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In this podcast, I answer two emails from Paul.  He has read my latest book "American High Dividend Handbook" and followed its advice in how to prepare a portfolio of financially strong stocks paying high dividends.  He intends to retire in four years and is counting on this portfolio providing he and his wife with a generous, safe income. Paul poses some excellent questions, which I answer. These answers,  raise other questions in a second email that I also answer.

While people may listen to my podcasts and believe they are getting good advice, I think it is important for them to hear from an objective third party who has applied the strategies, used the software, and built a strong, dividend portfolio based on the book. His insights into what he experienced over forty years of investing are intriguing.

The answers in this correspondence deal with important concerns like the following:

(1)  What criteria should be taken into consideration in selling a stock?
(2) Should you keep on investing all your dividends until you retire?
(3) How frequently do you review a portfolio and re-score stocks?
(4) When is a stock a bargain?
(5) Why is experiencing a major loss with a financially strong dividend company unlikely?
(6) How can dividend payments be triple  in 10 years ago but still pay the same 3.5% yield.
(7) What is the "repulsive" advice Investment advisors give those saving for retirement?
(8) How can a stock lose 50% of its share value and increase its dividend payout?
(9) Why is it important to aim for a portfolio of no more than and no less than  20 stocks?
(10) Would my spouse be able to easily manage our portfolio if something happened to me?

For more information on my investment books go to
               www.saferbetterdividendinvesting.com. 
All my books are available as e-books or print books at amazon.com. In searching for them  in amazon just enter my full name "Ian Duncan MacDonald" and all 7 will appear.

The two latest books containing the most up-to-date investment information are "American High Dividend Handbook" and "Canadian High Dividend Handbook".  Both books are easy to comprehend and come with stock scoring software that is available upon request.

Ian Duncan MacDonald
Author and 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
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In this episode of Safe Dividend Investing, we will investigate the following topics:
(1) Where to find a broker to double a $10,000,000 inheritance.
(2) Why did a stock price increase?
(3) Are penny stocks worth investing in?
(4) Are executives paid to maximize shareholder value or to maximize company profits?

During this podcast, you will hear the answers to such questions as:

(1) How much money can be saved each year by self-directing a $10,000,000 investment?
(2) If you invest in financially strong companies paying high dividends, can it grow quickly?
(3) What are the three sources of increased revenue in strong dividend paying stocks?
(4) Why is it smart to invest equally in 20 strong dividend stocks?
(5) Why is it impossible to accurately predict future share prices?
(6) What can happen to the dividend percent yield when share prices double?
(7) What has a better chance of doubling its share price, a $2 stock or a $50 stock?
(8) Why can a company continue to pay its dividend when its share price drops by 50%?
(9) What must occur for a stock option bonus to be paid to an executive?
(10) What adjustments can executives make to expenses to achieve profit objectives?

If you are interested in safe dividend investing go to www.saferbetterdividendinvesting.com. 
Here you will find information on four investment books,  links to four PowerPoint videos that explain how to select and score financially strong stocks paying high dividends, and much more.

To contact Ian Duncan MacDonald send an email to [email protected]a or phone his New York phone (929) 800-2397 or his Toronto phone (416) 245-4994.

Ian Duncan MacDonald
Author and 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
[email protected]

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Podcast 43 covers the following five topics:

(1) What is the difference between investing and trading?
(2) What is the problem in investing in the S&P 500?
(3) Should I sell all of my company's stock now before a major loss is announced?
(4) How would you explain investing to a child?
(5) Are penny stocks worth investing in?

You will find answers to the following questions:

(1) What percentage of financially strong stocks paying high dividends consistently pay these dividends for years to come?
(2) Why are speculators slaves to share prices?
(3) Which is more likely to show a 1,000% share price increase in a year - a $2 stock or a $50 stock?
(4) Would you prefer to acquire a company that was unprofitable or profitable?
(5) What is the concern of investing in 500 companies versus 20 companies?
(6) Why can TD Bank not be part of the S&P 500?
(7) Why could a company's stock price increase on the day they announce a loss?
(8) What is the house where people trade pieces of a company called?\
(9) Why would you sell a stock whose share price had risen from$2.00 to $21.97?
(10) Why are penny stocks not a waste of your time.

