130 - Is Good Stock Selection Just Luck? - Why Do Advisors Like Commissions?- Cruise Industry Investing -No Free Lunch in Investing

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Safe Dividend Investing’s Podcast # 130 on August 24th of 2023.  Today, I will be answering 5 interesting investment questions.QUESTION (1)   What are the client appreciation events that financial advisors hold for their customers all about?QUESTION (2)   In 2020 you expected to see bankruptcies in the cruise ship industry. What happened? QUESTION (3)  Is there such a thing as a "best" stock to buy or hold or is all buying and selling of stocks just a matter of luck?  QUESTION (4)  How much experience should  I have before I start investing in the stock market?     QUESTION (5)  I told my financial advisor that I wanted to go from a 1% fee to a flat fee.  Why did he not immediately agree to this?A transcript of this Podcast is available.      FIVE INVESTMENT  BOOKS BY IAN DUNCAN MACDONALD(ALL BOOKS ARE AVAILABLE FROM AMAZON.COM  KINDLE BOOKS)(1) NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE'S  106 BEST HIGH DIVIDEND STOCKSIn this 334-page book there is a 2-page report for each company scoring 11 data elements. It also lists 23 years of historical share price and dividend payouts so that investors can judge the stock's reliability. (2) AMERICA HIGH DIVIDEND HAND BOOK                                              & (3) CANADIAN HIGH DIVIDEND HANDBOOK in these two books, pages of charts are sorted four ways by stock score, share price, dividend yield percent and alphabetically. A page for each stock provides eleven facts which created each stock's total score. Both books list all common stocks that were paying dividend yield percentages of 3.5% or more on the New York Exchanges and the Toronto Stock Exchange. (4) SAFER BETTER DIVIDEND INVESTING:All 628 stocks paying dividends of 6% or more on the NYSE and the NASDAQ,  are scored and sorted by score, price, dividend % and alpha. Plus 199 high dividend Canadian stocks.  The answers to 128 questions asked by investors are provided. This instructional reference book will make building a better investment portfolio faster and easier.(5) INCOME AND WEALTH FROM SELF-DIRECTED INVESTINGIn this, his first investment book, in easy to understand language, Ian MacDonald reveals the serious concerns you should have about entrusting your money to investment advisors.  Step-by-step he shows you how you can realize an annual 6% income while your portfolio continues to grow year-after-year. 654 stocks paying dividend yields over 3.5% or more on the Toronto Stock Exchange are scored and listed.FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THESE 5 BOOKS, HIS 3 NOVELS, AND 2,300 PAINTINGS, PHOTOGRAPHS  AND DIGITAL ART VISIT: 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                                   [email protected]