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    Your Ever Growing Income US Edition
    Your Ever Growing Income US Edition
    Your Ever Growing Income US Edition
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    Your Ever Growing Income US Edition

    By Henry Mah

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    This edition was written especially for US investors, following the same process described in the Canadian version. Are you tired of paying some else to manage your investments, which don't seem to be going anywhere? Or maybe you are ready to start managing your own affairs.

    Whether you are a new or a seasoned investor, you may find investing overwhelming. What to buy, when, how much, which markets, who to listen to and finally, when you do buy, and have you made a good choice?

    I'll address these questions and suggest an investing strategy from a different viewpoint than most: Instead of concentrating on capital appreciation (price of your stocks rising), we will focus on the income your stocks generate. Instead of comparing your returns to market indexes or other common benchmarks, we will measure your income growth. Instead of worrying about being fully diversified (spreading your investments "across the board"), we will concentrate on selecting a few of the best stocks. Instead of providing you with a list of recommended stocks or sample portfolios, you will learn to evaluate the stocks and decide which best suits your needs. In this book I will be demonstrating a method of finding stocks, stock evaluation, and then suggest the best way to make these stocks generate the most income. You won't be constantly looking for new stocks to buy. You won't need to jump on the latest "hot" stock (like Facebook or the "cannabis craze").You won't be monitoring the price of your stocks, worrying when the market changes direction or be concerned should the value of your portfolio drop. You won't have to wait until the end of the year to see how your investment strategy is working. You will receive confirmation updates each month or quarter. You will, over time, learn to ignore stock prices and market fluctuations.

    We've made Investing simple, easy to understand and most importantly show you where to find the stocks, how to evaluate them and walk you through a simple process of selecting the best stocks to provide you with Your Own Ever Growing Income.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHenry Mah
    Release dateFeb 8, 2020
    ISBN9781393074090
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      Your Ever Growing Income US Edition - Henry Mah

      Foreword

      When Henry asked me to prepare a few words by way of a foreword for his great new book, I was in the middle of tallying up our 2018 dividends. It is something we do every November: detail our yearly dividend increases. It does not take long: I hold five stocks, my wife six and the dividend changes have already been recorded by hand as they occur during the year on a wee chart up on the tack board in the laundry room. (There are columns for: buy date, number of shares and price; original yield and dividend; and yield on cost. We change the dividend and yield on cost when it occurs.) Each time my wife’s dividends increase; I get taken out to lunch.

      This year, though, we are most excited. One of our stocks, Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS), is approaching 100%. One hundred percent of what? When we purchased our BNS in 1990, the dividend was 25¢ a share. Now they send us $3.40 dividend per share every year. Now for the magic of dividend growth; Henry’s book will explain it for you in very simple terms. You’ve heard of stock splits, perhaps. Splits occur every 10 to 15 years on quality growth stocks. Anyway, since 1990 our BNS has had two, 2:1 split. So, our original price of $14.56, when divided by 4 begets $3.64. On the other side of the coin, our original 200 shares became 400 shares on the first 2:1 split and 800 shares on the second 2:1 split. Look at things this way. We paid $3.64 for our shares and these shares now pay us $3.40 in dividends. We are just about receiving the full amount we paid for the shares back each year (it is actually 93.4%) by way of dividends. Most folks do not know that quality stocks become safer as companies build wealth. AND, and, this is a very important ‘and’, our 200 shares are now 800 shares (with the splits) and the current price is somewhere close to $70 per share. Does this seem a bit complicated? It’s not. It’s wonderful! Our income from BNS has grown (to $2,720 a year) and our capital has grown (to $56,000). It is growth that builds these returns; good companies grow: They grow their earnings, they deploy retained earnings properly and they grow their dividends. Learn how this all works from Henry’s book and share in the wealth. Henry is convincing; he knows his material well and he employs good examples.

      As you are most likely just beginning with dividend growth, some of what you encounter may have to be taken on faith for a while. It is truly unbelievable. This happened to me when I first encountered dividend growth in a 1984, Letter to the Editor of the Financial Times. Over the years though, our faith has been confirmed with real cash flow. Hold for it!

