As the newest member to our flagship newsletter, Intelligent Income Investor, I want to personally welcome you.
I’m Brad Thomas, the founder and editor of Wide Moat Research.
Here at Wide Moat, our approach to investing is threefold:
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Always follow where the fundamentals lead.
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Only invest in long-term assets that consistently increase your income streams.
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And preserve investor capital above all else.
These may seem obvious or even boring… But they’re the best practices my team and I have perfected over decades to create – and maintain – wealth.
To lay them out in more detail and share my personal wealth-creation journey of how I developed this Sleep Well at Night (SWAN) strategy, I’ve recorded a special video just for you.
I invite you to watch it, learn everything you need to know about your membership, and start your journey toward lasting, sustainable wealth – powered by the best income investments on the planet.
I’m thrilled you’ve joined us. You couldn’t have come on board at a better time.
And if you ever have any questions along the way, we’d love to hear from you. Write to us here.
We’ll be back next week with a brand-new recommendation in your April monthly issue.
Happy SWAN (sleep well at night) investing,
Brad Thomas
Editor, Intelligent Income Investor
Transcript
Hello, I’m Brad Thomas, founder and editor of Intelligent Income Investor.
I’d like to welcome you to my flagship service, because it’s a labor of love.
As we said by e-mail last week, you have a completely free, no-strings attached one-year membership to Intelligent Income Investor.
It’s our gift to you.
As you’ll see in a moment, Intelligent Income Investor provides a unique and proven roadmap for you to repair and grow your portfolio.
Even in turbulent markets like right now.
That way, you can enjoy the retirement you deserve… and sleep well at night.
Before I show you the full benefits of your gift membership, I need to share a personal story.
Some of it’s painful to recall…
But this story shows you how and why I’m here today.
It all started in a parking lot in 2008.
My wife asked me to pick up some milk and diapers, so I drove to the store with the last $20 in my pocket.
You see, the Great Financial Crisis was already unfolding.
As a real estate developer, I had built a small empire in my home state of South Carolina.
The local paper even did a feature on me. In this picture from years ago, I’m standing in that same parking lot!
Up until the crash of 2008, I worked on over $1 billion in development and acquisition deals… bought a $2 million home, built a bustling career, married a lovely wife. And we had 5 kids.
Then, as the crisis hit, everything changed. In a flash.
My tenants had trouble paying rent. And so, I had trouble covering my sizable loan payments. I went bust as the crisis unfolded.
I should’ve declared bankruptcy, but I couldn’t afford the lawyer.
In a stinging irony, I had built the $15 million shopping center whose parking lot I stood in…
And there I stood, down to my last $20 to support my wife and 5 kids.
Right then and there, sitting broke in that parking lot that I built, I had an epiphany.
I looked at the young bagboys, smiling and free, working jobs I helped create…
And I knew that I would do everything it might take to rebuild my wealth.
In part for myself, yes… but mostly for my kids and my wife.
In that instant, everything changed for me as a man, a husband. A father.
And everything changed for me as a wealth builder.
In that moment in that parking lot… and over the next few years…
I transformed from a high-risk speculator into an intelligent investor.
And let me tell you: I never looked back.
Over time, I rebuilt my fortune. And I’ll show you how I did it.
It involves a simple yet strict approach to stocks. One that provides safe and growing wealth even in difficult markets.
I discovered and stuck to a specific, proven stock market roadmap that helped me bounce back…
And rebuild myself into a multi-millionaire.
This is a real-life, blood sweat and tears… riches to rags to riches again story.
And looking back, even though it was hard… I wouldn’t trade it for anything.
Because this transformation came from a stunningly simple shift.
The key revelation was this: protect your principal at all costs.
In other words, “Never lose money, Brad!”
That simple shift contains the most important secret in safeguarding your wealth.
It’s the secret to portfolio repair that so many Americans want right now. And it’s the secret to consistent portfolio growth.
And that’s the secret that I’ll share with you right now. I call it “Sleep Well at Night” or SWAN investing.
It led me to go from broke… to becoming a multi-millionaire again.
It’s a simple 3-step roadmap for repairing your portfolio that anyone – with a few minutes a week and a brokerage account – can use right away.
That’s how I rebuilt my wealth.
And I’ve also used this approach to help 3 different generations of my family.
I showed my retired mother how to use these tactics… as well as my son, a senior in college.
You see my son made a small fortune in crypto. He almost hit six figures in profit – a big score for a 20 year old.
So I gave him a talk about this windfall… and urged him to put some of it into Sleep Well at Night stocks. To safeguard and grow his capital.
So he put some of his profits into those stocks… bought a car… and plugged the rest back into crypto.
You can probably guess what happened…
The Sleep Well at Night stocks gave him a good, safe return… while he lost everything he put back into crypto.
And he still drives that car!
