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The Duly Diligent Stock Investor: Practical Principles for Creating Your Own Fund of Safe and Profitable Investments
The Duly Diligent Stock Investor Practical Principles for Creating Your Own Fund of Safe and Profitable Investments Author:Paul Wagner This book peels back the onion to reveal how even folks who think of themselves as unsophisticated in financial matters and who doubt they are ?cut out? to make their own stock investment decisions can be confident in their ability to succeed as investors in some of America?s finest companies while building wealth for themselves and their famili... more »es ? all without handing over a big part of the profits they make from their investments to mutual fund managers who may not be earning the big fees they gulp down. The Duly Diligent Stock Investor is about investing in stocks as if you were buying a business that you intend to own for a very long time and plan to participate in its profits forever. Investing with that time frame provides the individual investor with insulation from the manic gyrations of Wall Street that usually have little to do with a company?s fundamental value. Long-term investing in fine companies is not the only way to make money but it happens to be the way famous and very rich investor Warren Buffett has made his billions. Market timing and frequent technical trading work for some people and there are plenty of books available that cover those strategies in depth. This isn?t one of them. Drawing on what he has learned over his 25-year career in financing private companies and over 15 years in successfully investing in public companies since his retirement at age 50, Paul Wagner lays out practical principles for selectively building your own personal portfolio of safe and profitable, long-term investments. Emphasis is on the due diligence process of learning about and understanding the business you contemplate investing in. He skillfully walks you through the process step-by-step, helping you to arrive at an informed understanding of your company, its strategies, its financial strength and its value. While there is some work in being a Duly Diligent Stock Investor, it?s not hard work. Certainly not as hard as completing a difficult New York Times crossword puzzle if you?ve never done one. And while the work involves some numbers, it doesn?t require more than simple arithmetic that can be done on a $2.99 calculator. Importantly, thanks to the internet, all the information you need is available free online. The Duly Diligent Stock Investor is a welcome contribution to individuals who want to take responsibility for their financial well-being by investing some of their money in companies which have meaning to them, which they understand and find worthy of their investment dollars.« less