Podcast 43 - Speculating Versus Investing and Explaining Investing to a Child

Send us Fan MailPodcast 43 covers the following five topics:(1) What is the difference between investing and trading?(2) What is the problem in investing in the S&P 500?(3) Should I sell all of my company's stock now before a major loss is announced?(4) How would you explain investing to a child?(5) Are penny stocks worth investing in?You will find answers to the following questions:(1) What percentage of financially strong stocks paying high dividends consistently pay these dividends for years to come?(2) Why are speculators slaves to share prices?(3) Which is more likely to show a 1,000% share price increase in a year - a $2 stock or a $50 stock?(4) Would you prefer to acquire a company that was unprofitable or profitable?(5) What is the concern of investing in 500 companies versus 20 companies?(6) Why can TD Bank not be part of the S&P 500?(7) Why could a company's stock price increase on the day they announce a loss?(8) What is the house where people trade pieces of a company called?\(9) Why would you sell a stock whose share price had risen from$2.00 to $21.97?(10) Why are penny stocks not a waste of your time.For more insights into safe investing, go to my website www.saferbetterdividendinvesting.comMy latest book "American High Dividend Handbook" was released November 16, 2021. It is an enhancement over my two previous books, "Safer Better Dividend Investing" and "Income and Wealth from Self-directed Investing".  The book provides detailed stock scoring data on all companies traded on the New York Stock Exchange and the NASDAQ paying dividends of 3.5% or more with operating margins greater than 15%.  These one-page assessments make it easier to find financially strong companies paying high dividends to your portfolio.Direct any questions you might have to Ian Duncan MacDonald at [email protected] 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]