{"product_id":"investing-in-dividend-growth-stocks-a-safer-more-realistic-path-to-financial-freedom-paperback","title":"Investing In Dividend Growth Stocks: A Safer More Realistic Path To Financial Freedom - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eShane Forbes\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Time is the friend of the wonderful company, the enemy of the mediocre.\" Warren Buffett\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn update for 2019: \u003cb\u003eIn 2019, the book's portfolio again outperformed the market, returning 32 percent, making it 12 years out of the last 13 that the portfolio has beaten the market, and a perfect 5 years out of 5 since and including the year of publication (2015-2019). Not an easy feat -- at all -- since the portfolio is permanently fixed in time  Cumulatively, over the 13 years ending 12\/31\/2019, the portfolio has returned 491 percent, or 14.65 percent a year vs 8.69 percent a year for the market. Over this period, $1.0 million invested in the book's portfolio, dividends reinvested, is worth $5.9 million -- $3.0 million ahead of the market\u003c\/b\u003e -- and with much less risk, about 85 percent of the market's, meaning as well, for instance, that you are much more likely to actually \u003ci\u003ehold\u003c\/i\u003e these stocks and actually \u003ci\u003erealize\u003c\/i\u003e these returns. Such is the benefit to long-term investors of picking these wonderful companies \u003ci\u003ecorrectly, that is, intelligently\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDividend growth stocks are like the quiet, modest, unassuming, straight A students in class. Without much of a fuss, they march quietly up and to the right, making their long-term holders incredibly rich.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 20 stocks to consider in this book have compounded wealth at 14.2 percent a year -- well ahead of the market's 7.5 percent a year -- for the 10+ years beginning 31 December 2006 and ending 5 May 2017. \u003cb\u003eOver the ten years ending 31 December 2016, they have also beaten all diversified mutual funds in Value Line's Mutual Fund Survey \u003c\/b\u003e(ignoring two leveraged funds which returned a bit more but which simply do not count -- because of the leverage). They performed very similarly for the ten years ending 31 December 2015. How many broad portfolios do you know have done the same?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e---\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo succeed as a dividend growth investor, you need patience, time, and high-quality dividend growth stocks growing at stable, moderate, and sustainable rates and selling at reasonable valuations or better.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWritten for the intelligent long-term investor\u003c\/b\u003e, this book explains all you need to know about investing in dividend growth stocks. The book divides naturally into three parts: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart I explains dividends, dividend reinvestment, and dividend growth. The secondary focus is to correct many misconceptions with dividends and share buybacks -- \u003cb\u003eunfortunately, much of what you find in other books and media about dividends is \u003ci\u003epedestrian, outmoded, and badly mistaken\u003c\/i\u003e, in turn leading to all sorts of bad decisions and reasoning.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart II builds toward criteria for picking great dividend growth stocks and explains how to value these stocks properly. Primarily, these criteria revolve around traits of the \u003cb\u003ebusiness\u003c\/b\u003e with dividends falling out almost naturally from companies of the right maturity and quality -- and proper valuation putting the defining mark to the whole story.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart III shows you how to search for dividend growth stocks. It presents twenty high-quality dividend growth stocks to consider, explaining the businesses and risks, and analyzing and valuing them correctly. In addition, it describes dividend growth mutual funds and dividend growth ETFs. Finally, it explains how to build and monitor a dividend growth portfolio, including examples of conservative and more aggressive dividend growth portfolios.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e---\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOver the long term, great companies grow at rates few investors can match\u003c\/b\u003e. The trick is to ensure that the companies are actually great -- with stable, moderate, and sustainable growth -- and, as always, it helps to get the valuations right -- many simplistic ideas about valuation are wrong, and thus, incredibly damaging. Let the long-term compounding of earnings and dividends of dividend growth stocks, \u003ci\u003eproperly selected\u003c\/i\u003e, work for you. In time, your wealth will soar.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eShane Forbes is a retired investment actuary and former Fellow of the Society of Actuaries. He holds an Honors Bachelor's degree, First Class (\u003ci\u003esumma cum laude\u003c\/i\u003e), in Mathematics and Physics from Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada, and a Master's degree in Mathematics from the University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada. Investing in Dividend Growth Stocks is his first book. He lives in Florida.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 372\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.83 x 9.02 x 5.98 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 03, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52346676085010,"sku":"9780982287002","price":25.63,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0941\/2211\/5346\/files\/NmZSWEFtWllrbEdkNkQ0eHA1eVFsZz09.webp?v=1780679167","url":"https:\/\/ckbookstore.net\/products\/investing-in-dividend-growth-stocks-a-safer-more-realistic-path-to-financial-freedom-paperback","provider":"CK BOOKSTORE","version":"1.0","type":"link"}