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 259 - COMPARING 4 AI STOCKS (ADOBE, ALPHABET, MICROSOFT & META) TO A $323 STOCK WITH A 9.65% DIVIDEND YIELD 24.01.2026 20:55

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Safe Dividend Investing’s Podcast # 259 on January 24th of 2026. My name is Ian Duncan MacDonald, and I am an author of 7 investment books. My seventh investment book, Achieving Financial Independence Safely - 200 NYSE Stocks Analyzed and Scored " became available January 3rd on Amazon. You can easily find it by searching in Amazon or Google for "Ian Duncan M...

Podcast 258 - WORKING CLASS VERSUS WEALTHY CLASS ATTITUDES TO MONEY 17.01.2026 14:57

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Safe Dividend Investing’s Podcast # 258, on January 17th of 2026. My name is Ian Duncan MacDonald, and I am an author of 7 investment books. My seventh investment book, Achieving Financial Independence Safely - 200 NYSE Stocks Analyzed and Scored " became available January 3rd on Amazon. You can easily find it by searching in Amazon or Google for "Ian Duncan...

Podcast 257 - THE TEMPORARY NATURE OF HIGH SHARE PRICES 11.01.2026 20:05

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Safe Dividend Investing’s Podcast # 257, on January 10th of 2026. Happy New Year! My name is Ian Duncan MacDonald, and I am an author of 7 investment books. My seventh investment book, Achieving Financial Independence Safely - 200 NYSE Stocks Analyzed and Scored " became available January 3rd on Amazon. You can easily find it by searching in Amazon or Google for &...

Podcast 256 - WOULD A STOCK WITH A 20% DIVIDEND YIELD BE SAFE? 03.01.2026 13:21

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Safe Dividend Investing’s Podcast # 256, on January 3rd of 2026. Happy New Year! My name is Ian Duncan MacDonald, and I am an author of six investment books. Today my seventh investment book, Achieving Financial Independence Safely - 200 NYSE Stocks Analyzed and Scored " became available on Amazon. You can easily find it by searching in Amazon or Google for "...

Podcast 255 - MICROSOFT IS NOT ALL THAT WONDERFUL. 28.12.2025 16:29

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Safe Dividend Investing’s Podcast # 255, on December 27th of 2025. My name is Ian Duncan MacDonald, and I am an author of six investment books. I finally finished the editing and formatting of my latest book, “Achieving Financial Independence Safely. 200 NYSE Stocks - Analyzed and Scored”. Early next week it will be forwarded to Amazon/Kindle. As soon as it is availab...

Podcast 254 - WHAT DO AI STOCKS HAVE IN COMMON WITH ELECTRICITY : NVIDIA, GOOGLE, META, MICROSOFT, ALIBABA, COREWEAVE, ADOBE 21.12.2025 13:44

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Safe Dividend Investing’s Podcast # 254, on December 20th of 2025. My name is Ian Duncan MacDonald, and I am an author of six investment books. I continue to working away on my latest book which will be called “Achieving Financial Independence Safely. 200 NYSE Stocks - Analyzed and Scored”. I am now down to the editing and formatting. However, I did add a new chapter...

Podcast 253 -Excerpt from New Book - 180 HIGH DIVIDEND ANALYZED NYSE STOCKS 13.12.2025 14:42

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Safe Dividend Investing’s Podcast # 253, on December 13th of 2025. My name is Ian Duncan MacDonald, and I am an author of six investment books. I am still working away my latest book to be called “Achieving Financial Independence From 180 High Dividend NYSE stocks - Analyzed and Scored”. I hope to complete it within the next ten days. The book will be of great assist...

Podcast 252 - AN EXTRACT - 1ST CHAPTER OF ACHIEVING FINANCIAL INDEPENDENCE 06.12.2025 23:26

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Safe Dividend Investing’s Podcast # 252, on December 6th of 2025. My name is Ian Duncan MacDonald, and I am an author of six investment books. I am still trying to finish my latest 340-page book book before Christmas. It is called “Achieving Financial Independence From 180 High Dividend NYSE stocks - Analyzed and Scored”. It has taken me far longer than I had expected...