For more insights into safe investing, go to my website www.saferbetterdividendinvesting.com
My latest book "American High Dividend Handbook" was released November 16, 2021. It is an enhancement over my two previous books, "Safer Better Dividend Investing" and "Income and Wealth from Self-directed Investing".  The book provides detailed stock scoring data on all companies traded on the New York Stock Exchange and the NASDAQ paying dividends of 3.5% or more with operating margins greater than 15%.  These one-page assessments make it easier to find financially strong companies paying high dividends to your portfolio.

Direct any questions you might have to Ian Duncan MacDonald at [email protected] 

Ian Duncan MacDonald
Author and 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
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December 15, 2021

SAFE DIVIDEND INVESTING

In this week's podcast you will learn of my definition of a "strong buy recommendation" plus answers to four other questions.  You will be able to answer the following questions:

(1) How much greater than a stock's current price does an analyst's projected price have to be, in order for that recommendation to be classified as a "strong buy" recommendation?

(2) Was the net income for AT&T positive or negative in 2020?

(3) What is the current dividend yield percent for AT & T?

(4) How much greater are the analysts' anticipated future price for AT & T than the current price?

(5) Where can you view the full two-page analytical report on AT & T?

(6) What is the primary investment objective of the average investor?

(7) How many stocks should the wise investor invest equally in?

(8) Who is responsible for generating a company's profits year-after-year?

(9) What aids can an investor use to identify financially strong stocks paying high dividends?

(10) What are five stocks that have shown constant gains in share price and dividend payouts for 20 years?

You are invited to visit my website www.saferbetterdividendinvesting.com to see the report on AT & T and learn about Informus Inc's  stock analysis report service that was created at the request of my readers.  If you have questions, please contact me at [email protected] or by phone at (NYC) 929-800-2397 or at (TOR) 416-245-4994.
Ian Duncan MacDonald

Ian Duncan MacDonald
Author and 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
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Welcome to Safe Dividend Investing for December 8, 2021.  
Tonight we answer 4 questions from investors.

(1) What is the problem with mutual funds?
(2) Can trendlines predict which stocks will have the best capital gains?
(3) Why do  most investor/traders lose money in the stock market?
(4) Why would a company buy back its own shares/

You will learn:
(1) How to invest inexpensively.
(2) How to avoid investing blindly.
(3) Why are some companies able to show profits year after year.
(4) How to acquire "free" stock scoring software.
(6) What mutual fund has 921.4 billion dollars in assets.
(7) What mutual fund invests in 4,127 stocks?
(8) What would be the average stocks contribution to a portfolio of 4,127 stocks?
(9) Why are Microsoft, Apple and Amazon unattractive to dividend investors?
(10) Why is it important to have 20 stocks in your portfolio.
(11) How many sources of perpetual income do you receive in financially strong company paying high dividends?

Foe more information on Ian Duncan MacDonald's investment books and other useful investment industry visit www.saferbetterdividendinvesting.com

To contact Ian send an e-mail to [email protected] or phone (NYC) 929-800-2397 or (Toronto) 416-245-4994.

Ian Duncan MacDonald
Author and 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
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Welcome to Podcast Number Forty.

What will you learn today?

(1) How do you find growth stocks?
(2) What kind of companies are devoted to increasing profits?
(3) What information is available to judge if a REIT would compliment your portfolio?
(4) If a monthly payment from a REIT is not a dividend, what could it be?
(5) Why have the operating expenses of many REITs decreased?
(6) Why are there large price fluctuations in stocks trading less than 10,000 shares daily?
(7) How do company executives control profits?
(8) How can you quickly and easily identify stocks whose share prices will increase?
(9)What are the four big fears that trouble people about investing?
(10) Should you pull your money out of the stock market every time it dips?

For more information on investing, stock scoring, my books and more, go to www.saferbetterdividendinvesting.com.  My latest book "American High Dividend Handbook" was released November 17, 2021.  In September 2021, I released "Canadian High Dividend Handbook". Both books are quickly available as either e-books or in print at Kindle/Amazon.  On request, book buyers are supplied with the stock scoring software that is used for all the scores in the book, so they can sort any group of stock from most to least desirable.

