The Little Book of Big Dividends: A Safe Formula for Guaranteed Returns - Hardcover

by Charles B. Carlson (Author), Terry Savage (Foreword by)

Everyone needs to invest, but where do you invest during bear markets?

The massive stock declines over the past year have eroded savings, but this doesn't mean you should stuff your money under a mattress. It needs to be put to work getting some return so that it will grow.

Smart investors will turn to high dividend paying stocks to get a stable and growing stream of income. Dividend investing-that provides an income beyond any gain in the share price-may be the investor's best weapon. Dividends are safe, largely reliable, and maybe at the their cheapest levels in many years. While the best paying dividend stocks of recent years, such as financials, took a huge beating in 2008, opportunities will abound in 2010 and beyond-if you know where to look.

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. If you're a bit adventurous, Carlson has you covered, and will teach you how to find big, safe dividends in foreign stocks, preferred stocks, ETFs, real estate investment trusts, and more.

• Contains the simple tools, strategies, and recommendations for finding big, safe dividends
• Helps you put a complete portfolio together that pays dividends every month
• Show you the top dividend paying stocks with their dividend payment dates

It doesn't get any easier than this, and in these turbulent times, you can't afford to ignore the power of dividends. Read The Little Book of Big Dividends and gain a better perspective of how you can protect yourself for the future.

Front Jacket

Even with the recent stock market rebound, the massive stock declines over the past year have eroded savings. But this doesn't mean you should stuff your money under a mattress. What you need to do is put your money to work and get the best returns possible. But how?

Smart investors will turn to high dividend-paying stocks to get a stable and growing stream of income. Dividend investing--which provides an income beyond any gain in the share price--may be your best weapon. Dividends are safe, largely reliable, and may be at their cheapest levels in many years. While the best paying dividend stocks of recent years, such as financials, took a huge beating in 2008, opportunities will abound in 2010 an beyond, if you know where to look.

In The Little Book of Big Dividends, dividend stock expert Chuck Carlson presents an action plan for dividend-hungry investors. You'll learn how to avoid the pitfalls, find the opportunities, and construct a portfolio that generates big, safe dividends easily through the BSD (Big, Safe Dividends) formula. If you're a bit adventurous, Carlson has you covered and will teach you how to find big, safe dividends in foreign stocks, preferred stocks, ETFs, real estate investment trusts, and more. Filled with in-depth insights and practical advice, this reliable resource:

• Contains the simple tools, strategies, and recommendations for finding big, safe dividends
• Helps you put a complete portfolio together that pays dividends every month
• Shows you the top dividend paying stocks with their dividend payment dates
• And much more

When it comes to investing, the approach outlined within these pages can't be beat, and in these turbulent times, you can't afford to ignore the power of dividends. Read The Little Book of Big Dividends and gain a better perspective of how you can protect yourself for the future and profit.

Back Jacket

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

Author Biography

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.