Podcast 251 -WARREN BUFFETT ON BITCOINS, BUBBLES AND VALUE INVESTING 29.11.2025 3:27

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Safe Dividend Investing’s Podcast # 251, on November 29th of 2025. My name is Ian Duncan MacDonald, and I am an author of six investment books. Today is a very quick podcast. I am trying to finish up my latest book before Christmas. It is called “Achieving Financial Independence From 180 High Dividend NYSE stocks - Analyzed and Scored”. Over the last 7 months It has t...

Podcast 250 - ACCUMULATING NOT SPENDING MAKES YOU WEALTHY 22.11.2025 17:54

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Safe Dividend Investing's Podcast 250 (November 22, 2025) It is interesting to investigate what motivates investors to invest in the stock market. Do they believe that once their portfolio achieves a specific dollar amount the they will the be "wealthy". Will they recognize that spending money unnecessarily and thoughtlessly can quickly destroy the wealth...

UPS & FDX WHICH IS BEST FOR YOUR PORTFOLIO? 16.11.2025 20:25

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Safe Dividend Investing's Podcast 249 - (November 15, 2025) When you ask someone's advice in choosing a stock are you subconsciously looking for someone, other than yourself, to blame if the stock loses money? You are perfectly capable of doing some simple, easy analysis to determine the strength and potential of a stock. In this podcast I walk you through the...

Podcast 248 - NVIDIA, META, TESLA, ALPHABET AND THE COMING MARKET CRASH 08.11.2025 16:52

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Safe Dividend Investing's Podcast 248 - (November 8, 2025) This week's podcast was motivated by a question from one of my book readers. He asked why I was so sure there would be a market crash in the next two years. I am old enough to remember very clearly the hype and hectic days prior to the dot com stock market crash in 2000. The internet was then going t...

Podcast 247 - A SUDDEN SHARE PRICE DROP REQUIRES THOROUGH ANALYSIS 01.11.2025 17:32

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Safe Dividend Investing's Podcast 247 - (November 1, 2025) This week's podcast is in response to a question from one of my listeners. He was concerned that one of his, what he thought was a strong stock, had lost fifty percent of its share price value almost overnight. Yes, even strong stocks can have sudden unexpected drops in their share price. This does no...

Podcast 246 - BUFFETT MAKES INVESTMENT MISTAKES TOO 25.10.2025 16:20

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Safe Dividend Investing's Podcast 246 - (25 October 2025) As I continue to score and analyze stocks for my next investment book the loss at The Kraft Heinz Company (stock symbol KHC) caught my interest. KHC was a merger formed in 2015 and will cease to exist in 2026 when it is again split into two companies. It is currently the 5th largest food company in the wor...

Podcast 245 - WHY DOES FIDELITY THINK INVESTING MY WAY IS CRAZY? 19.10.2025 13:04

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Safe Dividend Investing's Podcast 245 - (18 October 2025) This week is a departure from my usual podcast content. It responds to a Fidelity investment advisor with whom one of my readers discussed my approach to investing. The Fidelity advisor stated that Ian Duncan MacDonald's investment ideas were the craziest ideas she had ever heard of. What makes thi...

Podcast 244 - 3 Bermuda NYSE Stocks Worth Considering - DHT - FLNG & SFL 11.10.2025 16:26

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Safe Dividend Investing's Podcast 244 - (11 October 2025) While preparing for a trip to Bermuda, Ian Duncan MacDonald noticed that three Bermuda registered companies would be appearing in his new investment book. The book analyzes and scores 200 strong, high dividend stocks traded on the New York Stock Exchange. That three companies from such a small island woul...

Podcast 240 - Practice Analyzing these 3 Stocks For a Safe High Dividend Portfolio -KRT_KW _KEN. 30.09.2025 20:33

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Safe Dividend Investing's Podcast 240 - (20 September 2025) Ian Duncan MacDonald has started to write another investment book on stocks traded on the New York Stock Exchange and the NASDAQ. It will be called “ 2025 Edition – America’s 200 Strongest High Dividend Stocks – Analyzed and Scored” . It is being written for investors who fear making investing in individ...