So that shows you how you can get safe growth with Sleep Well at Night stocks.
I call it “Sleep Well at Night” because that’s just what it lets you do.
Now, it involves more than the critical point of protecting your principal. I detail the entire approach in your gift membership to Intelligent Income Investor.
I reveal the full “hows and whys” of the Sleep Well at Night roadmap on the members site, which you can privately access. You’ll see every step right there.
And here’s the tragic thing…
Even though my approach is as simple as it is effective… used by wealth-building legends like Benjamin Graham and Warren Buffett…
You’ll never hear a word about it on CNBC… and your broker won’t mention it.
Because these bigshots and Wall Streeters don’t have your interest in mind… they have their own interests.
They benefit when you trade in and out of stocks. They love constant churn and the next flashy thing. They want you to speculate, not invest.
That’s how brokers get commissions, how CNBC gets eyeballs. With hype and flashy stories.
That might work out OK in a ripping bull market like we had for a few years there…
But look, those days are over. Everything changed.
And this shift will last for at least the next few years, until another mania emerges.
So you can’t afford to wait.
After I figured out this powerful investing secret, I started publishing my stock analysis. I felt a duty to show everyday Americans how I rebuilt my fortune.
I started with no readers 13 years ago.
Zero.
Today, my Sleep Well at Night method has helped me become the highest followed, most sought after expert on the financial website Seeking Alpha.
And you might’ve seen my writing in Barron’s, Bloomberg, or Forbes…
Or maybe you’ve caught me on TV on CNN, Fox News, Fox Business or MSNBC.
I’ve written three books, and my fourth will come out soon.
I have dozens of billionaires and CEOs on speed dial…
And that deep network even helped me become an advisor to a former U.S. president.
Here’s what some of my readers have to say…
A man named Isaac used my work to boost his income by more than $30,000…
“I have been following Brad for a long time… I generally only invest in his “sleep well at night” stocks and this service has allowed me to increase my dividends over 30K last year. Thanks again.”
While Randy said my work “has helped him build a seven-figure portfolio.”
And Ernie wrote that “this is one of the best services I’ve used over my 40+ years of investing.”
My Sleep Well at Night roadmap doesn’t just work for “mom and pop” investors. The high-rolling big dogs can use it, too.
Delaney has over $100 million in assets, and he loves my work.
Here’s what he said:
“As someone who manages a 9 figure portfolio on Wall Street, I have seen more than my fair share of institutional research. Given that context, I do not say this lightly: Brad’s research is easily the best I have seen – hands down. I would trade him for any of the “institutional investor” analyst teams. My only complaint is that I can’t clone Brad’s expertise and research!!”
I’ve seen hundreds of messages like those.
And once again, I should note…
Even though these fine folks paid for my research, you’ll get Intelligent Income Investor completely free for a full year. My compliments.
As you just saw, The Sleep Well at Night roadmap worked for Isaac, Randy and Delaney.
And it worked for me and my family.
So let it work for you!
It’s the perfect, proven plan for right now.
My only goal is to show you the way to a safe, secure, worry-free retirement.
It lets your portfolio grow – safely and consistently – no matter what’s happening in the market.
So you can sleep well at night.
Tonight… tomorrow night… and many, many nights to come.
So now that you know my story…
And how my Sleep Well at Night roadmap can help you repair and grow your portfolio in this trying market…
I want to show you how to access the benefits that come with your gift membership to my flagship service, the Intelligent Income Investor.
First off, on your members-only website, you can find all of my special reports.
You’ll see them under the tab called “Special Reports.”
This is a great place to start if you want to peek under the hood to see how I pick the best stocks in the market.
The one called “The SWAN Portfolio” will show you everything you need to know about my simple 3-step method applied to the 10 best stocks to consider right now.
Second, every month, I will e-mail you a new issue of the Intelligent Income Investor.
It will hit your e-mail around the first Monday of each month. So keep your eyes on your inbox.
Third, you have access to an up-to-date portfolio page.
This page lists every open position in the Intelligent Income Investor, so you can monitor them at a glance. It also links to my write ups and it shows all of the critical information on every play, including the buy-up-to price, present price and current dividend yields.
We monitor this portfolio constantly. And we’ll alert you and update this page as soon as our recommended action to take changes. So you’ll never wonder what or when to buy and sell.
Finally, you’ll also receive a complementary subscription to my daily e-mail, Intelligent Income Daily.
Before I sign off, I want to give you the name of my all-time favorite Sleep Well at Night Stock.
It’s called Realty Income and the ticker symbol is one letter: O.
You can see my full writeup on the member’s only site. It pays monthly dividends and it’s still in buy range – for now.
Once again, I want to welcome you to Intelligent Income Investor.
And thank you for your time today.
I’m Brad Thomas… and here’s to Sleeping Well at Night!