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Praise for THE 25% CASH MACHINE

I've been using great income-investing ideas from Bryan Perry for a long rime, always with exceptional results. Whether you run hundreds of millions of dollars or a few thousand dollars of your own, I guarantee you'll find new ideas you can use in The 25% Cash Machine."
-- Dan Frishberg, CEO, BizRadio Network

"Bryan Perry's book is a must-read for anyone that invests their own money and knows the value of a dollar. The 25% Cash Machine isn't alchemy; it is sound financial advice from someone that doesn't just talk the talk; Bryan walks the walk. he breaks down in pain English how to achieve 25% returns by running with the sectors that are outperforming the market. By dynamically moving into the sectors that have the most favorable business conditions rather than sticking with dead sectors or dead stocks, Bryan shows how and why his proven system can work for any investor, in any environment. I heartily endorse the 25% Cash Machine."
-- Jon"DoctorJ" Najarian, cofounder, www.optionmonster.com

"Our national radio audience always reacts strongly and positively when Bryan Perry is a guest on our programs. They want high-yield strategies, and Bryan has knowledge, experience, and integrity to generate a 25% cash machine. All investor should consider this maximizing yields minimizing risk strategy, I highly recommend this book; it's terrific!".
-- Steve Crowley, Executive Producer and host, American Scene radio, WallStreetCast Television

"A bird in the hand and two in the bush. That's what many have achieved. Here is your chance to be one of them with Bryan Perry's new book, The 25% Cash Machine."
-- Gabriel Wisdom, syndicated radio host, Business Talk Radio Network, and founder, American Money Management LLC

CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 3.5 based on 28 reviews)

Great in Theory- Under Delivers in Practice

The title of this book caught my attention and I read it with great interest. The author promises 10% yields and an additional 15% in capital appreciation. He DOES delver on the yield part but gives no guidance on how to achieve the 15% capital appreciation except to vaguely talk about "sector rotation". I'm sure there are TWO reasons for that omission: 1.) He wants you to subscribe to his service, which he obnoxiously hypes throughout the book, and 2.) He has no clue how to achieve that kind of appreciation, himself! This became painfully obvious to me after I signed up for his service and took a serious beating on his "sector rotation" recommendations.

Also, in order to receive his emails for his service, you MUST be willing to receive spam emails hyping other Changewave "get-rich-quick" programs. I hate that junk!

So, buy the book if you're interested in the 10% yields, but pass on the advisory service, and know that you're on your own when it comes to the appreciation piece.
May 17, 2008

Advice could get you into trouble - A sales pitch

I checked out many of the stocks the author is in favor of buying. A few are no longer in business, some are paying much smaller dividends and yet others are at a negative EPS. None have more than a 3-Star Morningstar rating, if you, like me, monitor Morningstar and put stock in it (excuse the pun.)

While the idea is great, one must be careful in chasing yield. I consider a stock that pays from 4% to 9% or so in the safe zone (after doing my due diligence.) More than that and a stock is generally no more than a speculation.

No harm in reading the book and you may find you like what it offers. Personally, I'm not comfortable with the ideas. I am a dividend investor and think it's the best way to make money safely. But not the way the author advises.

Basically, the author is selling his advisory service. Nothing wrong with that. But that's the bottom line. He makes his case and then tells you how complicated it is and offers to do all the work for you.

-Susanna K. Hutcheson
April 16, 2008

The 25% Cash Machine - Double Digit Income Investing

Seven Canadian Trust Trading on the NYSE and followed in the 25% Cash Machine:
Pengrowth Energy Trust (PGH) 14.83% yield, Enerplus Resources Fund (ERF): 9.25% yield, Canetic Resources Fund (CNE) 15.82% yield, Harverst Energy Trust (HTE) (oil and natural gas): 15.47% yield, Penn West Energy Trust (PWE) 10.88% yield, PrimeWest Energy (PWI) (acquisition, development, expoitation, production, and marketing of oil and natural gas): 13.78% yield, and Provident Energy Trust (PVX) (manage oil and gas production): 11.59% yield.

