Safe Dividend Investing

About Safe Dividend Investing

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.

Publisher

Ian Duncan MacDonald

Category

business

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

11 Mar 2021

Latest episode

3 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

133 of 296 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   3 Oct 2026

   Podcast 295- SAY NO TO BONDS, PREFERRED SHARES, ETFs AND MUTUAL FUNDS

   Host [Host Name] interviews [Guest Name, Credential] about why investors should avoid bonds, preferred shares, ETFs, and mutual funds for superior dividend growth.

2. 

   26 Sept 2026

   Podcast 294 - DOUBLING YOUR INVESTMENT MONEY

   Host [Host Name] interviews [Guest Name, Credential] about strategies for doubling investment money through high-scoring Canadian stocks.

3. 

   20 Sept 2026

   MONEY, RISK AND TIME

   Host [Host Name] explores how patient savers fear the stock market, missing out on growth opportunities for their retirement funds.

Inside a recent episode

WHY LAW FIMS INITIATE CLASS ACTION LAW SUITS

Published 13 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] I too would have seen a class action lawsuit as a way to recover from my loss. But first I would research class action lawsuits. They are a civil litigation by multiple people who have been harmed by a large corporation. they file a unified lawsuit to recover damages for their loss. By using their strength in numbers, it is believed that they stand a greater chance of winning a case versus pursuing litigation separately. Class action lawsuits motivate defendants and insurers to settle out of court due to having to contend with the large number of plaintiffs separately. It is hard to defend yourself against several people all claiming similar damages. […]

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Apple Podcasts (US)

4.4 / 5

33 ratings

Spotify

3.5 / 5

15 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 45 / 100

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Quality

55

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

89

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