Chapter Seven, SCORING YOUR STOCKS (Second Half)

Send us Fan MailToday is August 1, 2021.   A big day for me, after 8 months of work I was able to load my third investment book into kindle/amazon.com.  The book is called, "Canadian High Dividend Handbook".  I have not forgotten my American readers.  In August, I commenced work on the stock charts for my fourth investment book, "American High Dividend Handbook". It should be available by year-end.These books evolve as I learn more from investors as to what they need to make good investment decisions.  These two new books, with their enhancements, will make it even easier for an investor to build a financially strong dividend portfolio.In the podcast today which is from Chapter Seven of my first investment book, "Income and Wealth from Self-Directed Investing".  The following questions are answered:(1) Why should a bank stock paying only 4% be added to your stock portfolio?(2) Why might a stock with an operating margin of minus 7% be paying a 13% dividend?(3) Why do speculators like commodity stocks?(4) What will you now do when a friend approaches you with a hot stock tip?(5)  The company directors declare what date ahead of the date they will pay a dividend?(6) What is an investment advisor being paid by the bank to do?(7) If your investment advisor is not selecting your stocks, who is?(8) Other than taking 1 of 2 percent of the value of your portfolio every year, how else does  a bank generate income from full service investment portfolios?(9)  Should you be expecting your full service investment advisor to be explaining each time he buys or sells an investment in your portfolio?(10) If you do not want to use full-service investing or self-directed investing, what is the third option, and why is it disappearing?If you are interested in gaining more insight into investing, please go to my website, "www.saferbetterdividendinvesting".  If you are interested in learning more about my books, just put my full name "Ian Duncan MacDonald" in a Google search and all 6 of my books will appear at amazon.com.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]