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Safe Dividend Investing

Safe Dividend Investing

By: Ian Duncan MacDonald
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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 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.

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Episodes
  • Podcast 298 - IS TESLA A BETTER STOCK THAN JPMORGAN AND HONDA?

    Podcast 298 - IS TESLA A BETTER STOCK THAN JPMORGAN AND HONDA?
    Oct 24 2026

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    Tesla has been part of the S&P 500 since 2020. Does it deserve to be part of that elite group of stocks? What did they have to go through to be accepted by the S&P 500 where such giants as JP Morgan & Chase have been resident since 1975. Will Tesla still be there five years from now?

    How does Tesla's strength compare to a long established auto manufacturer like Honda? Which of the two auto stocks would be a safer stock to buy in 2026?

    Are we soon going to experience another stock market crash like we had in 2020?

    These are just a few of the questions explored in this podcast.


    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
    imacd@informus.ca
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    24 mins
  • FIVE QUESTIONS FROM INVESTORS

    FIVE QUESTIONS FROM INVESTORS
    Oct 17 2026

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    "IS YOUR INVESTMENT ADVISOR A SALES REPRESENTATIVE? Does your investment advisor see his or her job as one of hand holding and advising you when your portfolio shrinks to buy more of this now cheap stock. When your portfolio grows you are then congratulated on listening to his advice and you are now advised to buy into this upward momentum. Is it possible that the advisor is going to make money on your activity no matter what you do?

    Over the years I receive many questions from investors. Some are about how possible legislation could impact investors. Others are about interpreting how high dividend payments will impact a portfolio. This week I answer five questions.

    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
    imacd@informus.ca
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    20 mins
  • Podcast 296 - BEWARE OF CROOKED INVESTMENT ADVISORS

    Podcast 296 - BEWARE OF CROOKED INVESTMENT ADVISORS
    Oct 10 2026

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    "A FOOL AND HIS MONEY ARE SOON PARTED". Investment advisors love clients who never question what they are doing with their client's money, Many clients put their blind faith in an employee of a large financial institution who is being paid by that institution to transfer as much of the client's money as possible from the client's pocket to the bank's pocket.

    Learn in this week's podcast how this is done legally with fees, charges and commissions that you agreed to in the small print of the investment contract you signed with the the financial institution your advisor works for. You can also be the victim of a dozen legal illegal schemes such as conversions, embezzlements, misappropriations, churning and unauthorized trading.

    What red flags should you be looking for in your monthly statements. Ten warning signals are detailed in this podcast.

    Safety is found by taking back total control of your portfolio as a self-directed investor.


    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
    imacd@informus.ca
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    22 mins
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