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    Investment Strategies for Life
    Investment Strategies for Life
    Investment Strategies for Life
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    Investment Strategies for Life

    By Walter E. Simmons III

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    Can investing be safe? Yes, but not free of all risk. Gear up and protect yourself from these risks with the help of Investment Strategies for Life. With his strong desire to help individuals become successful in investing in the stock market, Simmons weaves this book to help you become a great investor. He pours out his knowledge and allows you to browse through his methods that will inspire you on how to build and accomplish your financial goals. Delve into a self-help book and explore the complex world of the market, discover a step by step analysis of stocks and become successful in your goal!
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTrafford Publishing
    Release dateJul 23, 2012
    ISBN9781466947740
    Investment Strategies for Life
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    Walter E. Simmons III

    He has over 13 years of stock market investment experience. He has a Bachelor of Sceince in Electrical Engineering and a Masters Equivalence in Mathematics. He has worked several years in the public service and education sectors. He has a strong desire to help individuals become successful in investing in the stock market.

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    Investment Strategies for Life - Walter E. Simmons III

    Copyright 2012 Walter E. Simmons III.

    All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the written prior permission of the author.

    ISBN: 978-1-4669-4773-3 (sc)

    ISBN: 978-1-4669-4772-6 (hc)

    ISBN: 978-1-4669-4774-0 (e)

    Library of Congress Control Number: 2012912776

    Trafford rev. 07/17/2012

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       www.trafford.com

    North America & international

    toll-free: 1 888 232 4444 (USA & Canada)

    phone: 250 383 6864 ♦ fax: 812 355 4082

    Contents

    Chapter 1   Your Foundation for Wealth

    Chapter 2   Your Nucleus of Your Portfolio

    Chapter 3   Holding Certain Stocks with Dividends

    Chapter 4   International Stocks

    Chapter 5   New School vs. Old School

    Chapter 6   Speculation

    Chapter 7   Don’t Invest Your Rent or Mortgage Money

    Chapter 8   Dogs of the Dow

    Chapter 9   Stocks Under $12

    Chapter 10   Manage Your Own Money

    Chapter 11   Initial Public Offerings (IPOs)

    Chapter 12   Timing and Analyzing the Market

    Chapter 13   Knowing What You Own (Sin Stocks)

    Chapter 14   Giving Back

    Chapter 15   Reflections

    Chapter 16   Conclusion

    Foreword

    In this book, we will do what not a lot of authors have done in the financial world. We will give you examples of stocks to buy that fit your lifestyle and threshold. We will put forth different scenarios, which will help you pick the right stocks. We will give you choices as to the different portfolios that you should hold based on your situation. We will discuss some of the major sectors in those holdings. We will let you make choices on your own based on your tolerance of volatility of the market. We will discuss age and how that will affect you.

    There is no such thing as a perfect portfolio; there is only a comfort level with it. No one knows your limits but you. Do you stay away from risk or do you embrace it? In my studies, I have found that risk is a necessary evil. A calculated risk is what I like to call it. Do not worry; I will always have the protection of your portfolio in mind.

    My goal is to guide you through some of the major pitfalls of investing and to help you put together a portfolio that will make you relax and sleep well at night. I want to put all your fears aside and make you a powerful investor.

    Can investing be safe? Yes, but not free of all risk. So make sure you understand your portfolio. An example to illustrate my point is if you live in a house and decided to get an alarm for safety. You are not free of all burglary risk. But you are safer and, therefore, more comfortable. So be an investor who is protected from most risk. Your portfolio is the same way; there are safeguards and protection that you can position in place that will put you at ease. This will be shown to you throughout this book.

    You can become a great investor. Take your time and methodically go through this book. Use my book along with my insight into the stock market. Build your dream portfolio or use one of the ones that I am going to give you in this book to accomplish your financial goals. I want to teach you how to invest; what the proper steps to build a portfolio are; and illustrate, step by step, why you should buy certain stocks over others.

    We will learn how to analyze and how to research a bunch of various stocks from different sectors through the meticulous research, which includes statistical analysis, studying of charts, listening to conference calls of your companies, and poring through major company SEC filings that have impacted the stock’s daily volume or price positively or negatively. Learning how to correctly study and internalize these research methods is paramount. Think of this as having a thorough understanding of where your hard-earned money is going. Understand that this is your money at work. Do your due diligence.

    We will discuss investment styles and trends of investors. We will discuss how a portfolio is broken down into capitalizations, sectors, and quality of stocks and making a decision that is thoughtful and comprehensive. A few different securities will be talked about throughout this text.

    What Is This Book About?

    In this book, I have written a series of essays on major topics in investing. These essays are written from my point of view and my understanding and views of how market has, is, and will function. People that are new to the stock market can and will follow this book’s advice step by step. This should be used as a guide. For my more seasoned investors, this book can be used as a reference book and portfolio gauge.

    This book is designed to be an easy read, a beginner and intermediate guide on to how to invest in the stock market. Unlike most investment books, I will pick stocks that I like and have done research on and show you, step-by-step, how to invest your money—even how to buy your stock directly—and I will help you break down the Wall Street gibberish and verbiage.

    The purpose of this book is to give you information. No one teaches you what to do with your money, whether you’re young or more mature. In the second grade, you are taught how to count money and add decimals, and then the next time you are introduced to money again is as a high school junior or senior in a semester-long elective if you’re lucky. If and when you go to college—unless you’re a finance, business, or economics major, or something related—you get to take another semester of learning about money and finances. And that’s it. You basically get very little guidance when it comes to money at three very pivotal stages of your life. At seven, when you are at the stage where you can absorb the most, you are only exposed to money in the physical form. Once to get to be a seventeen or eighteen year old, you’re probably working at a fast-food place part-time and have no idea how to do anything with your money but spend it. And finally in college, you’re a broke student who is being bombarded with credit card offers and is wondering how to juggle tuition, apartment/rent money, books, repairs on that piece of junk you call a car, and let alone food. It’s awful. You are equipped with all the skills you need, except for the one thing that can dictate

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