Relative Dividend Yield: Common Stock Investing for Income and Appreciation

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John Wiley & Sons, Jul 8, 1999 - Business & Economics - 272 pages

Expert investors Anthony Spare and Paul Ciotti demonstrate the Relative Dividend Yield (RDY) approach that has outperformed the market for more than fifteen years, without the market risk. This comprehensive book covers all aspects of investing and money management, while providing you with the proven advice you need to calmly navigate the rough waters of investing. In addition, Relative Dividend Yield, Second Edition has been completely updated to help you:

  • Compare RDY with other investment methods such as venture capital, emerging growth, large growth,technical analysis, and sector rotators
  • Manage even the largest portfolios with confidence
  • Learn about RDY valuations, including consumer stocks, industrial stocks, utilities, and cyclical stocks
  • Avoid pitfalls and take preventive measures by maintaining a safe dividend level, using a straightforward analytical process, and focusing on quality companies
  • Ascertain the primary characteristics of RDY stock portfolios and find out the connection between RDY and market timing

With an exercise on Dow Jones stock selecting included, you owe it to yourself to find out why RDY is on of the best-kept secrets in investing today.

 

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Contents

INTRODUCTION TO RDY INVESTMENTS
1
OTHER INVESTMENT METHODS
21
A STUDY
33
What Can Go Wrong with These Rules
39
41
59
34
80
RDYBASED PORTFOLIO CHARACTERISTICS
111
Foreign Stock Application
119
Portfolio Diversification
125
HAVING OTHERS INVEST FOR YOU
137
INVESTING FOR YOURSELF
143
CONCLUSION
153
APPENDIX B THE CHANGE IN DIVIDEND
175
RDY CHARTS
207
Acknowledgments
241
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Common terms and phrases

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About the author (1999)

ANTHONY E. SPARE is Chairman and Chief Investment Officer of the San Francisco investment portfolio management firm of Spare, Kaplan, Bischel & Associates. Previously, he was Director of Research and Chief Investment Officer of the Bank of California's Merus Capital Management Group. Mr. Spare holds an undergraduate degree from Tufts University and an MBA from Stanford University Graduate School of Business.

Bibliographic information

TitleRelative Dividend Yield: Common Stock Investing for Income and Appreciation
Volume 66 of Frontiers in Finance Series
AuthorAnthony E. Spare
ContributorPaul Crotti
Edition2, illustrated
PublisherJohn Wiley & Sons, 1999
ISBN0471327050, 9780471327059
Length272 pages
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