Ian Duncan MacDonald

Safe Dividend Investing

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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...

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Ian Duncan MacDonald

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PodCast Number 7- The Herd Mentality, The Fear of Missing Out, Loss Aversion 22.04.2021 13:21

Send us Fan Mail The biggest enemy to successful investing are three very human mental influences, that can obstruct logical investment decisions. They are, “Getting on the Bandwagon”, “The Fear of Missing Out” and “ Fear of Loss”. For more information on my two investment books, "Income and Wealth From Self-Directed Investing" and "Safer Better Dividend Investing" to to my we...

Podcast #6 - Alternative Investments Continue: Home Ownership, Rental Property, REITS, etc 14.04.2021 17:25

Send us Fan Mail Podcast #6 continues with a discussion of alternative investments that we started in Podcast #5. Home ownership can be a long term investment that pays off when you eventually retire. Owning rental properties is not an easy way to make money . REITS can be very rewarding, Hedge Funds have reputation for being risky. Collectibles require patience and good contacts. Preferred Sh...

Alternative Investments - Savings Accounts, Bonds, Debentures, Mutual Funds and ETFs 07.04.2021 18:33

Send us Fan Mail The first investment you probably made was in a savings account, In this, the 5th podcast we compare how a savings account, a bond, a debenture, a mutual fund and an exchange traded fund compare to a self-directed portfolio containing the shares of 20 financially strong stocks paying dividends of 6% or more. Ian Duncan MacDonald Author and Commercial Risk Consultant, President o...

Podcast #4 - Finding and Buying Your First Stock 31.03.2021 20:02

Send us Fan Mail In this podcast we investigate how to pick the 20 best, financially strong, high dividend stocks for your portfolio from the 14,500 stocks available in North America. First you need to establish a self-directed stock trading account with a financial institution. Once that is set up, you need to use your service's research tools to select 50 stocks that come close to meeting...

Stock Trading Volumes, Book Values, Dividend Yields and Price-to-Earnings Ratios 21.03.2021 10:36

Send us Fan Mail Scoring stocks is critical to picking financially strong dividend stocks that will pay good dividends through recessions and pandemics. Through the last two recessions, I sold nothing (which means I lost nothing) and waited them out. While the portfolio's value dropped tremendously, the dividends rolled in like clockwork. I have lived off my dividends for 16 years and watc...

Importance of the Current and Historical Stock Prices 17.03.2021 8:38

Send us Fan Mail In 2000, after an investment advisor lost $300,000 of my life savings in a mutual fund, I set out to find a safer, better way to invest the money that remained. The solution was to first become a self-directed investor. Next, it was to build a portfolio of the 20 best, financially strong companies that paid dividends of 6% or more. There are 628 stocks paying dividends of 6%...

SAFE DIVIDEND INVESTING 11.03.2021 11:08

Send us Fan Mail In 2000 I Iost $300,000 in mutual funds that an investment advisor had put my money into. I lost it because I had entrusted my life savings 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. Podcast #1 is an initial overview of what I learned to giv...