Be a Dividend Millionaire: A Proven, Low-Risk Approach That Will Generate Income for the Long Term

4. Investing Rules to Live By

Watch What Wall Street Does More Than What It Says

During each trading day, there’s no shortage of opinions and analysis flooding from the keyboards and mouths of market commentators and analysts. On television, radio, and the Internet, investors are constantly bombarded with sometimes starkly conflicting opinions. Before the market even opens each day, stocks are already moving, or are about to react to what a just-released analyst’s report has to say about a company’s fortunes.

When I first entered the investing world, I assumed that if an analyst put a “buy” rating on a specific stock, the immediate reaction from the market would be a nice move to the up side. As time went on, however, I realized that this wasn’t ...