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Summary of The Little Book of Big Dividends

In The Little Book of Big Dividends, dividend stock expert Chuck Carlson presents an action plan for dividend-hungry investors. You'll learn about the pitfalls, how to find the opportunities, and will learn how to construct a portfolio that generates big, safe dividends easily through the BSD (Big, Safe Dividends) formula.

Title Information

ISBN:

9780470567999

Pages:

208 pages

Format:

Hardback

Product Code:

451663

Publisher:

John Wiley & Sons Ltd

Published:

05/03/2010

Press and Industry Reviews

"Chuck addresses a topic of growing importance for aging baby boomers by sharing his time–tested techniques on selecting companies most likely to maintain and grow their payouts. Equally important, he clearly shows us how we may avoid 'yielding to temptation.'"
- Sam Stovall, Chief Investment Strategist, Standard & Poor's Equity Research

"Chuck Carlson is one of those rare people in the investment advisory industry that can combine solid investment strategies with an approachable writing style. The ideas and suggestions presented in The Little Book of Big Dividends can serve as a road map for buy-and-hold as well as more tactically oriented investors large and small."
- John F. Tierney, Executive Director, Van Kampen Investments

"Every investor needs two things to be successful: a way to select the right stocks for a portfolio and a way to ensure that the portfolio continues to grow over time. Chuck Carlson's new book gives you both. At a time when practical advice is at a premium, The Little Book of Big Dividends is invaluable."
- Robert Sheard, bestselling author of The Unemotional Investor and Money for Life

"If you are looking for an investment solution that has stood the test of time, then read about Chuck Carlson′s BSD (Big, Safe Dividend) formula and how you can set your portfolio up to thrive and survive in 2010 and beyond."
- Ben Fulton, Managing Director and Head of Global ETFs, Invesco PowerShares

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About Charles B. Carlson

CHARLES B. CARLSON, CFA,is CEO of Horizon Investment Services LLC, an investment advisory and money-management company. He is also CEO of Horizon Publishing, a publisher of investment newsletters. Horizon's flagship publication, Dow Theory Forecasts, has been published weekly since 1946 and is one of the oldest investment newsletters in the country. Carlson is a bestselling author and is regularly quoted in the Wall Street Journal, Barron's, and Money magazine, and is a frequent guest on CNBC, Bloomberg TV and radio, and CNN.

Contents of The Little Book of Big Dividends

Foreword
Introduction

1. The Check Is in the Mail
2. Super Size Me, without the Heartburn
3. If Einstein Was a Dividend Investor
4. The World Is Your Oyster
5. It Pays to Be Direct
6. Postcards from the Hedge
7. Lifeguard on Duty
8. Juice Your Portfolio without Striking Out
9. When DRIPs Become Floods
10. If You Build It, Dividends Will Come

Appendix A Advanced BSD Formula
Appendix B The Ultimate Big, Safe Dividend Portfolio

Acknowledgments