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Build Wealth With Common Stocks: Market-Beating Strategies for the Individual Investor
"An informed investor has a far greater chance of getting rich slow than getting rich fast, and getting rich slowly is better than not at all."
From the dust jacket's inside flaps:
Written for individual investors by an individual investor, in Build Wealth with Common Stocks, David J. Waldron shares actionable ideas to construct a potentially market-beating portfolio of the common shares of enduring companies to fund life's significant milestones.
Waldron offers inspiring wisdom and memorable anecdotes to keep the reader moving forward during the endless roller coaster rides of market cycles.
On Outperforming Wall Street
Despite limited capital, the individual investor on Main Street has the potential to achieve superior returns with lower costs and less risk than the power brokers working on Wall Street.
On Being a Thoughtful Investor.
To paraphrase American baseball legend Yogi Berra, investing is ‘90 percent half’ common sense. The ‘other half’ is patience and discipline.
On Patience
Patience is the scarcest and, thereby, the most valuable commodity available to the retail-level investor.
On Discipline
One rule virtually guarantees you will never lose money on an investment (Chapter Five).
On Productive Fear
A portfolio constructed on the fear of losing money is destined to outperform a basket thrown together from the fear of missing out.
On Taking Ownership
Stop placing bets on stocks and start investing in companies.
On Active vs. Passive Investing
Buy slices of the best companies in the sector, reserving the index for hedging your portfolio.
On the Perils of High Yield Dividends
Chasing current yield is a recipe for junk equity. Instead, practice this more profitable concept of dividend investing (Chapter Nine).
On the Death of Value Investing
Value investing is never dead; it’s just less popular than short-term growth stories. As long as there are financial markets or farmers’ markets, value prevails.
On the Benefits of Self-Directed Investing
Build your beach or lake house instead of your financial advisor’s.
On Assessing Risk
A risk understood, accepted, and well-managed becomes the risk worth taking.
On Being a Defensive Investor
Outperform the market by managing the downside while allowing the upside to take care of itself.
About the Author
David J. Waldron is an individual investor and the author of self-improvement books for those seeking to achieve the personal and professional goals that matter most in their life. He earned a Bachelor of Science in business studies as a Garden State Scholar at Stockton University and completed The Practice of Management Program at Brown University. Take control and achieve your dreams at davidjwaldron.com.
Copyright 2021 by David J. Waldron. All rights reserved.
From the dust jacket's inside flaps:
Written for individual investors by an individual investor, in Build Wealth with Common Stocks, David J. Waldron shares actionable ideas to construct a potentially market-beating portfolio of the common shares of enduring companies to fund life's significant milestones.
Waldron offers inspiring wisdom and memorable anecdotes to keep the reader moving forward during the endless roller coaster rides of market cycles.
On Outperforming Wall Street
Despite limited capital, the individual investor on Main Street has the potential to achieve superior returns with lower costs and less risk than the power brokers working on Wall Street.
On Being a Thoughtful Investor.
To paraphrase American baseball legend Yogi Berra, investing is ‘90 percent half’ common sense. The ‘other half’ is patience and discipline.
On Patience
Patience is the scarcest and, thereby, the most valuable commodity available to the retail-level investor.
On Discipline
One rule virtually guarantees you will never lose money on an investment (Chapter Five).
On Productive Fear
A portfolio constructed on the fear of losing money is destined to outperform a basket thrown together from the fear of missing out.
On Taking Ownership
Stop placing bets on stocks and start investing in companies.
On Active vs. Passive Investing
Buy slices of the best companies in the sector, reserving the index for hedging your portfolio.
On the Perils of High Yield Dividends
Chasing current yield is a recipe for junk equity. Instead, practice this more profitable concept of dividend investing (Chapter Nine).
On the Death of Value Investing
Value investing is never dead; it’s just less popular than short-term growth stories. As long as there are financial markets or farmers’ markets, value prevails.
On the Benefits of Self-Directed Investing
Build your beach or lake house instead of your financial advisor’s.
On Assessing Risk
A risk understood, accepted, and well-managed becomes the risk worth taking.
On Being a Defensive Investor
Outperform the market by managing the downside while allowing the upside to take care of itself.
About the Author
David J. Waldron is an individual investor and the author of self-improvement books for those seeking to achieve the personal and professional goals that matter most in their life. He earned a Bachelor of Science in business studies as a Garden State Scholar at Stockton University and completed The Practice of Management Program at Brown University. Take control and achieve your dreams at davidjwaldron.com.
Copyright 2021 by David J. Waldron. All rights reserved.
226 pages, Hardcover
First published January 19, 2021
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About the author
David J. Waldron
10 books34 followersDedicated to personal finance, career building, and goal achievement, David J. Waldron writes self-improvement books for the reader who wants to take control and achieve the personal and professional dreams that matter most in their life.
His fourth book, Build Wealth with Common Stocks, released worldwide on January 19, 2021.
David previously published Hire Train Monitor Motivate and The Ten Domains of Effective Goal Setting. His first book, A Great Place to Learn & Earn, is his professional memoir as a former twenty-five-year veteran of postsecondary career education. David has contributed to Seeking Alpha, TalkMarkets, HR.com, and Career Education Review.
He received a Bachelor of Science in business studies from Stockton University and completed The Practice of Management Program at Brown University. David and his wife, Suzan, reside in historic South Central Pennsylvania, USA. Take control and achieve your dreams at davidjwaldron.com.
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