140 - Invest When Young- How Many Shares For Beginners - Lots of Money but No Smarts

Safe Dividend Investing

Welcome to Safe Dividend Investing’s Podcast # 140 on November 2nd of 2023. Today, I will be answering 3 interesting investment questions.
QUESTION (1)
What are the benefits of investing early and wisely in the stock market.

QUESTION (2)
How many shares should a beginner buy?
QUESTION (3)
If you have a lot of money but have never been good at investing or managing your finances what is the safest and best way to invest?
A transcript of this Podcast is available.
SIX INVESTMENT BOOKS BY IAN DUNCAN MACDONALD
(ALL BOOKS ARE AVAILABLE FROM AMAZON.COM KINDLE BOOKS)
2 BOOKS ISSUED IN THE LAST YEAR:
(1) CANADIAN HIGH DIVIDEND INVESTING -Released August 26, 2023
In this 325-page book, learn how to select, purchase and build a portfolio of 20 Canadian strong dividend stocks. Summary records of 215 stocks are sorted in multiple ways and each stock's unique page provides detailed scoring data and 24 years of share price and dividend payout trend data.

(2) NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE'S 106 BEST HIGH DIVIDEND STOCKS -Released December 2022.
In this 334-page book there is a 2-page report for each company scoring 11 data elements. It also lists 23 years of historical share price and dividend payouts so that investors can judge the stock's reliability. Released December 1, 2022.

(3) AMERICA HIGH DIVIDEND HAND BOOK
&
(4) CANADIAN HIGH DIVIDEND HANDBOOK

in these two books, pages of charts are sorted four ways by stock score, share price, dividend yield percent and alphabetically. A page for each stock provides eleven facts which created each stock's total score. Both books list all common stocks that were paying dividend yield percentages of 3.5% or more on the New York Exchanges and the Toronto Stock Exchange.

(5) SAFER BETTER DIVIDEND INVESTING:
All 628 stocks paying dividends of 6% or more on the NYSE and the NASDAQ, are scored and sorted by score, price, dividend % and alpha. Plus 199 high dividend Canadian stocks. The answers to 128 questions asked by investors are provided. This instructional reference book will make building a better investment portfolio faster and easier.
(6) INCOME AND WEALTH FROM SELF-DIRECTED INVESTING

In this, his first investment book, in easy to understand language, Ian MacDonald reveals the serious concerns you should have about entrusting your money to investment advisors. Step-by-step he shows you how you can realize an annual 6% income while your portfolio continues to grow year-after-year. 654 stocks paying dividend yields over 3.5% or more on the Toronto Stock Exchange are scored and listed.

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THESE 6 BOOKS, HIS 3 NOVELS, AND 2,300 PAINTINGS, PHOTOGRAPHS AND DIGITAL ART VISIT: www.informus.ca

Ian Duncan MacDonald
Author, Artist, Commercial Risk Consultant,
President of Informus Inc
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Toronto, Ontario
Canada, M9P 3R7
Toronto Telephone - 416-245-4994
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