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Send us Fan Mail  In Podcast 59, Ian Duncan MacDonald reads the first five pages of chapter 10 from his latest book, "American High Dividend Handbook". He begins the podcast with answers to the following 5 investment questions he received in the last week: (1) Why are stocks that I do not consider to be of a high quality stocks scoring so high? (2) Do stocks with low scores get more atte...

Send us Fan Mail In Podcast 58, Ian Duncan MacDonald reads the introduction to the display of the one-page summaries of the 268 stocks selected for his latest book, "American High Dividend Handbook". He begins the podcast with answers to the following 5 investment questions he received in the last week: (1) Will baby boomers and future retirees suffer if the stock market crashes within t...

Send us Fan Mail   In Podcast 57 , Ian Duncan MacDonald reads Chapter Four of his latest book, "American High Dividend Handbook" . This chapter describes how the following eleven information elements are used to compile a stock's score.  By using the stock scoring software, that comes with his books, it has proven that you can expect not only an annual  dividend yield in excess of 6...

Send us Fan Mail   In Podcast 56 , Ian Duncan MacDonald finishes the reading of Chapter Three of his latest book, "American High Dividend Handbook" after he answers the following 5 investment questions: (1) Can money buy happiness? (2) Is it the hope that other investors will eventually join them to invest in speculative companies, who they hope will eventually be profitable and drive th...

Send us Fan Mail    In Podcast 55 , Ian Duncan MacDonald continues the reading of Chapter Three of his latest book , "American High Dividend Handbook" after he answers the following 5 investment questions: (1) Should I purchase financially strong, high dividend paying stocks at the currently highest prices ever? (2) As a new investor, what is the best way to invest in new tech stocks and...

Send us Fan Mail In Podcast 54, Ian Duncan MacDonald begins the reading of Chapter Three of his latest book , "American High Dividend Handbook" after he answers the following 5 investment questions: (1) Do you wish you could turn back the clock to a time in your life where you were mentally and physically near your peak and able to maximize your enjoyment of life and all it has to offer?...

Send us Fan Mail   In Podcast 53, Ian Duncan MacDonald finishes the reading of Chapter Two of his latest book , "American High Dividend Handbook" after he answers the following 5 investment questions: (1) Is Walmart a worthy investment for the long term? (2) If actively managed funds don't beat the market, why do they exist? (3) Why should a retired person still invest? (4) In order...

Send us Fan Mail   In this podcast, Ian Duncan MacDonald begins the reading of Chapter Two of his latest book , "American High Dividend Handbook" after he answers the following 5 investment questions: (1) Are you worried about Justin Trudeau's Emergency Measures Act, passed by the Canadian Parliament this week to stop the truck blockade, taking away your liberties and impacting your...

Send us Fan Mail   In this podcast, Ian Duncan MacDonald finishes the reading of  Chapter One of  his latest book , "American High Dividend Handbook" after he answers the following 5  investment questions: (1)  Do you keep a manual record of your stock portfolio activity? (2) What is the difference between your four investment books? (3)  What is the best method for trading in the stock...

Send us Fan Mail   PodCast 49 - S afe Dividend Investing In this podcast, Ian Duncan MacDonald continues to read from Chapter One of  his latest book , "American High Dividend Handbook" after he answers the following 8  investment questions: (1)  When the stock market crashes, why to people lose money? (2) After the Facebook crash, what adjustments did you make to your portfolio? (3)  Wh...

Send us Fan Mail  In this podcast, Ian Duncan MacDonald continues to read from Chapter One of  his latest book, "American High Dividend Handbook" .  It is followed by answers to the following  investment questions: (1)  Are ETFs a Good Investment? (2) How can you avoid falling so in love with a stock that you are reluctant to sell it? (3)  Should Investors outside the USA buy US stocks f...

Send us Fan Mail  In this podcast, Ian Duncan MacDonald continues to read from Chapter One of  his latest book, "American High Dividend Handbook" .  It is followed by answers to the following  three investment questions: (1) If you had never accumulated more than a few thousand dollars in your life and were handed $100,000  today, what would you quickly do to get this money working for y...

Send us Fan Mail In this podcast I will start introducing Ian Duncan MacDonald's  latest book, "American High Dividend Handbook" with a reading from Chapter One.  It will be followed by answers to the following four investment questions: (1) Is it better to invest in shares or in bonds? (2) What is the relationship between a stock's share price and its dividend yield? (3) Why d...

Send us Fan Mail In podcast 46 you will learn the answers to the following questions: (1) How does a truly wise and experienced investor deal with cryptocurrency braggarts? (2) Why don't speculators buy a stock at the top of its price spike? (3) Why don't speculators buy a stock at the bottom of its price drop? (4) Is realizing a 6% dividend income from your portfolio reasonable? (5) How...

Send us Fan Mail 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 quest...

Send us Fan Mail 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: (...

Send us Fan Mail 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 question...

Send us Fan Mail 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 cl...

Send us Fan Mail 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 inexpensivel...

Send us Fan Mail 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) W...

Send us Fan Mail 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...

Send us Fan Mail 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...

Send us Fan Mail 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 s...

Send us Fan Mail 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 scor...

Send us Fan Mail Podcast number 34 explores questions that puzzle investors.  In this podcast you will learn answers to the following questions: (1) Where can you quickly acquire an inexpensive stock scoring program that allows an investor to easily and quickly sort,  from most to least desirable,  any publicly traded stock  in the world. (2) Why are many of the most financially strong stocks not...