in McConnelsville, Morgan County, Ohio, United States. He was a son of Harry Marshall Finley, a lawyer, and Kate Finley. At nine months, Finley walked 30 feet across the floor. By 2, he taught himself to read and, 10 months later, could tell time even with his pocket watch upside down. Finley wrote a 100-page book at age 5, the same year he took a Stanford-Binet intelligence quotient test administered by Ohio State University students. When his 168 score was challenged, he took it again and earned 197 on another test, the second highest IQ ever recorded in the country at that time.
Education
Harold Marshall Finley graduated from high school at thirteen and attended Northwestern University, from which he received his bachelor’s degree in 1933. He followed that with a Bachelor of Divinity from Chicago Theological Seminary in 1944.
During his career, Harold Marshall Finley worked for stockbrokers Lamson Brothers and Company and then for a variety of firms as an investment analyst. At one time Finley was a first vice president at Howe Barnes Investments and was responsible for about $100 million in assets. In addition he was a minister for several years. He wrote two books during his career: Everybody’s Guide to the Stock Market and The Logical Approach to Successful Investing. Finley was also a financial columnist for Chicago Today from 1961 to 1974 and for the Chicago Tribune from 1974 to 1981. At the time of his death he still was working full time at a brokerage firm where he was an account executive.