Direct Investing

The Active Shareholder
Exercising Your Rights, Increasing Your Profits, and Minimizing Your Risks
Author: William F. Mahoney
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Hardcover Published 02/93 289p. List $21.95

This book takes an in-depth look at how individual investors can use their rights as shareholders to influence companies' policies and decisions. It provides a comprehensive examination of the relationship between shareholders, boards of directors and the power that various types of shares can exert on the boards. It also covers the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regulations governing shareholder rights, profiles of companies that are and aren't shareholder responsive, voting rights, and explains what can and cannot be accomplished through the proxy process. It includes a resource guide to shareholder associations, sources of information on corporate earning patterns plus a state-by-state breakdown of shareholder laws.



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Break the Wall Street Rule
Outperform the Stock Market by Investing As an Owner
Author: Michael T. Jacobs
Publisher: Addison-Wesley
Hardcover Published 03/93 243p. List $24.95

This book explains how to make companies serve their investors' need for consistent growth instead of short-term accounting. Readers learn to monitor the real value of stocks, decipher proxy ballots and company reports, and write shareholder resolutions that give power back to company owners. It also includes strategies for a safely diverse growth portfolio.



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Buying Stocks Without a Broker
Author: Charles B. Carlson
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Softcover Published 01/96 400p. List $17.95

This book is a guide to investing in the stock market using DRIPs (Dividend Reinvestment Plans). It includes a directory of company DRIPs with nearly 1,000 entries, corporate profiles, model portfolios using DRIPs, and more.



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Create and Manage Your Own Mutual Fund
Buy Stocks Directly from America's Blue Chip Companies & Eliminate Broker Fees by Using Dividend Reinvestment Plans
Author: Vita Nelson Donald J. Korn
Publisher: Lifetime Books
Softcover Published 02/95 175p. List $15.95

This book shows you how to buy stocks directly from America's blue chip companies and eliminate broker fees by using dividend reinvestment plans. It also contains a listing of 900 US companies offering DRIPs. The list provides Standard & Poor's rankings, discounts offered, minimum/maximum purchases, exchanges, industry categories, transfer agents, and company/agent addresses and telephone numbers.



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Grow Rich With Mutual Funds
Without a Broker
Author: Stephen Littauer
Publisher: Dearborn
Softcover Published 05/94 392p. List $19.95

This book provides 29 specific wealth-building strategies that both novice and experienced investors can manage on their own.



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No-Load Stocks
How to Buy Your First Share and Every Share Directly from the Company, With No Broker's Fee
Author: Charles B. Carlson
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Softcover Published 01/97 352p. List $16.95

This book contains information on more than 100 companies offering direct investment programs. It explains what a no-load stock is and shows how to find them, rate their offering, and create a no-load stock portfolio designed to beat the market. It also lists investment strategies using no-load stocks and compares them to no-load mutual funds.



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