Podcast 230 - ABOUT MONEY BY STEVE JOBS PLUS 10 HIGH DIVIDEND STOCKS SCORED

Send us a textWelcome to Safe Dividend Investing's Podcast 239- (13 September 2025) Ian Duncan MacDonald has started to write another investment book on stocks traded on the New York Stock Exchange and the NASDAQ. It will be called  “2025 Edition – America’s 200 Strongest High Dividend Stocks – Analyzed and Scored”. It is being written for investors who fear making investing in individual stocks because they fear losing the savings,  they may have spent a lifetime accumulating.Ian's books always show investors  an easy, safe way to pick financially strong companies who pay high dividends . Stocks that can provide a generous, reliable, growing income while also increasing the value of their portfolio. Unlike mutual funds and other investment vehicles where investors have no control over their investment, self-directed investors who create a manageable portfolio of 20 stocks from the 200 analyzed and scored stocks will know exactly what they are  invested in and why they chose each stock for their portfolio. Ian is inviting those wanting to gain self-confidence in self directed investing to follow along in his podcasts over the next few months as he scores and analyzes a sampling of financially strong, high dividend stocks from his new book. You may want to refer to the written transcript that accompanies each podcast. Today he is scoring, comparing and analyzing; (1) International Seaways IJnc (stock symbol - INSW) (2) Jack In The Box Inc (stock symbol - JACK )(3) JAKK Pacific Inc ( stock symbol - JAKK)For more information on self-directed investing go to my website www.informus.ca or  listen to the previous 237 weekly podcasts. The first 160 podcasts are devoted to answering questions from investors just like you. 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 New York Telephone - 929-800-2397 [email protected]

Send us a textWelcome to Safe Dividend Investing's Podcast 238- (6 September 2025) Ian Duncan MacDonald has started to write another investment book on stocks traded on the New York Stock Exchange and the NASDAQ. It will be called  “2025 Edition – America’s 200 Strongest High Dividend Stocks – Analyzed and Scored”. It is being written for investors who fear making investing in individual stocks because they fear losing the savings,  they may have spent a lifetime accumulating.Ian's books always show investors  an easy, safe way to pick financially strong companies who pay high dividends . Stocks that can provide a generous, reliable, growing income while also increasing the value of their portfolio. Unlike mutual funds and other investment vehicles where investors have no control over their investment, self-directed investors who create a manageable portfolio of 20 stocks from the 200 analyzed and scored stocks will know exactly what they are  invested in and why they chose each stock for their portfolio. Ian is inviting those wanting to gain self-confidence in self directed investing to follow along in his podcasts over the next few months as he scores and analyzes a sampling of financially strong, high dividend stocks from his new book. You may want to refer to the written transcript that accompanies each podcast. Today he is scoring, comparing and analyzing; (1) Flex LNG (stock symbol FLNG) (2) Flower Foods Inc (stock symbol FLO )(3) FMC Corporation (stock symbol FMC )For more information on self-directed investing go to my website www.informus.ca or  listen to the previous 237 weekly podcasts. The first 160 podcasts are devoted to answering questions from investors just like you. 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 New York Telephone - 929-800-2397 [email protected]

Send us a textWelcome to Safe Dividend Investing's Podcast 237- (30 August 2025) Ian Duncan MacDonald has started to write another investment book on stocks traded on the New York Stock Exchange and the NASDAQ. It will be called  “2025 Edition – America’s 200 Strongest High Dividend Stocks – Analyzed and Scored”. It is being written for investors who fear making investing in individual stocks because they fear losing the savings,  they may have spent a lifetime accumulating.Ian's books always show investors  an easy, safe way to pick financially strong companies who pay high dividends . Stocks that can provide a generous, reliable, growing income while also increasing the value of their portfolio. Unlike mutual funds and other investment vehicles where investors have no control over their investment, self-directed investors who create a manageable portfolio of 20 stocks from the 200 analyzed and scored stocks will know exactly what they are  invested in and why they chose each stock for their portfolio. Ian is inviting those wanting to gain self-confidence in self directed investing to follow along in his podcasts over the next few months as he scores and analyzes a sampling of financially strong, high dividend stocks from his new book. You may want to refer to the written transcript that accompanies each podcast. Today he is scoring, comparing and analyzing; (1) Easterly Government Properties Inc (stock symbol DEA ) (2) Eastman Chemical Company (stock symbol EMN )(3) Edison International  (stock symbol EIX )For more information on self-directed investing go to my website www.informus.ca or  listen to the previous 233 weekly podcasts. The first 160 podcasts are devoted to answering questions from investors just like you. 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 New York Telephone - 929-800-2397 [email protected]

