autobiography "Tsutakatsura"Regarding the research dimension of the securities business, Shinnosuke was deeply convinced of its importance. Reflecting on the matter in his autobiography, he wrote:
I believed that the time would come for people to consider government securities and corporate bonds and stocks as better investments than conventional bank savings of various types. What was keeping the public from doing so was the generally poor character of securities dealers, and the fact that their knowledge of the market was really quite limited. It was our responsibility to scientifically analyze the merits not only of the speculative stocks that were most talked about in the investment community, but of all stocks available in the market - to determine their true value and assess them as possible investment vehicles. I firmly believed that this was the best course to true financial growth.
