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Making your money work for you ought to be fun, easy, safe, and sure. You shouldn't have to be a professional or spend every waking moment studying the markets. And you shouldn't have to take a lot of time from your own career and personal life. Investing, says Bill Staton, isn't voodoo or hocus-pocus. To invest means to put money to work today so that it will earn more money for the future. Staton, a successful financial advisor and money manager for almost four decades, has helped thousands of people invest wisely—just by following a few simple guidelines.
In Double Your Money in America's Finest Companies®, he shares his simple, time-tested way to make your money grow at an above-average rate with sub-stantially reduced risk. His investment philosophy is straightforward and uncomplicated: invest in well-run, profitable companies with long histories of rising annual dividends and/or earnings, and watch the profits grow.
Staton's investment program is built around America's Finest Companies®—those shown to have delivered consistently superior returns over time—and will teach you how to be your own money manager. The author has whittled down the entire universe of more than 20,000 U.S. stocks to just over 300 of the highest-quality firms that historically have outperformed the market with below-average risk. With no Wall Street jargon, no complicated rules, and no complex formulas, he shows how to build and manage your own "mini-fund" picked from America's Finest Companies®—and potentially outperform at least 75 percent of the pros 100 percent of the time. Using lively quips and anecdotes to illustrate his points, Staton draws in large part from the philosophies of value investors Benjamin Graham and Warren Buffett, helping readers align themselves with the investment wisdom and success of these self-made legends.
This book's valuable appendix contains a complete listing of America's Finest Companies® with details on each company that include dividend yields, information on dividend reinvestment programs, and more. Double Your Money in America's Finest Companies® is an easy-to-read and -understand guide to making money with the cream of American companies. This simple, time-proven, powerful method should help anyone dramatically improve his or her financial health.
Bill Staton, MBA, CFA, began his investment career as a securities analyst with Interstate Securities (now part of Wachovia Securities) in 1971. He founded The Staton Institute® Inc. (www.statoninstitute.com) in 1986, helping thousands of people increase their wealth with a commonsense value approach to investing. A frequent speaker on investing and economic issues, Staton has been profiled or quoted in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, U.S. News and World Report, Barron's, BusinessWeek, and Money magazine. He is the author of five books on investing and has an MBA in finance from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
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Praise For Double Your Money in America's Finest Companies®
"This is a tremendous book that stands out from all the other books on the same subject. Bill Staton gives you a powerful, practical series of strategies and techniques you can use to become wealthy faster and more predictably than you might have thought possible."
—Brian Tracy, speaker, and author of Getting Rich Your Own Way
"Bill Staton's America's Finest Companies® continues to produce one of the highest returns with extremely low risk by investing in companies with the very best long-term track records in earnings and dividends. In Double Your Money in America's Finest Companies®, Staton unveils his proven techniques. These simple and easy steps can only help you grow your portfolio exponentially."
—Martin Edelston, President of Bottom Line Publishing
"When Bill Staton talks, you would do well to listen. He has guided clients and subscribers to market-beating results for decades using methods that are understandable and brilliant! He is indeed a manager's manager."
—David R. Fried, President of Fried Asset Management, Inc., and David R. Fried, Inc., and Editor of The Buyback Letter
"Bill Staton's Double Your Money in America's Finest Companies® provides many commonsense rules that can help all investors. His 6 Steps laid out in Chapter 7 are a must-read to help investors achieve tax-efficient returns. I especially like Bill's emphasis on dividend and sales growth, which have become incredibly important investing tools!"
—Louis G. Navellier, Chairman and founder of Navellier & Associates, Inc., and author of The Little Book That Makes You Rich
"In Double Your Money in America's Finest Companies®, Bill Staton combines Wall Street savvy with eastern North Carolina common sense. The reader benefits because—as Bill so eloquently analyzes—common sense is just not that common."
—Larry W. Carroll, CFP, Carroll Financial Associates Inc.
"Successful investing is all about putting the odds in your corner. Bill Staton shows, with voluminous evidence, that individual investors can beat the stock market indexes (and most professionals) by sticking with the finest companies money can buy, America's long-term dividend and earnings champions."
—Richard E. Band, Editor of Profitable Investing
"Bill Staton is my financial advisor and wealth manager. The only times I have lost money in the past twenty years were when I did not follow his advice. Learn to simplify your own financial world and increase the safety of your funds. Invest in America's Finest Companies® and keep your money growing while reducing your risks."
—Jim Cathcart, Hall of Fame professional speaker and bestselling author, www.cathcart.com
"Bill has captained our financial ship to safe waters, through every challenge of the past couple of decades. His America's Finest Companies® concept is the most sound program we have ever seen. He has helped double our funds. Plus, he and Mary Staton are hands-on and are great friends! Want a good friend and a sound investment program? Get this book, then get the Statons."
—Ty Boyd, CPAE, founder of Ty Boyd Executive Learning Systems
