Dividends Still Don't Lie: The Truth About Investing in Blue Chip Stocks and Winning in the Stock Market

Acknowledgments

Gloria Patri, et Filio, et Spiritui Sancto. Sicut erat in principio, et nunc, et semper, et in sæcula sæculorum, Amen.

All thanks to the Holy Trinity from whom I have been blessed with the gift of faith, the love and support of my beautiful wife Kathy, and our five incredible children: Trinity Faith, Keegan Patrick, Jillian Grace, Evan Michael, and Christian Blaise.

Although faith and family are sufficient to make any life fulfilling, I have also enjoyed a rich professional life. Without discounting the benefits of my monetary compensation, it is impossible to put a price tag on the affirmation one receives from providing the appropriate solution for a clients dilemma, or a value on the life experience and wisdom gained along the way. When all these factors are considered, I am the recipient of an embarrassment of riches.

I realize that while employment, for many people, is a necessity of life; how we embrace that necessity can transform a mere job into a calling or vocation. If, as The Good Book reads, "one must earn their daily bread from the sweat of their brow," where is it written the sweat of the brow must be ordinary, uninteresting, and without joy? Thankfully it seems no written edict exists except in the hearts and minds of those who have chosen that path. As for me, I can gratefully acknowledge that my road has been blessed. I have had the wise counsel of caring mentors. The practice of my craft has resulted in relationships with truly wonderful people who ...