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Book Signing at Mississippi State University, Meridian

I hosted a book signing for my new book “Choose Stocks Wisely: A Formula that Produced Amazing Returns” on Tuesday evening, October 29, 2013 at MSU Meridian. It was a very good time and I was able to sign a lot of books. I’m tremendously grateful for the support of MSU Meridian and for my community! Check out the link to an article and short video that was done by WTOK TV of Meridian; a sincere thanks to WTOK. My lovely wife and two daughters joined me at the signing table. It was a privilege to sign books for a lot of dear friends. I’ve attached one picture of signing a book for Mayor Percy Bland, mayor of Meridian.

http://www.wtok.com/home/headlines/MSU-Meridian-Professor-Holds-Book-Signing-229809461.html

 

October 31st, 2013|In The News|5 Comments
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Investing in Times Like These

I was speaking at a civic club the other day about my book, “Choose Stocks Wisely: A Formula That Produced Amazing Returns.” During the Q and A time, I received a question that I’ve received before.  The question probed at what my thoughts are toward investing in stocks amidst a backdrop of great financial uncertainty in our nation today. 

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October 26th, 2013|faith, Investing, Stock|1 Comment
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Is Investing in Stocks Gambling?

Observing the investing behavior of my parents while I was growing up, I came to think that investing in anything other than a certificate of deposit (CD) was too risky. In fact, during my youthful years, I embraced the notion that people who invested in the stock market were gambling. 

Later on, it occurred to me that all publicly-traded corporations are owned my stockholders. If the corporations had no stockholders, there would be no corporations. This would mean the absence of jobs and collapse of the economy. Well, if investing in stocks is actually gambling, it would not take long before corporations would cease to exist because there would be fewer and fewer people who would be willing to gamble away their hard-earned money.

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October 19th, 2013|Gambling, Investing, stewardship, Stock|0 Comments
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Faith, Money, and Investing in Stocks

I’m a follower of Jesus Christ. It seems to me that money can sometimes be an uncomfortable topic of discussion for those of us who profess to believe in Christ. Many are familiar with the Bible passage (I Timothy 6: 10) where the apostle Paul says that the love of money is the root of all evil. Obviously, talking about money does not equate loving it. In fact, Christians must be willing to have frank discussions about money since we are regarded as God’s stewards in the Bible and, as God’s stewards, it is required that we be found faithful (I Corinthians 4: 2). Financial stewardship is an important area of Christian stewardship.

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October 13th, 2013|Buying, Christian stewardship, money, Stock|2 Comments
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Relaxing the P/E

On occasion, I will write a post that is especially directed to readers of my book.  This is one of those posts.

My book teaches how to screen for potential stock purchase candidates from the universe of publicly traded companies and then how to analyze the stock purchase candidates further for quality and a low buying price.

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October 7th, 2013|P/E ratio, Stock, stock filters|0 Comments
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Buy Low OR Sell High

Yes, I know.  It’s “buy low AND sell high,” not “buy low OR sell high.” However, I want to make a case in this post and the next that knowing how to buy quality stocks at bargain (low) prices is much more important than knowing how to sell stocks at high prices.

Intuitively, if I know how to buy low but not how to sell high, I face a low level of risk of loss since I’m buying at a base level from which the stock price is unlikely to diminish significantly, even if the company does not perform as well as I would like for a spell.  On the other hand, if I know how to sell high but not how to buy low, I’m assuming significant risk since I’m dependent on things going well for the company such that I have opportunity to realize the high selling price.  Further, since I don’t know where “low” is, I’m vulnerable to finding that out the hard way if things don’t go so well for the company involved.  My personal record of success reveals that if you know how to buy quality stocks at low prices, you will likely exceed normal market returns regardless of how seldom you manage to sell near high prices achieved by the stocks you buy.

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October 2nd, 2013|Balance Sheet, Buying, Risk, Stock|0 Comments
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