      *Here is how the BNS steadily grew over the years from 1990: .25, .25, .26, .28, .29, .31, .33, .36, .55, .66, .76 in 2000, .87, .96, .98, $1.10, 1.32, 1.50, 1.74, 1.92, 1.96, 1.96 again in 2010, $2.05, 2.19, 2.39, 2.56, 2.72, 2.88, 3.05, 3.28, and now in 2018, .85 quarterly x 4 = $3.40 a year. We are living the dream . . . building wealth through dividend increases, which, in concert with well deployed retained earnings, drive capital gains in a commensurate amount. I’ve never, ever, seen a fund increase their distributions like this. Build your own portfolio, with Henry’s help.

      TOM CONNOLLY

      Publisher of: The Connolly Report since 1981

      www.dividendgrowth.ca

      Preface:

      Before we get started, I’d like to highlight a few items that you should keep in mind when reading through my book:

      I am not an academic and, therefore, there will be no past analytical data, forecasting or comparisons to other strategies.

      I do not present any charts on how well one might do with this strategy or assumptions on potential earnings.

      I don’t provide sample portfolios or lists of recommended stocks.

      Every effort will be made to provide you with clear and precise steps on the strategy I propose.

      Some of the numbers used in my examples and charts may not reflect current figures when you read the book, but the points I’m trying to make are still valid.

      I apologize for some of the fuzzy charts, they lose their resolution when condensed in size.

      Examples provided are from accounts I am familiar with and represent real numbers.

      Examples presented are not a guarantee of similar success in the future, but as real-world results of practicing the process I recommend.

      Some examples given are from Canadian accounts, US stocks performed better during the period 2007 to 2018. One could assume US stocks will have shown better results.

      There will be no reference to current market value throughout the book, such as: This portfolio is now worth... $ or We have beat the market by... % over the past... years.

      This book will present and explain a process for you to follow. Much of the information will detail a step-by-step process much like a workbook or exercise book.

      I will try to avoid recommending individual stocks, instead I’ll provide you with the task of evaluating the stocks on your own with a set of guidelines, showing you how to gather the data, how to analyze the data (as best I can) and allow you to decide whether a stock qualifies.

      Once you have established your own list of stocks following my process, you can repeat the process on different stocks or indexes if you wish.

      The process will not become outdated over time. The status of the companies may change, but the process will continue to screen out those which do not meet your requirements.

      Now, onwards and upwards, as they say!

      The No Win Scenario: The Market Kobayashi Maru!

      If you’re a science fiction buff like I am, you will be familiar with the Kobayashi Maru scenario from Star Trek. In its construction, the Kobayashi Maru is a no-win scenario.  James T. Kirk was the only one to ever beat the Kobayashi Maru — by reprogramming the simulation so that it was possible to win. Clever filmmaking, but also a very clever lesson used by many to illustrate a very important point. The only way to win a no-win scenario is to change the rules, or simply don’t play their game.

      I believe to a certain extent that trying to beat the market, relying on market timing and depending on market returns is a bit like a no-win scenario, or trying to beat the house in a casino. You win via luck, you lose by design.

      I am offering you a solution to the Market Kobayashi Maru with:

      A philosophy that beats the sleight of hand of market timing.

      A system that eliminates the best guess way of stock picking.

      An evaluation system which is simple, effective and allows you to quickly identify quality stocks.

      An alternative to seeking market returns and eliminating the reliance on market returns.

      A system where your returns are not tied to price fluctuations and won’t play a part in your investment decisions.

      Don’t play their game, play yours.

      With this book, we are not going to play the price game.  Certainly, the goal is to purchase stocks, keeping in mind there are no guarantees in investing, just as there are no guarantees in life. But we’ll change the game so that it works to your benefit by providing you with results that are measured, not by price or the direction of the market, but with you having greater control over your returns, where you will be able to see those returns grow. 

      We’re not going to play their game of needing to beat the market, rather, we’ll play our own game, with our own rules, ignoring the market altogether!

      Introduction:

      Income growth is not a difficult concept to grasp, and there is no doubt that it is important, but the topic is rarely mentioned—even in prominent publications. (Tom Connolly, The Connolly Report, Dec. 1994)

      Why should you listen to me or take my advice? You shouldn’t!

      What I hope you will do is take the time to read the book in its entirety, it’s not long, and decide if it might be a strategy suitable for you. I don’t want you to take anyone’s suggestions or advice point blank. You need to determine your personal investing goals. Nothing replaces due diligence and research, even with the strategy

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