Podcast241- Which of the following 3 Stocks is the highest Risk? - LTC - LXP or LYB 30.09.2025 21:07

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Safe Dividend Investing's Podcast 241 - (27 September 2025) Ian Duncan MacDonald has started to write another investment book on stocks traded on the New York Stock Exchange and the NASDAQ. It will be called “ 2025 Edition – America’s 200 Strongest High Dividend Stocks – Analyzed and Scored” . It is being written for investors who fear making investing in individ...

Podcast 242- Practice Analyzing 3 Stocks - This week: MNR - MACY'S INC -TIGO 20.09.2025 20:27

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Safe Dividend Investing's Podcast 242 - (4 October 2025) Ian Duncan MacDonald has started to write another investment book on stocks traded on the New York Stock Exchange and the NASDAQ. Both his books and his podcasts are written for those who fear investing in the stock market because they are convinced they will lose their life savings. Often they keep thei...

Podcast 243 - NHI -NSA -NXRT - WHICH OF THESE 3 STOCKS IS BEST FOR A PORTFOLIO? 17.09.2025 20:27

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Safe Dividend Investing's Podcast 243 (11 October 2025) Ian Duncan MacDonald has started to write another investment book on stocks traded on the New York Stock Exchange and the NASDAQ. Both his books and his podcasts are written for those who fear investing in the stock market because they are convinced they will lose their life savings. Often they keep thei...

Podcast 239 - ANALYZE & SCORE 3 STOCKS ALONG WITH ME -INSW -JACK & JAKK 13.09.2025 20:43

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Safe Dividend Investing's Podcast 239 - (13 September 2025) Ian Duncan MacDonald has started to write another investment book on stocks traded on the New York Stock Exchange and the NASDAQ. It will be called “ 2025 Edition – America’s 200 Strongest High Dividend Stocks – Analyzed and Scored” . It is being written for investors who fear making investing in individ...

Podcast 238 - Which of these 3 High Dividend Stocks would you add to your Portfolio? 02.09.2025 21:54

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Safe Dividend Investing's Podcast 238 - (6 September 2025) Ian Duncan MacDonald has started to write another investment book on stocks traded on the New York Stock Exchange and the NASDAQ. It will be called “ 2025 Edition – America’s 200 Strongest High Dividend Stocks – Analyzed and Scored” . It is being written for investors who fear making investing in individu...

Podcast 237 - Which stock would you choose? EMN? DEA? or EIX? for your portfolio? 29.08.2025 21:58

Send us Fan Mail W elcome to Safe Dividend Investing's Podcast 237 - (30 August 2025) Ian Duncan MacDonald has started to write another investment book on stocks traded on the New York Stock Exchange and the NASDAQ. It will be called “ 2025 Edition – America’s 200 Strongest High Dividend Stocks – Analyzed and Scored” . It is being written for investors who fear making investing in individua...

Podcast 236 - BUILD A STRONG SAFE STOCK PORTFOLIO - THIS WEEK DKL, DXL AND DHT 22.08.2025 21:12

Send us Fan Mail W elcome to Safe Dividend Investing's Podcast 236 - (23 August 2025) Ian Duncan MacDonald has started to write another investment book on stocks traded on the New York Stock Exchange and the NASDAQ. It will be called “ 2025 Edition – America’s 200 Strongest High Dividend Stocks – Analyzed and Scored” . It is being written for investors who fear making investing in individua...

Podcast 235 - Scoring for Book: CABLE ONE - CAL-MAINE FOODS - CANADIAN NATURAL RESOURCES 13.08.2025 22:13

Send us Fan Mail W elcome to Safe Dividend Investing's Podcast 235 - (16 August 2025) Ian Duncan MacDonald has started to write another investment book on stocks traded on the New York Stock Exchange and the NASDAQ. It will be called “ 2025 Edition – America’s 200 Strongest High Dividend Stocks – Analyzed and Scored” . It is being written for investors who fear making investing in individua...