Dividends Still Don't Lie: The Truth About Investing in Blue Chip Stocks and Winning in the Stock Market
by Kelley Wright

A timely follow-up to the bestselling classic
Dividends Don't Lie.

In 1988 Geraldine Weiss wrote the classic Dividends Don't Lie, which focused on the Dividend-Yield Theory as a method of producing consistent gains in the stock market. Today, the approach of using the dividend yield to identify values in blue chip stocks still outperforms most investment methods on a risk-adjusted basis. Written by Kelley Wright, Managing Editor of Investment Quality Trends, with a new Foreword by Geraldine Weiss, this book teaches a value-based strategy to investing, one that uses a stock's dividend yield as the primary measure of value. Rather than emphasize the price cycles of a stock, the company's products, market strategy or other factors, this guide stresses dividend-yield patterns.

• Details a straightforward system of investing in stick-to-quality blue-chip stocks with reliable dividend histories
• Discusses how to buy and sell when dividend yields instruct you to do so
• Investors looking for safety and transparency will quickly discover how dividends offer the yields they desire

The Future for Investors: Why the Tried and the True Triumph Over the Bold and the New
by Jeremy Siegel

The new paradigm for investing and building wealth in the twenty-first century. The Future for Investors reveals new strategies that take advantage of the dramatic changes and opportunities that will appear in world markets.

Jeremy Siegel, one of the world’s top investing experts, has taken a long, hard, and in-depth look at the market and the stocks that investors should acquire to build long-term wealth. His surprising finding is that the new technologies, expanding industries, and fast-growing countries that stockholders relentlessly seek in the market often lead to poor returns. In fact, growth itself can be an investment trap, luring investors into overpriced stocks and overly competitive industries

Smoke & Mirrors : Financial Myths That Will Ruin Your Retirement Dreams
by David Trahair

This book will give Canadians the ammunition they need to fight back against the scare tactics and rule of thumb selling methods used by many banks and financial planners to suck money out of your pockets every day!

"Very good. Practical- I loved the DVD resource and and found it was an easy read. I read it in 24 hours. I was in the process of making decisions in my financial life and needed some direction. I always find that working with 'Financial Advisors' from investment companies or banks are just not objective. Even if they are quite good at what they do, they are in the business of sales. Hearing some thoughts from a CA was refreshing. I consider myself to be informed, if not saavy financially- it is an individual's responsibility; but I hear time in and time out the same lines- I don't buy it. Sure don't put your eggs in one basket, but if I invest with only you, is that exactly what I am doing? And how about the 10% rule. Doesn't your other assests and individual situation come into play? Thanks David for debunking some of the myths. Very helpful."

Fast Profits in Hard Times: 10 Secret Strategies to Make You Rich in an Up or Down Economy
by Jordan E. Goodman

From
> Amazon.com: "Empowers investors to take control of their money and earn high returns no matter what the economy is doing...I am a big believer in passive income strategies, and Goodman explains them in a simple, easy-to-understand way and gives you the resources to create a stream of substantial passive income." -- T. Harv Eker, New York Times bestselling author of Secrets of the Millionaire Mind

"What Goodman has done is to show how anyone can find alternative pathways to financial success. He not only explains these strategies, but also provides helpful Web sites and other key information as well. This book is a real positive investment in building your financial future." -- Douglas R. Andrew, New York Times bestselling author of The Last Chance Millionaire

No Hype ? The Straight Goods on Investing Your Money
by Gail Bebee

Get the knowledge you need to cut through investment industry hype and profitably invest your hard-earned money. This easy-to-read book of investing basics is written expressly for Canadians by a savvy financial industry outsider. Benefit from the author’s school of hard knocks experience in the investment trenches and unbiased opinions on the best investment choices for the typical Canadian.  Find out how to choose the right financial advisor, build a successful investment portfolio, keep investing costs down and much more. The book includes a detailed table of contents and complete index.  It’s the guide to investing that belongs on the bookshelf of every Canadian investor. And it's recommended by Toronto Star personal finance columnist Ellen Roseman.

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The Streetsmart Guide to Overlooked Stocks : A Guide to Investing in the Best Overlooked Stocks for Superior Returns
by George Fisher

From
> Amazon.com: Today's stock market is filled with highpotential companies that, for one reason or another, have slipped beneath the radar screens of analysts and money managers. The Streetsmart Guide to Overlooked Stocks outlines a simple yet effective approach for uncovering these outstanding opportunities ahead of the pack. It shows readers how to find investment gems through fundamental research and management analysis, understanding underlying market trends, and quantitative analysis of stock price value

This latest addition to McGraw-Hill's popular Streetsmart series provides indepth analyses of 30 actual companies that have remained a secret­­but are destined to be discovered.

