Podcast 260 - ANALYSIS OF A PUMP AND DUMP INVESTMENT SCHEME

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Safe Dividend Investing’s Podcast # 259 on January 24th of 2026. My name is Ian Duncan MacDonald, and I am an author of 7 investment books. My seventh investment book, Achieving Financial Independence Safely - 200 NYSE Stocks Analyzed and Scored" became available January 3rd on Amazon. You can easily find it by searching in Amazon or Google for "Ian Duncan MacDonald books". I will maintain the introductory price for this new book until all the previous buyers of my book have been informed of its release. The latest hyper promotion of Artificial Intelligence penny stocks as the next Microsoft or Nvidia reminds me of the pump and dump strategy of stock promoters pushing gold stocks that I encountered decades ago, early in my career. Today, almost the same language is being used however they are now aided by the internet and other computerized aids. In this podcast I analyze an actual penny stock and explain what to look for to avoid getting caught up in a pump and dump scheme in which you could lose all your money. It is astounding how much these investment schemes can make for the stock promoters at the expense of investors. No one puts a gun to the head of those purchasing these stocks. They are blinded by what they think is a "sure thing", despite the fact that they have done not even the basic research on the stock. My books are not get-rich-quick books. They are about showing people just like you how to select, from the thousands of stocks available, those that are financially strong with long histories of paying ever rising high dividends with ever increasing share prices. My objective is to give investors the confidence to consider building safe stock portfolios as self-directed investors. Once your financial independence is realized, you will, like me, enjoy a generous, reliable, income for the rest of your lives. Please, visit my website www.informus.ca if you wish to learn more about me and my writing. 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]