Ian Duncan MacDonald
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Telephone (NYC) 929-800-2397 or (Toronto) 416-245-4994 

Ian Duncan MacDonald
Author and 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
[email protected]

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Every week I receive questions.  I only answer the ones that interest me. There are only so many hours in a day.

 Having no interest in speculative investing, I ignore the ones asking what stocks are going to show big gains or where is the stock market headed in 2022 or is Tesla still a good stock to buy, etc. The following questions got my attention.

The first question we explore in this podcast is "Why can mutual funds, ETFs and Index funds not perform as well as a carefully chosen portfolio made up of 20 financially strong companies paying high dividends"?

The second question "Suppose you wanted to buy a speculative stock that you stood a good chance of making a great profit or losing all your money.  What would you do"?

The third question, "How did you recover after you lost all your money in the stock market?

The fourth question, 'How can you get over the fear of losing all your money in the stock market and keep on investing"?

On November 17 I loaded my fourth investment book, "American High Dividend Handbook" into Amazon/Kindle.  It makes it even easier for investors to put together a strong dividend portfolio.  No longer do they have to score a stock before seeing the eleven sub-scores that make up a company's grand score.  At a glance,  a company's strengths and weaknesses are laid bare.

In addition, adding historical share prices and dividend payouts in the years 2021, 2016. 2011 and 2001. Gives a good perspective as to the steady growth of these high dividend stocks over two decades.

I have revamped my website, www.saferbetterdividendinvesting.com.  There is more information available on each book, stock scoring and the PowerPoint videos.

Direct any questions to me at [email protected] or phone me on my New York phone at (929-800-2397) or my Toronto phone at (416-245-4994)

Ian Duncan MacDonald
Author and 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
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November 17, 2021

In tonight's abbreviated podcast, I introduce my latest investment book, "American High Dividend Handbook".  Today, it became available at amazon.com as a print book and on Kindle as an e-book.  The book is 486 pages long and will be a valuable, time saving, investment tool for both experienced investors and  new investors buying stocks on the New York Stock Exchange and the NASDAQ. 

The American High Dividend Handbook is a companion publication to the Canadian High Dividend Handbook that was released in September 2021 for those who invest on the Toronto Stock Exchange.

If you have questions about these books, please contact me at [email protected] or by telephone (New York) 929-800-2397 or (Toronto) 416-245-4994.

Ian Duncan MacDonald

Ian Duncan MacDonald
Author and 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
[email protected]

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Welcome to Save Dividend Investing.  This episode contains answers to questions like the following asked by investors in the last week.

1. What is more important than the volatility of a stock?

2. What happens to the share prices of a financially strong company in a stock market crash?

3. Would you take a pay cut to receive stock options from your employer?

4. What percentage of speculators make a profit in the stock market?

5. How much of a dividend income should you anticipate if you invest $2 million in financially strong, high dividend paying stocks?

6. If there are no major shareholders in a company, does this give the President the freedom to make decisions that may not be in the best interest of shareholders?

7. How many companies in North America pay dividends?

8. In the 2020 market crash, why did so many bank dividend yield percentages almost double?

9. Why should you not invest in a stock only because it is in a sector showing outstanding gains.

10. Is making money in the stock market a sin?

For information on my investment books, go to www.saferbetterdividendinvesting.com.

My latest book,"American High Dividend Handbook" will be available before the end of November 2021 at Amazon/Kindle.  It will make a great gift for anyone with an interest in investing.  It is dedicated to making it easy and fast for investors to build strong, generous dividend portfolios.

Send any questions you might have to [email protected].

Ian Duncan MacDonald
Author and 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
[email protected]

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November 3, 2021

What questions will be answered in today's podcast?

(1) Are you in control of your life or not?

(2) How much can I expect to make in one year investing in a bond?

(3) How much can I expect to make investing in a financially strong company paying a high dividend?

(4) Is investing in a stock a form of commercial risk?

(5) What are two elements in the stock scoring matrix?

(6) Which is more important, share price growth or dividend income?

For insights into self-directed investing and living well off a portfolio of financially strong high dividend paying stocks, visit www.saferbetterdividendinvesting.com.

Ian's latest book "American High Dividend Handbook" will be available at Amazon/Kindle in November 2021.

Send your investment question to Ian Duncan MacDonald at  [email protected],

 

Ian Duncan MacDonald
Author and 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
[email protected]