Safe Dividend Investing

Send us Fan Mail   Welcome to Safe Dividend Investing’s Podcast # 84 , on October 5th of 2022.  Today, Ian MacDonald is answering seven quick but interesting questions. Question One How are you able to maintain interest in a specific investment when market values are constantly shifting up and down?   Question Two If you don't know how to read a balance sheet or income statement, can you make...

Send us Fan Mail   Welcome to Safe Dividend Investing’s Podcast # 83 , on September 28th of 2022.  Today, Ian MacDonald is answering six interesting questions. Question One   Can someone in the simplest of terms explain investing in stocks.  Question Two   Why have some investors concluded that stock market crashes are seen as great opportunities to buy and not a reason to panic? Question Three  ...

Send us Fan Mail   Welcome to Safe Dividend Investing’s Podcast # 82 , on September 21st of 2022.  In addition to answering the usual 5 questions, from investors, I will finish reading from Chapter 11 of my first investment book , Income and Wealth from Self-Directed Investing . It will cover such topics as Credit Cards and Questionable Statistics Provided by Investment Advisors     FIVE QUESTIONS...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Safe Dividend Investing ’ s Podcast # 81, on September 14 of 2022.  in addition to answering the usual 5 questions, from investors, I will again be reading from Chapter 11 of my first investment book , Income and Wealth from Self-Directed Investing .    FIVE QUESTIONS FROM INVESTORS 1.   Would investment professionals support legislation which would ban retail participa...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Safe Dividend Investing, Podcast # 80, on September 7 of 2022.  in addition to answering the usual 5 questions, from investors, I will begin reading from Chapter 11 of my first investment book , Income and Wealth from Self-Directed Investing . This means skipping Chapter 7,8,9, and 10 which require you sitting in front of a computer terminal following my guidelines on h...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Safe Dividend Investing ’ s Podcast # 79, on August 31 of 2022.  in addition to answering the usual 5 questions, from investors, I will finish reading from Chapter 6 of my first investment book , Income and Wealth from Self-Directed Investing .     FIVE QUESTIONS FROM INVESTORS 1.  Why do people pay for advice from professional money managers when they can invest on the...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Safe Dividend Investing’s Podcast # 78, on August 24 of 2022.  In addition to answering the usual 5 questions, from investors, I will commence to selectively read from Chapter 6 of my first investment book, Income and Wealth from Self-Directed Investing. (The first half of this chapter details how to set up a self-directed trading account.  It needs to be read, thus I w...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Safe Dividend Investing ’ s Podcast # 77, on August 17 of 2022.  in addition to answering the usual 5 questions, from investors I will finish reading from Chapter Five of   Income and Wealth from Self-Directed Investing. This chapter’s title is “Stocks and Other Investments”. In this podcast I will cover preferred shares .   FIVE QUESTIONS FROM INVESTORS 1. Is property...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Safe Dividend Investing ’ s Podcast # 76, on August 10 of 2022.  in addition to answering the usual 5 questions, from investors I will again be reading from Chapter Five of   Income and Wealth from Self-Directed Investing. This chapter’s title is “Stocks and Other Investments”. In this podcast I will cover common shares .   FIVE QUESTIONS FROM INVESTORS     1.  Why do c...

Send us Fan Mail In addition to answering the usual 5 questions, I have received from investors in the last week, I continue reading from Chapter Five of   Income and Wealth from Self-Directed Investing. The chapter’s title is “Stocks and Other Investments”. In this podcast I cover real estate, hedge funds and collectibles.      QUESTIONS: 1. Is the CEO of a public company the first to see the fin...

Send us Fan Mail In Podcast, 74 ,in addition to answering the usual 5 questions, I have received from investors in the last week, I begin reading from Chapter Five of my first investment book, “Income and Wealth from Self-Directed Investing. The chapter’s title is “Stocks and Other Investments”.  It begins with the pluses and minuses of the  very basic investment tools:  a bank savings account pro...

Send us Fan Mail   Podcast, 73, warns of how not fully understanding how your money is being managed by a financial advisor can leave you penniless.  Examples are provided of professional athletes with million dollar incomes becoming insolvent within a few years after their playing days are over .   Even if you have no intention of becoming a self-directed investor, it is critical that you underst...

