[eng] The Actual Return on Stock Market Investments from 1950 to 1992 . The actual return on equity investments over the forty-three year period from 1950 to 1992 is evaluated by transforming the stock market indices into portfolios. The study presented here uses a new methodology for bond...

Following Waterloo, managing French public finances represented a daunting task. Defeated France had lost a substantial part of its population and territory. The country was partially occupied and France was to pay huge amounts as reparations to the victors. Furthermore, France’s reputation...