How can an investor guarantee that they will meet their retirement goals?
- - Become a "Snowball Investor"
The Snowball Effect is an income investing book that shows investors how to achieve their retirement goals by investing in blue-chip dividend paying stocks, high-yield bonds, and writing covered calls.It is the fourth book by well known investment author Timothy McIntosh, a fifteen year value portfolio manager.
Don't listen to pundits and faceless Internet "experts" that claim you can make a profit by simply investing in volatile high growth stocks. Consider instead the power of investing in safe dividend firms and other income producing assets. If you truly want consistent wealth building and the ability to retire on time, consider becoming a "Snowball" investor.
This book is not written for stock speculators, but for those investors that can embrace the concept of buying and holding income producing securities for the long term. This book gives you all the tools necessary to become a successful "Snowball" investor. The book includes;
-A history of the Dow Jones Industrial Average and secular bear markets during the last 110 years.
-The basics of how companies decide to pay dividends and the process of payment.
-Powerful examples of dividend paying companies and how your wealth can be enhanced through dividend reinvestment.
-Which bonds you should avoid and which to buy.
-What covered call writing is all about and how you can utilize it to improve your investment results.
-The value of micro-cap dividend companies, the smallest stocks.
-Profiles of the Top 100 Dividend Stocks that an astute investor can choose from.
Don't play the Wall Street game, become a "Snowball" investor and reap the rewards of an income and reinvestment based investment strategy.
PRAISE FOR THE SNOWBALL EFFECT "In his new book, "The Snowball Effect," author Timothy J. McIntosh says that "time is the best ally of the long-term, buy and hold income investor." He goes on to show that patient investors will benefit enormously from the long-term compounding that dividend paying stocks provide investors. He makes the case that investors should ignore the short-term and focus on the compounding benefits that only long-term investors can enjoy. A simple, yet very effective strategy. I highly recommend his book to all long-term investors." James P. O'Shaughnessy, author of "What Works on Wall Street" "Dividends and their reinvestment are friends of the value investor - put the two together and you can witness the wonders of compounding. Mr. McIntosh illustrates how such a strategy can snowball and lead to large sums of wealth for the patient investor." -Mebane Faber is a co-founder and the Chief Investment Officer of Cambria Investment Management. Mr. Faber has authored numerous white papers and many books including "The Ivy Portfolio" and "Global Value." viii
Timothy McIntosh If you spend any time watching the stock market, you probably get caught up in its daily gyrations. Stocks are up! Stocks are down! It's a bull market! No, it's a bear market! Of course, that's the wrong thing to do. Timothy McIntosh's book, The Snowball Effect, reminds you that you have an ally in the stock market: Dividends, which you can collect in good markets and bad. This book, drawn from McIntosh's years of experience as an investment manager and student of the market, will show you how to make money in stocks in good times and bad. - John Waggoner, senior columnist, Investment News "Excellent information for long-term investors. Mr. McIntosh makes a compelling case for tapping into sources of yield to produce superior total returns, and he thoroughly demonstrates how dividend-paying stocks and selling covered calls contribute to such a strategy." -John Dobosz is deputy editor of investing content for Forbes and the editor of the Forbes Dividend Investor. Timothy McIntosh's new book, "The Snowball Effect," is a valuable contribution to the body of work focused on dividend investing. I found Chapter 3 ("The Promise of Reinvested Income") especially relevant and powerful. -Chuck Carlson, CFA, is Chief Executive Officer of Horizon Investment Services LLC and the author of nine books, including "The Little Book of Big Dividends"