Send us Fan Mail   Podcast, 72, further explains how investment advisors are not your friends . Many investors do not carefully decipher their monthly investment statements, they are not aware of the many ways that their investment account is being plundered.   In this excerpt  read by the author, Ian MacDonald   from  Chapter Four of his first Investment Book "Income and Wealth From Self-Dir...

Send us Fan Mail   Podcast 7I , makes it clear that investment advisors are not your friends. It describes the unethical behavior that the 80-year-old,  Miss Innocence, encountered trying to open a self-directed trading account.  This is in an excerpt  read by the author, Ian MacDonald   from  Chapter Four of his first Investment Book "Income and Wealth From Self-Directed Investing".   I...

Send us Fan Mail  Podcast 70, warns you of the sharks waiting to feast on your life savings - if you let them.  Ian MacDonald reads from Chapter Four of his book first Investment Book "Income and Wealth From Self-Directed Investing"  which describes the greedy behavior of the investment industry.   He also answers the following 5 questions  ( 1) Why invest in individual stocks if ETFs pr...

Send us Fan Mail In Podcast 69, Ian Duncan MacDonald  answers the following 5 questions and reads from the last half of Chapter Three of  his first investment book, "Income and Wealth from Self-Directed Investing" . This chapter tells  the story of how through ignorance and naivete he entrusted his life's savings to an investment advisor and lost much of it in the dotcom market cras...

Send us Fan Mail   In Podcast 68, Ian Duncan MacDonald reads from the first half of Chapter Three of  his first investment book, "Income and Wealth from Self-Directed Investing" . This chapter tells  the story of how through ignorance and naivete he entrusted his life's savings to an investment advisor and lost much of it in the dotcom market crash of 2000. His loss is your gain bec...

Send us Fan Mail In Podcast 67, Ian Duncan MacDonald reads Chapter Two  from his first investment book, "Income and Wealth from Self-Directed Investing" . This chapter explains the benefits of  carefully choosing financially strong stocks paying high dividends versus investing in financially weak, speculative stocks promoted on their potential to provide you with sudden wealth..   He beg...

Send us Fan Mail In Podcast 66, Ian Duncan MacDonald finishes reading from Chapter 1 of his first book, "Income and Wealth from Self-Directed Investing".   This podcast is a departure from the usual format.  The content explains why  Ian is striving to make the most vulnerable aware of  the greed of the investment industry; how best to  protect themselves and how to achieve financial ind...

Send us Fan Mail   In Podcast 65, Ian Duncan MacDonald begins reading from his first investment book, "Income and Wealth from Self-Directed Investing" of his latest book, "American High Dividend Handbook".   It explains the WHY dividend investing is important, WHAT stocks to invest in, WHERE to find these stock and HOW to acquire them, He begins the podcast with answers to the...

Send us Fan Mail In Podcast 64, Ian Duncan MacDonald finishes reading from Chapter 11 of his latest book, "American High Dividend Handbook" .   It covers the steps a new investor should consider in establishing a strong portfolio. He begins the podcast with answers to the following 5 investment questions he received : (1) Why does the stock market grow over the long term? (2 ) How do you...

Send us Fan Mail   In Podcast 63, Ian Duncan MacDonald continues reading from Chapter 11 of his latest book, "American High Dividend Handbook" .   It covers the steps a new investor should consider in establishing a strong portfolio. He begins the podcast with answers to the following 5 investment questions he received : (1) When stock prices fall by fifty percent, do companies lose bill...

Send us Fan Mail   In Podcast 62, Ian Duncan MacDonald begins reading Chapter 11 from his latest book, "American High Dividend Handbook " .   It covers the first steps a new investor can take in establishing a strong portfolio.  He begins the podcast with answers to the following 5 investment questions he received : (1) Just how safe are North America's Safest Banks? (email  ian.mac...

Send us Fan Mail   In Podcast 61, Ian Duncan MacDonald reads the remainder 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 : (1) What was the cause of the April 22nd stock market drop? (2 ) How much do stocks go up if a company gets good news? (3)  What are the risks of your fi...

Send us Fan Mail   In Podcast 60, Ian Duncan MacDonald reads more from chapter 10 of his latest book, "American High Dividend Handbook " . He begins the podcast with answers to the following 5 investment questions he received : (1) How do you stop from panicking in a stock market crash and selling all your shares. (2 ) How risky is it to invest in Apple stock? (3)  Why do people invest i...