Send us a textWelcome to Safe Dividend Investing's Podcast 236 - (23 August 2025) Ian Duncan MacDonald has started to write another investment book on stocks traded on the New York Stock Exchange and the NASDAQ. It will be called  “2025 Edition – America’s 200 Strongest High Dividend Stocks – Analyzed and Scored”. It is being written for investors who fear making investing in individual stocks because they fear losing the savings,  they may have spent a lifetime accumulating.Ian's books always show investors  an easy, safe way to pick financially strong companies who pay high dividends . Stocks that can provide a generous, reliable, growing income while also increasing the value of their portfolio. Unlike mutual funds and other investment vehicles where investors have no control over their investment, self-directed investors who create a manageable portfolio of 20 stocks from the 200 analyzed and scored stocks will know exactly what they are  invested in and why they chose each stock for their portfolio. Ian is inviting those wanting to gain self-confidence in self directed investing to follow along in his podcasts over the next few months as he scores and analyzes a sampling of financially strong, high dividend stocks from his new book. Today he is scoring, comparing and analyzing; (1) DELEK LOGISTICS PARTNERS LP (stock symbol DKL) (2) DELUXE CORPORATION (stock symbol DLX)(3) DHT HOLDINGS INC (stock symbol DHT)For more information on self-directed investing go to my website www.informus.ca or  listen to the previous 233 weekly podcasts. The first 160 podcasts are devoted to answering questions from investors just like you. 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 New York Telephone - 929-800-2397 [email protected]

Send us a textWelcome to Safe Dividend Investing's Podcast 235- (16 August 2025) Ian Duncan MacDonald has started to write another investment book on stocks traded on the New York Stock Exchange and the NASDAQ. It will be called  “2025 Edition – America’s 200 Strongest High Dividend Stocks – Analyzed and Scored”. It is being written for investors who fear making investing in individual stocks because they fear losing the savings,  they may have spent a lifetime accumulating.Ian's books always show investors  an easy, safe way to pick financially strong companies who pay high dividends . Stocks that can provide a generous, reliable, growing income while also increasing the value of their portfolio. Unlike mutual funds and other investment vehicles where investors have no control over their investment, self-directed investors who create a manageable portfolio of 20 stocks from the 200 analyzed and scored stocks will know exactly what they are  invested in and why they chose each stock for their portfolio. Ian is inviting those wanting to gain self-confidence in self directed investing to follow along in his podcasts over the next few months as he scores and analyzes a sampling of financially strong, high dividend stocks from his new book. Today he is scoring, comparing and analyzing; (1) CABLE ONE INC (STOCK SYMBOL CABO)(2) CAL=MAINE FOODS INC (STOCK SYMBOL CALM)(3) CANADIAN NATURAL RESOURCES LTD (STOCK SYMBOL CNQ)For more information on self-directed investing go to my website www.informus.ca or  listen to the previous 233 weekly podcasts. The first 160 podcasts are devoted to answering questions from investors just like you. Ian Duncan MacDonald [email protected] 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 New York Telephone - 929-800-2397 [email protected]

