Safe, Debt-Free, and Rich!: High-Return, Low-Risk Investing Strategies to Grow Your Wealth

by Andrew Packer

Overview

In this book, Newsmax senior financial analyst and lifelong investor Andrew Packer reviews the latest challenges facing investors today.

Packer outlines a step-by-step approach to understanding the current investment environment, and what to look for when allocating your capital today. Rather than swinging for the fences and hoping for the best, Packer reveals high-reward, yet low-risk investment opportunities still available to investors today. These opportunities will appeal to anyone who wants to supercharge their retirement savings and grow their nest egg without complicated and risky strategies.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781630060794
Publisher:	Humanix Books
Publication date:	12/05/2017
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	256
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Andrew Packer (West Palm Beach, FL) has been an avid investor since childhood. Starting with bullion and collectible coins, he expanded into stocks as a teenager. After earning a BA in economics, Andrew has honed his analytical skills while working at various companies, including real estate research and private equity. He has since added options, real estate, and bonds to his personal portfolio.


Andrew Packer has been an avid investor since childhood. Starting with bullion and collectible coins, he expanded into stocks as a teenager. After earning a BA in economics, Andrew has honed his analytical skills while working at various companies, including real estate research and private equity. He has since added options, real estate, and bonds to his personal portfolio. His investment approach is based on value, growth at a reasonable price, special situations, and any other opportunities presented by the market. Andrew has written investment services on small-cap value investing, shorting, and contributed big-cap value investments to a monthly publication.

Table of Contents

Foreword: Why You Need This Guide Bill Spetrino xi

Introduction: Investing Is about Reality, not Theory 1

A Week in the Life 9

Recap: Investing 101 21

Where Our Story Begins 41

Part I Core Trades 45

1 Intel: Building Big Profits in "Brick-and-Mortar" Tech 47

2 As Exciting as Watching Paint Dry: Investing in JM Smucker 55

3 PacWest Bancorp: Fast Profits in an Unloved Sector 63

4 McDonald's and the Power of Yield on Cost: The Overlooked Secret to Superior Income Investments 71

5 Investing in Insurance Companies: Safe, Consistent, and Boring Pro tics in This Heavily Regulated Industry 79

6 Seagate Limited: Turning a Big Market Overreaction into Big Profits 87

Part II Commodity Trades 95

7 Silver: An Investment Start as Good as Gold 97

8 Catch the Boom, but Quit while You're Ahead 105

9 Coal: When Everyone's Saying an Industry Is Dead, It's Time to Buy 113

10 Shipping: Always Make Money No Matter What Markets Are Doing 121

11 Gold: Betting on a Counterrally in Oversold Commodities 127

Part III Short Trades 135

12 Beating the Bear: Making Profits as the S&P 500 Index Drops 137

13 Using Options to Profit from Falling Commodity Prices 145

14 The Most Volatile-but Profitable-Trades I've Ever Made 153

Part IV Complex Opportunities 161

15 Herbalife: Sneaking in Profits during a Battle of the Billionaires 163

16 Staying Solvent 101: Don't Put All Your Cash in One Trade 171

17 Homestyle Investing: Turning Your Next Home into a Moneymaker 179

18 Nobody Bats 1000: Lessons Learned from a Big Loss during the Financial Crisis 187

Conclusion and Appendices 195

The Lazy Way Out: A Model Portfolio to Take Advantage of Market Opportunities 197

Appendix A A Quick Guide to Personal Finance 207

Appendix B Core Investment Themes: 15 Principles to Keep in Mind When Investing 213

Appendix C A Sample Investment Checklist 223

Epilogue 225

Notes 227

Index 231

About the Author 245