Podcast 245 - WHY DOES FIDELITY THINK INVESTING MY WAY IS CRAZY?

Send us Fan MailWelcome 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 this email particularly Interesting to me is that the reader has a PhD in Applied Statistics and Mathematics. This would indicate a familiarity with scoring systems and the ability to judge the validity of my investment approach.The reader raised the interesting question of why would a simple easy way of assessing the safe investment value of a stock not be taught in school. Most investors have a very limited understanding of the wealth of investment information that is free and immediately available on the internet from such websites as Yahoo Finance. All they need to be shown is what information is important and how to interpret it. I write my investment books for those who do not invest in individual stocks for fear that they will lose their life savings. My books show  investors  an easy, safe way to select financially strong, safe companies who pay high dividends .  I have been successfully investing this way for twenty years .My portfolio of strong dividend stocks provides not only provide a reliable, growing source of income but over time has greatly increase the value of my portfolio.Unlike mutual funds - where investors have no control over their investment and  only a vague idea as to what stocks are in the fund - a self-directed investor can fully understand  and appreciate the value of the portfolio they create.In this podcast (with a written transcript attached) you can get an understanding of why the stock scoring software supplied with my books is so effective.For more information on self-directed investing go to my website www,.informus.ca or  listen to the previous 245 weekly podcasts. The first 160 podcasts are devoted to answering questions from investors just like you. The remainder give you an opportunity to practice choosing stocks and introduce new relevant topics.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]