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Safe Dividend Investing

By: Ian Duncan MacDonald
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  • In 2000, I lost $300,000 in mutual funds that an investment advisor had put my lifesavings into.... I lost it because I had entrusted it to an industry that does not educate investors nor encourage them to look closely at what that industry is doing with their money..... I set out to find a better, safer way to invest..... My podcasts relate to what I learned in creating a generous, reliable income and in growing my wealth.... A few of the more important lessons I learned and explore are:.... (1) It is critical that you become a self-directed investor.....(2) If you can not easily measure the risk and potential in an investment, then do not invest in it. This excludes from your portfolio bundled investment devices, like mutual funds, ETFs and Index funds,..... (3) Financially strong companies who have paid “good dividends” for decades will continue to stay strong and continue to pay good dividends because it is both part of their "character" and in their executives selfish interest.....(4) Diversification is critical. Investing equally in the best 20 strong dividend stocks is the ideal.....A portfolio of 20 limits your risk in any one stock to 5% of your wealth..... No matter how strong you think a stock is, do not fall in love with it..... I have lived very well off my steady dividend income for 18 years, through two market crashes and one pandemic. I have watched my portfolio’s capital more than triple from where I started, despite taking out a generous dividend income every year to live on... In charts, for my second investment book,(Safer Better Dividend Investing), I spent months scoring all 628 dividend stocks paying dividends of 6% or greater traded on the TSX, NYSE and the NASDAQ. I discovered dozens of stocks that can provide not only a generous dividend income but outstanding capital growth.....Financial independence is realizable for careful, patient, dividend investors.
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Episodes
  • Podcast 177 - WHY LISTEN - STRONG PENNY STOCKS -AVOID SCAMS
    Jul 18 2024

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    Welcome to Safe Dividend Investing’s Podcast # 177 on July 18th of 2024.
    Today, I will be answering 3 interesting investment question.

    QUESTION (1)
    WHY DO INVESTORS LISTEN TO THESE PODCASTS?

    (2)
    WHY WOULD ANYONE INVEST IN PENNY STOCKS INSTEAD OF REGURLAR STOCKS?

    QUESTION (3)
    HOW DO NEW INVESTORS AVOID INVESTMENT SCAMS AND BAD ADVICE?

    SIX INVESTMENT GUIDE BOOKS, BY IAN DUNCAN MACDONALD, ARE AVAILABLE FROM AMAZON.COM / KINDLE BOOKS, THE FOLLOWING ARE THE 2 LATEST:

    (1) CANADIAN HIGH DIVIDEND INVESTING -
    In this 325-page book, learn how to select, purchase and build a portfolio of 20 Canadian strong dividend stocks. Summary records of 215 stocks are sorted in multiple ways, and each stock's unique page provides detailed scoring data and 24 years of price and dividend trend data. Released September 23.

    (2) NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE'S 106 BEST HIGH DIVIDEND STOCKS -
    In this 334-page book, there is a 2-page report for each company scoring 11 data elements. It also lists 23 years of historical share price and dividend payouts so that investors can judge the stock's reliability. Released December 2022.

    A TRANSCRIPT OF THIS PODCAST IS AVAILABLE.

    FOR MORE INFORMATION ON IAN'S 6 INVESTMENT BOOKS, 3 NOVELS, PAINTINGS, PHOTOGRAPHS AND DIGITAL ART VISIT www.informus.ca

    Ian Duncan MacDonald
    Author, Artist, Commercial Risk Consultant,
    President of Informus Inc
    2 Vista Humber Drive
    Toronto, Ontario
    Canada, M9P 3R7
    Toronto Telephone - 416-245-4994
    New York Telephone - 929-800-2397
    imacd@informus.ca

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    21 mins
  • Podcast 176 - ADVISOR GREED - SPREADING RISK -MINIMIZING THE LOSS POSSIBILITY
    Jul 10 2024

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    Welcome to Safe Dividend Investing’s Podcast # 176 on July 11th of 2024.
    Today, I will be answering 3 interesting investment question.

    QUESTION (1)
    IS IT WISE TO HAVE ALL MY MONEY INVESTED IN STOCKS?