Send us a textWelcome to Safe Dividend Investing's Podcast 234 - (9 August 2025) Ian Duncan MacDonald has started to write another investment book on stocks traded on the New York Stock Exchange and the NASDAQ. It will be called  “2025 Edition – America’s 200 Strongest High Dividend Stocks – Analyzed and Scored”. It is being written for investors who fear making investing in individual stocks because they fear losing the savings,  they may have spent a lifetime accumulating.Ian's books always show investors  an easy, safe way to pick financially strong companies who pay high dividends . Stocks that can provide a generous, reliable, growing income while also increasing the value of their portfolio. Unlike mutual funds and other investment vehicles where investors have no control over their investment, self-directed investors who create a manageable portfolio of 20 stocks from the 200 analyzed and scored stocks will know exactly what they are  invested in and why they chose each stock for their portfolio. Ian is inviting those wanting to gain self-confidence in self directed investing to follow along in his podcasts over the next few months as he scores and analyzes a sampling of financially strong, high dividend stocks from his new book. Today he is scoring, comparing and analyzing  BCE Inc, Best Buy Company Inc and Betterware De Mexico. For more information on self-directed investing go to my website www.informus.ca or  listen to the previous 233 weekly podcasts. The first 160 podcasts are devoted to answering questions from investors just like you. Ian Duncan MacDonald [email protected] 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 New York Telephone - 929-800-2397 [email protected]

Send us a textWelcome to Safe Dividend Investing's Podcast 232.  Ian Duncan MacDonald has started to write another investment book on stocks traded on the New York Stock Exchange and the NASDAQ. It will be called  “2025 Edition – America’s 200 Strongest High Dividend Stocks – Analyzed and Scored”. It will take several months to complete. It is being written for those investors who fear making investment decisions. Many of them fear losing savings, which they may have spent a lifetime accumulating.Ian's books show investors  an easy, safe way to pick financially strong companies who pay high dividends that will provide a generous, reliable, growing income while also increasing the value of their portfolio. Unlike mutual funds and other investment vehicles where investors have no control over their investment, self-directed investors who create a manageable portfolio of 20 stocks from the 200 analyzed and scored stocks will know exactly what they are  invested in and why they chose each stock for their portfolio. Ian is inviting those wanting to gain self-confidence in self directed investing to follow along in his podcasts over the next few months as he scores and analyzes the stocks for his new book. Today he is scoring and analyzing the first three strong stocks in the alphabetical listing of the 200 stocks. They are : Alexander's Inc (ALX), Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc (ARE) and Alliance Resource Partners LP (ARLP).For more information on self-directed investing go to my website www.informus.ca or  listen to the previous 232 weekly podcasts. The first 160 podcasts are devoted to answering questions from investors just like you. Ian Duncan MacDonald [email protected] 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 New York Telephone - 929-800-2397 [email protected]

Send us a textWelcome to Safe Dividend Investing's Podcast 231While identifying, recording, analyzing and scoring this week's 10 US and Canadian financially strong, high dividend stocks  for the podcast, I found the following interesting:The most expensive stock was < Cal-Maine Foods>at < $105.94>and <Brookfield Renewable > was the least expensive at <$27.20>The stock with the highest dividend yield percent was < Millicom International > with a <7.54 % > yield. The lowest was <Enghouse Systems > with a <5.12%> yieldThe most buy recommendations by analysts were <9> for<Brookfield Renewable> and the least number was <0> for <Enghouse Systems >.   The highest Book Value was for< Cal-Maine Foods> at <$36.71> and the lowest was for <Hess Midstream > at <$2.43> The highest number of shares traded were <4 Million>  for <Hess Midstream>and the lowest number was <95 Thousand > for <Westshore Terminals >.The highest operating margin was for <Hess Midstream > at<61.40%>and the lowest was for <Gibson Energy > at<3.13 %>The lowest Price-to-Earnings ratio of <5.2x> was for < Cal-Maine Foods >and the highest was<40.76x.> for <Clearway Energy >                                          The stock with the highest IDM score was <Cal-Maine Foods > with a <68 >. The Lowest score of < 45 > was for <Enghouse System > The objective of my podcasts and my six investment books is to show  investors that they can easily become successful self-directed investors who will not only realize a safe dividend income of 6 to 8 percent but show substantial gains in the value of their portfolio. Through self-directed investing,  thousands of dollars in investment fees, commissions and charges can be saved while also realizing a sense of security in knowing exactly what you are invested in and why you chose to invest in that safe stock.For more information on self-directed investing go to my website www.informus.ca and also listen to the previous 231 weekly podcasts. The first 160 are devoted to answering questions from investors just like you. Ian Duncan MacDonald [email protected] York Telephone 929-800-2397  or Toronto 416-2454-994Ian 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 New York Telephone - 929-800-2397 [email protected]