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All About DRIPs and DSPs
by George C. Fisher

From Amazon.com: The numbers are astonishing: of the 45 million Americans who invest in today's stock market, only 5 million realize they can invest commission-free through dividend reinvestment plans (DRIPs) and direct stock purchase plans (DSPs). But as more and more investors clamor to cut costs and take control of their own portfolio decisions, this number is destined to rise--dramatically! All About DRIPs and DSPs tells investors everything they need to know about where to find direct investment opportunities, and how to profit from their affordable compounding benefits. Author George Fisher--a pioneer of more than 30 years investing in DRIPs and DSPs--discusses: * Today's top 100 DRIP/DSP companies * Advice for building a personalized, diversified mutual fund * How to use PEG (price to earnings growth ratio) to identify superior long-term opportunities.

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Sleep Easy Investing
by Gordon Pape

What is your number one investment priority? Finding the next "hot" stock? Making huge profits? Making 10 percent a year on your money? If you found yourself nodding at any of these suggestions, you need to rethink your whole approach to money management. The number one goal of every investor should actually be to sleep comfortably at night. Simplistic? Sure! Personal finance expert Gordon Pape explains that if you adopt the sleep-easy philosophy as your basic credo, both your health and wealth will benefit. In this must-read book, Pape explains this investing philosophy and how it can be used by everyone to avoid the greed and fear traps.

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The Dividend Rich Investor: Building Wealth with High-Quality, Dividend-Paying Stocks
by Joseph Tigue and Joseph Lisanti

This invaluable resource distills Standard & Poor's successful dividend investment philosophy into a user-friendly guide for the individual investor. the authors, both editors of Standard & Poor's high-rated investment newsletter, The Outlook, tell readers why dividends are a vital part of the investment equation, what to look for in a dividend-paying stock, which stocks are the dividend leaders, and who successfully uses dividends as a stock picking tool.

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The Single Best Investment: Creating Wealth with Dividend Growthby Lowell Miller

This witty guide advises readers to stop playing the stock market or listening to television gurus and instead put their money into dividend-paying, moderate-growth companies that offer consistent returns and minimum risk. Citing statistics that show companies initiating and raising dividends at the fastest rate in 30 years, this analysis declares once-stodgy dividends to be "the next new thing" and provides simple rules for choosing the best stocks, using traditional evaluation tools, reinvesting dividends, comparing stocks and bonds, and building a portfolio. Technical aspects of the stock market are explained in the final pages that include two new chapters and revised statistics as well as academic studies, historic back-tests, examples of real-time performance, and a list of resources for further research.

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The Lazy Investor
by Derek Foster

You need to stop enriching the fat cats on Bay Street and enrich yourself!  I’m not an “expert” investor, but I retired at 34!  This book uses a simple strategy to help you reach financial freedom – even if you only have $50 to start and no investment knowledge.

What Works on Wall Street: A Guide to the Best-Performing Investment Strategies of All Time
by James P. O'Shaughnessy

Reviewed on Amazon.com: Investors -- be they aggressive or conservative, self-directed or professionally managed -- are always on the lookout for an edge. And in James O'Shaughnessy's What Works on Wall Street: A Guide to the Best-Performing Investment Strategies of All Time, they'll find a solid one: authoritative analysis of popular practices from the past. The author examines three decades of stock market data to show how 15 of the most common investment tactics have fared over time.

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Beating the Street
by Peter Lynch

From Publishers Weekly: Until retiring in 1990, Lynch ( One Up on Wall Street ) was manager of the spectacularly successful Fidelity Magellan Fund. Here he recalls with self-deprecating humor and disarming candor how he went about choosing winning stocks (and missing a few) for the $12 billion fund, which, during one five-year period in the 1980s, earned investors a 300% return. Lynch strongly favors stocks over other investment vehicles but insists that "investigative" research into a corporation's prospects, including credit checks and visits to the firm's installations, is essential. "Focus on companies, not the stocks," he stresses, adding that on this basis limited partnerships, banks and even S & Ls can be sound investments. Lynch's reputation and business writer Rothchild's deft touch should yield big sales for this inside and Fortune Book Club alternates; author tour.

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