    QUESTION (2)
    WHY CAN'T I JUST TURN MY RETIREMENT SAVINGS OVER TO AN INVESTMENT ADVISOR, SIT BACK AND RELAX?

    QUESTION (3)
    HOW MUCH OF A LOSS SHOULD I BUDGET FOR IN MY PORTFOLIO?

    SIX INVESTMENT GUIDE BOOKS, BY IAN DUNCAN MACDONALD, ARE AVAILABLE FROM AMAZON.COM / KINDLE BOOKS, THE FOLLOWING ARE THE 2 LATEST:

    (1) CANADIAN HIGH DIVIDEND INVESTING -
    In this 325-page book, learn how to select, purchase and build a portfolio of 20 Canadian strong dividend stocks. Summary records of 215 stocks are sorted in multiple ways, and each stock's unique page provides detailed scoring data and 24 years of price and dividend trend data. Released September 23.

    (2) NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE'S 106 BEST HIGH DIVIDEND STOCKS -
    In this 334-page book, there is a 2-page report for each company scoring 11 data elements. It also lists 23 years of historical share price and dividend payouts so that investors can judge the stock's reliability. Released December 2022.

    A TRANSCRIPT OF THIS PODCAST IS AVAILABLE.

    FOR MORE INFORMATION ON IAN'S 6 INVESTMENT BOOKS, 3 NOVELS, PAINTINGS, PHOTOGRAPHS AND DIGITAL ART VISIT www.informus.ca

    Ian Duncan MacDonald
    Author, Artist, Commercial Risk Consultant,
    President of Informus Inc
    2 Vista Humber Drive
    Toronto, Ontario
    Canada, M9P 3R7
    Toronto Telephone - 416-245-4994
    New York Telephone - 929-800-2397
    imacd@informus.ca

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    22 mins
  • Podcast 175 - BEWARE BUYBACKS -DIVIDEND CUTS -SCORING CHANGES -DIVERSITY
    Jul 3 2024

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    Welcome to Safe Dividend Investing’s Podcast # 175 on July 4th of 2024.
    Today, I will be answering 3 interesting investment question.

    QUESTION (1)
    HOW DO BUYBACKS AND CUTTING DIVIDENDS IMPACT STOCK PRICES?

    QUESTION (2)
    WHAT CHANGES ARE YOU INTENDING TO MAKE TO YOUR STOCK SCORING SOFTWARE?

    QUESTION (3)
    HOW WOULD I GO ABOUT USING YOUR STOCK SCORING SYSTEM TO BUILD A STRONG PORTFOLIO?

    SIX INVESTMENT GUIDE BOOKS, BY IAN DUNCAN MACDONALD, ARE AVAILABLE FROM AMAZON.COM / KINDLE BOOKS, THE FOLLOWING ARE THE 2 LATEST:

    (1) CANADIAN HIGH DIVIDEND INVESTING -
    In this 325-page book, learn how to select, purchase and build a portfolio of 20 Canadian strong dividend stocks. Summary records of 215 stocks are sorted in multiple ways, and each stock's unique page provides detailed scoring data and 24 years of price and dividend trend data. Released September 23.

    (2) NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE'S 106 BEST HIGH DIVIDEND STOCKS -
    In this 334-page book, there is a 2-page report for each company scoring 11 data elements. It also lists 23 years of historical share price and dividend payouts so that investors can judge the stock's reliability. Released December 2022.

    A TRANSCRIPT OF THIS PODCAST IS AVAILABLE.

    FOR MORE INFORMATION ON IAN'S 6 INVESTMENT BOOKS, 3 NOVELS, PAINTINGS, PHOTOGRAPHS AND DIGITAL ART VISIT www.informus.ca

    Ian Duncan MacDonald
    Author, Artist, Commercial Risk Consultant,
    President of Informus Inc
    2 Vista Humber Drive
    Toronto, Ontario
    Canada, M9P 3R7
    Toronto Telephone - 416-245-4994
    New York Telephone - 929-800-2397
    imacd@informus.ca

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    23 mins

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