"According to one recent report, 75 percent of the 50 largest business trusts in Canada payout more than they earn...When it comes to buying income trusts it is imperative that eh earnings more than cover the payout to unitholders-if not, then the trust will either incur debt to maintain the dividend or give you your own money back in the form of a return of capital to pay for the dividend."

"Some of the juiciest yields and returns that exist in th entire double-digit income universe can be found in th energy patch."

"Big increases in domestic energy consumption are the result of a powerful rebound in US economy."

"Income trusts are becoming increasingly popular, especially the energy, oil and gas trusts. Part o te reason for their success is that oil and gas prices have soared, and so has th yield on many of these trusts."

"Demand for oil and gas" look strong long-term because of increased consumption by China, India, and other second and third world nations.

"Canadian Business Trusts" are in businesses like code storage, air cargo, public utility, timber, manufacturing, food distribution, greenhouses, ice production, and recycled energy. And while they don't sound very exciting, they are business currently enjoying strong industry-specific conditions and benefiting from long-term secular bull market conditions."

Get the maximum cash flow out of your income asset while benefiting from meaningful capital appreciation.

Seek high yield and low volatility while generating annual cash flow of 10 percent.

"The market is ripe with hundreds of hybrid securities paying whopping yields, some in excess of 15 percent that are back by companies in industries that are enjoying bull market conditions."

Select stocks with strong earning trends, 10% yields, and potentially 15% capital gains through upward price trend.

Some stocks yields are tax free and may be preferrable.

25% growth applying the rule of 72 means ones money doubles every three years.

"China and India need coal, iron ore, and grain. Short-term periods of weakness are great times to initiate and add to teh carrier position in your portfolio."

Eagle Bulk Shipping (EGLE) 14.2% yield: "Transport a broad range of major and minor bulk cargoes, including iron ore, coal, grain, cement, and fertilizer, along worldwide shipping routes."

Frontiline (FRO), 15.6% yield: "Tankers used for the transportation of crude oil from the Middle East Gulf to the Far East, Northern Europe, and the Caribbean."

Nordic American Tanker Shipping (NAT) 16.8% yield: "Operation of crude oil tankers in Bermuda".

Dividend payout ratios should be high, above 70%.

"Big institutional money moves the market"

"It is relevant to any market thesis to consider whether there is institutional interest at work."

Measuring money flow is important to determining institutional interest. (requires hardware and software to measure)

March 24, 2008

Useful Information, BUT with serious problems

This book provides some useful information and references on various kinds of investements that promise high yields and capital appreciation. Those investments include Canadian Trusts, REITs, BDCs (some kind of private equity funds traded on stock exchanges), etc. It is definitely useful for any investor to know about these kinds of investments.

However, I don't think the investment examples that the author picked in the book acheived 25% annual return; 15% is more like it. In fact, a couple of the authors picks lost over 95% in 2007 (e.g., New Century Financial). This confirms what other reviewers mentioned about the author overlooking the risk aspects of these investments.

December 12, 2007

Does NOT preserve capital--VERY RISKY!

When an investor considers dividends, typically preservation of capital is deemed very important. Why would any business enterprise pay out double digit dividends in today's low interest rate environment? One reason: The risk is substantial and that is the only way to attract funds.

So it is with Bryan Perry's selections. The book by the way is already out of date, so don't even think about purchasing it. Many of the picks, such as the Canadian Royalty Trusts, are already out of favor because of recently proposed tax law changes in Canada.

Having followed some of Perry's selections through his newsletter, I was not surprised to see a significant number of his picks fall in value, sometimes by over 50%! Overall, I would say that Bryan Perry's picks have lost value during the past year. So what if the equity pays a double digit dividend, if the share price of that equity has fallen 30%!

If you are interested in high risk, you might as well invest in up and coming stocks and funds. Bryan Perry's strategy DEFINITELY qualifies as high risk!
December 10, 2007

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