Safe Dividend Investing
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.
Safe Dividend Investing
Podcast 154 - A Game to Develop Investment Confidence and Skills
Welcome to Safe Dividend Investing’s Podcast # 154 on February 8th of 2024.
Today, I will be answering one interesting investment question whose answer invites readers to participate in a game that will develop their investment skills.
QUESTION (1)
As a self-directed investor, how can I gain the confidence to put thousands of dollars into safe dividend stocks I would select for my future retirement income?
(A transcript of this podcast is available.)
SIX INVESTMENT BOOKS BY IAN DUNCAN MACDONALD, ARE AVAILABLE FROM AMAZON.COM KINDLE BOOKS)
(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.
(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.
(3) AMERICA HIGH DIVIDEND HAND BOOK
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(4) CANADIAN HIGH DIVIDEND HANDBOOK
in these two books, pages of charts are sorted four ways by stock score, share price, dividend yield percent and alphabetically. A page for each stock provides eleven facts which created each stock's total score. Both books list all common stocks that were paying dividend yield percentages of 3.5% or more on the New York Exchanges and the Toronto Stock Exchange.
(5) SAFER BETTER DIVIDEND INVESTING:
All 628 stocks paying dividends of 6% or more on the NYSE and the NASDAQ are scored and sorted by score, price, dividend % and alpha. Plus 199 high dividend Canadian stocks. The answers to 128 questions asked by investors are provided. This instructional reference book will make building a better investment portfolio faster and easier.
(6) INCOME AND WEALTH FROM SELF-DIRECTED INVESTING
In this, his first investment book, in easy to understand language, Ian MacDonald reveals the serious concerns you should have about entrusting your money to investment advisors. Step-by-step, he shows you how you can realize an annual 6% income while your portfolio continues to grow year-after-year. 654 stocks paying dividend yields over 3.5% or more on the Toronto Stock Exchange are scored and listed.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THESE 6 BOOKS, HIS 3 NOVELS, PAINTINGS, PHOTOGRAPHS AND DIGITAL ART VISIT www.informus.ca and also www.artgalarian.com
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
imacd@informus.ca