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Welcome to Safe Dividend Investing’s Podcast # 269 on April 4th of 2026.

My name is Ian Duncan MacDonald, and I am the 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". For more information on all my books, stock scoring software and podcasts go to www.informus.ca

This week's podcast is a departure from my usual offering. Paul Musson went through my podcast and wrote comments about its content. He was a professional investor employed as a portfolio manager with MacKenzie Investments for almost 25 years. His responsibilities included managing ten billion dollars in assets.

I have encountered many investment advisors but Paul is the first portfolio manager I have met. I was curious whether he would be critical of my emphasis on investing safely in financially strong stocks paying high dividends. His written comments were recorded by me into the dialogue for the podcast.

What the podcast is about is how now faced with the sale of a stock where was I going to invest that cash. I have not had to buy or sell a stock in several years.

Usually most investors are speculators trying to quickly buy and sell their stock at the earliest opportunity to gain a profit or to avoid a loss. Would Paul see my infrequent trading and careful stock choices as contrary to a professional's approach to investing?

Ian Duncan MacDonald
Author and Commercial Risk Consultant,
President of Informus Inc
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Toronto, Ontario
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Toronto Telephone - 416-245-4994
imacd@informus.ca