Charles Carlson is the CEO of Horizon Publishing, an investment newsletter publisher, and is also the CEO of Horizon Investment Services, a money management company. He is the editor of the
DRIP Investor investment newsletter and is a contributing editor of
Dow Theory Forecasts investment letter. Mr. Carlson is the author of nine books, including the bestselling
Eight Steps to Seven Figures (Doubleday),
Buying Stocks Without a Broker (McGraw-Hill),
Individual Investor Revolution (McGraw-Hill), and
No-Load Stocks (McGraw-Hill). His latest book,
The Little Book of Big Dividends, was recently published by John Wiley & Co. Mr. Carlson's comments appear in such newspapers and magazines as the
Wall Street Journal, the
New York Times,
USA Today, Newsweek, US News & World Report, the
Washington Post,
Money, BusinessWeek, Forbes, Barron's, and
Kiplinger's Personal Finance. Mr. Carlson also appears frequently on television and radio shows, including CNBC, CNN, and Chicago's WBBM all-news radio. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), holds an undergraduate degree in journalism from Northwestern University, and an MBA from the University of Chicago.