Peter Tanous - The 30-Minute Millionaire: The Smart Way to Achieving Financial Freedom

In any book project, there are many people who contribute to the final product besides the names who appear on the cover. Thanks first to Debby Englander, our editor, for her sound editorial judgment and for making us so readable on the page! This is Jeffs and my second book with Debby, and Im delighted to work with both Jeff and Debby again. Our agent, Alexander Hoyt, provided wisdom and guidance in moving this project from idea to completion. Many thanks, Alex! Special thanks as well to my late friend and agent, Theron Raines, who helped me immensely before his untimely passing. In a project like this one, requiring charts and tables and a bunch of other statistical data, we were helped enormously by the contribution of my Lynx Investment Advisory colleague, Justin Ellsesser, CFA, CAIA. Justin, we couldnt have done it without you. Thanks as well to all my other colleagues at Lynx, including Safi and BRH for their support and friendship. Finally, special gratitude to Ann, for putting up with the hours I spent in somewhat solitary mode working on the book, and hoping she didnt enjoy them too much.

Peter Tanous

This book comes together at a time when investors have experienced one of the most explosive bull markets in history. Despite the meteoric rise in stocks from the March 2009 lows, many investors remain on the sidelines, fearful that another crisis is just around the corner. Now, investors face another challenge, namely trying to navigate through an environment where market gains arent going to be manufactured by central bank money printing.

While were no wide-eyed optimists, Peter and I believe we have a formula to light the path ahead. With that in mind, Id like to thank Peter again for his marvelous work and the inspiration to embark on our second journey through the world of finance and investing. This book came together due to brainpower from a variety of sources. Id especially like to thank the brilliant Mohamed El-Erian at Allianz for his invaluable insights into the future; Liz Ann Sonders at Charles Schwab for her words of wisdom and unfailing patience with my incessant questions; and Jim Paulsen at Wells Capital Management, who is not only a skilled financial mind but also my comrade in the long-suffering legion known as Minnesota Vikings fanatics. Also thanks to Tom Lydon at ETFtrends.com who has been invaluable over the years in helping me understand the ever-evolving world of exchange-traded funds and donated his time specifically to the focus of this book.

Im also proud to call Debby Englander our editor, again, and grateful to the expertise of our agent Alex Hoyt, who provided the impetus to get this work into the hands of the great people at Newsmax. A debt of gratitude also goes to the multiple folks along the way, too numerous to call out by name, who have provided encouragement and inspiration as we worked our way through the completion of this project. As a journalist, Im humbled to have access to so many smart minds on Wall Street who are always willing to lend their expertise and, occasionally, to joust with me on live TV.

Im doubly humbled to work at that storied institution known as CNBC, which is my home away from home, one of the finest news organizations on the planet and one that has been so wonderfully supportive for my various projects, including this one. Thanks to CNBC President Mark Hoffman as well as CNBC.com editors past and present including Jeff Nash, Ben Berkowitz, Christina Cheddar-Berk, Xana Antunes, and Allen Wastler.

Finally, of course, none of this happens, not one word of it, without the unfailing love, encouragement, and support of my wife, MaryEllen, who never lets me forget that there is no such thing as impossible.

Jeff Cox