VERIFYING YOUR STOCKS, Chapter 8 & First Half of Chapter 9 of Income and Wealth

Send us Fan MailWelcome to Podcast 28.  In this session, we explore how to verify a stock you have chosen to add to your portfolio.QUESTIONS ANSWEREDCHAPTER 8(1) What is the New York Stock Exchange stock symbol for the stock we are using as an example?(2) What is the most useful search engine you should first go to and enter the stock's name?(3) What will be the first website that will appear when you do such a search?(4) What information are you unlikely to find in this website?(5) Name four other websites you should check your stock selection against?(6) Who are the sources of the information in the Stock Chase website?(7) Why Is a public company not like an inanimate block of wood?CHAPTER 9(8) When is the best time to buy stocks?(9) Why do the owners of a company sell shares to the public?(10) How much of a profit did the speculators make selling the oranges?(11) Who is setting prices for stocks on a stock exchange?(12) Who has the power to fire the Chief Executive of a public company?(13) What are 3 ways a company can manipulate the reporting of its sales and profits in an annual report?We will continue with the rest of Chapter 9 in next week's podcast.On September 1, 2021, my third investment book "Canadian High Dividend Handbook" was released on Amazon/Kindle books. It contains enhanced information on each high dividend stock traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange e.g. the last 3 years of price, score and dividend yield percents for each stock, plus share price and dividend payouts for each stock in 2021, 2016, 2011 & 2001 to help you pick the strongest stocks.Before the end of 2021 my fourth investment book "American High Dividend Handbook" will be available.  It contains expanded information on the high dividend stocks traded on the New York Stock Exchange and the NASDAQ.  As I work on it, I am surprised at the strength of so many of the companies.The buyers of these and all my books, upon their request, are emailed the stock scoring software used to calculate the investment risk scores in the books for doing  updates and scoring any stocks they are interested in.Direct any questions you might have to [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]