I am very happy to announce that my book The Confident Investor is now available for sale in paperback or ebook format. You should be able to buy it wherever books are sold. There is also a 2 chapter preview available in PDF format in case your local bookstore doesn’t have the book on the shelf and you want to browse.


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Now that the book is published, this site will change slightly. I will still publish reviews of companies on a regular basis for all to read. I will also publish commentaries for all to read. However, I will now publish some information that simply doesn’t make sense unless you have read my book. In those situations, I am actually providing more free content for the people that have purchased my book.  As I explained in the book, content costs money in a book format while my site is basically free no matter how much content I put on it. Therefore, to reduce the page count of the book and keep the cost down, I am moving some valuable content to the site for the enjoyment of only the readers of the book. It is free to register to see this enhanced content if you own the book.

If you decided in January 2006 to invest $10,000 in Apple, you would have increased your profit an ADDITIONAL 10.8% by using the techniques taught in my book. That is an additional $10,100 in 6+ years to be added to your savings account! To achieve this amazing return, you would have invested in Apple using the techniques in my book rather than using a simple “Buy and Hold” strategy.

In the same 6+ year period, you would have INCREASED YOUR EARNINGS by 42% if you would have used the techniques of this book for an investment in Google!

Every hard worker that is saving for retirement or a college fund should read my book, The Confident Investor.

You work hard at your job and try to invest money for retirement. When you look at your investment returns, you don’t see your money growing very quickly. Many people have lost money in the stock market over the past couple years. My book teaches you how to find great companies and profitably invest in those companies.

The combination of technical analysis with data analysis and key financial metrics results in tools to buy stocks at the appropriate time in extremely well-run companies. The result is the Decennary Time Weighted Average (DTWA), Time Weighted Composite Average (TWCA) and the Confident Investor Rating (CIR).
This book is not a Get Rich Quick scheme. There is no fast and easy way to build wealth by doing ANYTHING legal. My book explains a proven system to identify great companies, purchase stock at a discount in those companies, and accelerate wealth-building over time.

 

We celebrate Thanksgiving in the US today. The stock market is closed and most people spend their time with family and friends.  I will not be posting today aside from this article.

Personally, I am thankful for the many blessings and advantages that have been given to me and my family. I realize that my life is much more comfortable than many in the world today.

Enjoy your family today.

Tomorrow is commonly known as Black Friday in the retail sector of the US. Many retailers will do a significant portion of their annual revenue tomorrow.  As these results start to roll out over the next few days, expect some turbulence in the retail sectors and possible the financial sector.

I probably won’t be posting much on this site over this long weekend but will be reading my Twitter account, ConfidentInvest.  In addition to my many blessings, I am thankful for the 14,000+ followers that see value in my tweets.

WHEREAS it has long been our custom to commemorate November 11, the anniversary of the ending of World War I, by paying tribute to the heroes of that tragic struggle and by rededicating ourselves to the cause of peace; and

WHEREAS in the intervening years the United States has been involved in two other great military conflicts, which have added millions of veterans living and dead to the honor rolls of this Nation; and

WHEREAS the Congress passed a concurrent resolution on June 4, 1926 . . . calling for the observance of November 11 with appropriate ceremonies, and later provided in an act approved May 13, 1938 . . . that the eleventh of November should be a legal holiday and should be known as Armistice Day; and

WHEREAS, in order to expand the significance of that commemoration and in order that a grateful Nation might pay appropriate homage to the veterans of all its wars who have contributed so much to the preservation of the Nation, the Congress, by an act approved June 1, 1954 . . . changed the name of the holiday to Veterans Day:

NOW, THEREFORE, I, DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER, President of the United States of America, do hereby call upon all of our citizens to observe Thursday, November 11, 1954, as Veterans Day. On that day let us solemnly remember the sacrifices of all those who fought so valiantly, on the seas, in the air, and on foreign shores, to preserve our heritage of freedom, and let us reconsecrate ourselves to the task of promoting an enduring peace so that their efforts shall not have been in vain. I also direct the appropriate officials of the Government to arrange for the display of the flag of the United States on all public buildings on Veterans Day.

In order to insure proper and widespread observance of this anniversary, all veterans, all veterans’ organizations, and the entire citizenry will wish to join hands in the common purpose.

Words by President Dwight D. Eisenhower