Send us a textWelcome to Safe Dividend Investing's Podcast 232. This week's podcast is a departure from the format of the last 40 podcasts. Today I am doing a comparison between three major US airlines :  American Airlines Group Inc (AAL), United Airlines Holdings Inc (UAL) and Delta Air Lines Inc (DAL). There are many large publicly traded companies on stock markets  from which we buy  merchandise and services . At times you can be puzzled by their policies and behavior. By analyzing their public stock market information, that is freely and immediately available, you can gain surprising insights into their policies and behavior.If you analyze these three airlines, as if you were buying shares in them, you can quickly understand how their financial strength could negatively impact their customers. This knowledge can help guide you in your buying decisions.The objective of my podcasts and my six investment books is to show  investors that they can easily become successful self-directed investors. Not only can they realize a safe dividend income of 6 to 8 percent but show substantial gains in the value of their portfolios. Through self-directed investing,  thousands of dollars in investment fees, commissions and charges can also be saved . A great sense of security is realized from knowing exactly what you are invested in and why you chose to invest in that safe strong stock.For more information on self-directed investing go to my website www.informus.ca and  listening to the previous 231 weekly podcasts. The first 160 podcasts are devoted to answering questions from investors just like you. Ian Duncan MacDonald [email protected] York Telephone 929-800-2397  or Toronto 416-2454-994Ian 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 New York Telephone - 929-800-2397 [email protected]

Send us a textWelcome to  Podcast 230 on July 12 of 2025tUsing stock trading volumes, dividend yield percentages, the previous week's highest share price gains, operating margin percentages, the 5 highest qualifying US common stocks and 5 Canadian common stocks were selected and then scored.The 5 US stocks by name and stock symbol were: Civitas Resources (CIVI), Noble Corporation PLC (NE),  Kilroy Realty Corporation (KRC), Murphy Oil Corporation (MUR) and Polaris Inc (PII).The 5 Canadian stocks by name and stock symbol were: South Bow Corporation (SOBO), BCE Inc (BCE), Telus Corporation (T), Northland Power Inc (NPI) and Gibson Energy Inc (GEI)wTHE FOLLOWING DATA  WAS USED FOR EACH STOCK 'S SCORE CALCULATIONS. THEIR SCORES  AND  ACCOMPANYING DATA APPEAR IN THE ATTACHED PODCASTS TRANSCRIPT WHICH ALSO CONTAINS STEVE JOBS FINAL WORDS ON WHAT IS IMPORTANT IN LIFE - IT IS NOT MONEY. (1) Price $ (2)  Price 4yrs ago $ (3) Book Value $ (4) Advisor Buys # (5) Advisor Strong Buys # (6) Dividend. Yield % (7)Operating Margin % (8) Share Volume Traded # (9) Price/Earnings Ratio.     CNADIAN SCORE  CALCULATIONS (K=Thousand M =million)STOCK     1          2       3     4   5        6          7          8       9 SOBO | 35.82 | 0 |17.17  |1 | 0| |7.60  | 36.25 | 1M | 186xBCE | 32.57|62.36 |18.71 |2 |0|5.37 |12.90 |4M | 77.3x T| 22.56| 27.92| 10.39| 3| 0 | 7.38 |14.69 | 5M| | 28.6x NPI | 22.85| 43.07| 16.10| 6 | 0 | 5.25 |32.55 |456K |22.9x  GEI |24.08 | 22.91 | 5.96 | 4 | 0 | 7.14 | 3.13| 593K| 24.5xUS SCORE CALCULATIONNES CIVI | 32.34 | 39.71 | 70.57 | 6 |  0 | 9.34 | 26.79| 1M| 3.7xNE    | 30.15 | 21.59 | 29.26 | 4 | 0 | 6.63 | 20.75 | 1M | 10.0xKRC| 37.20 | 70.38 | 45.59 | 3 | 0 | 5.81 |28.99| 2M | 22.2xMUR | 26.44 | 19.99 |35.61 | 2  | 0 | 4.92 | 20.53 | 2M | 10.1xPII | 49.99 | 127.79 | 22.99 | 1 | 0 | 5.36 | 2.80 | 1M| 70.3xIan 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 New York Telephone - 929-800-2397 [email protected]