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Welcome 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.

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Welcome 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

imacd@informus.ca

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
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Welcome 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

imacd@informus.ca

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
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Welcome 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

imacd@informus.ca

New York Telephone 929-800-2397 or Toronto 416-2454-994

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
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Welcome to Safe Dividend Investing's Podcast 231

While 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%> yield

The 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 at<61.40%>and the lowest was for at<3.13 %>

The lowest Price-to-Earnings ratio of <5.2x> was for < Cal-Maine Foods >and the highest was<40.76x.> for

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

imacd@informus.ca

New York Telephone 929-800-2397 or Toronto 416-2454-994

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
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Welcome to Podcast 230 on July 12 of 2025t

Using 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)w

THE 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 | 186x

BCE | 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| 24.5x

US SCORE CALCULATIONNES

CIVI | 32.34 | 39.71 | 70.57 | 6 | 0 | 9.34 | 26.79| 1M| 3.7x
NE | 30.15 | 21.59 | 29.26 | 4 | 0 | 6.63 | 20.75 | 1M | 10.0x
KRC| 37.20 | 70.38 | 45.59 | 3 | 0 | 5.81 |28.99| 2M | 22.2x
MUR | 26.44 | 19.99 |35.61 | 2 | 0 | 4.92 | 20.53 | 2M | 10.1x
PII | 49.99 | 127.79 | 22.99 | 1 | 0 | 5.36 | 2.80 | 1M| 70.3x

Ian Duncan MacDonald
Author and Commercial Risk Consultant,
President of Informus Inc
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Welcome to Podcast 229 on 5th of July, 2025:

This week’s 10 outstanding high dividend stocks are in the attached podcast’s narration and transcript.

5 U.S STOCK SELCTORS USED (1) common shares (2) dividend yield + 5% (3) shares traded over 1M (4) price gain +5%. (5) share price exceeding $22.72

QUALIFIERS’ STOCK SYMBOLS & THEIR SCORES: (1) NE Score 70 (2) CIVI Score 76 (3) LYB Score 59 (4) MUR Score 56 (5) WHR Score 48.

5 CANADIAN STOCK SELCTORS (1) common shares (2) dividend yield + 4% (3) # shares traded over 455K (4) operating margins +5% (5) share prices $22.72 (6) weekly share price gain +5%.

QUALIFIERS’ & SCORES (1) PXT Score 49 (2) RCI.B Score 61 (3) NPI Score 57 (4) BCE Score 40 (5) CVE Score 52.

DATA USED FOR ALL STOCK SCORE CALCULATIONS: (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

PXT | 14.38 | 22.86| 25.33 | 0| 0|10.71| 26.23 | 171K | 13.0x

RCI.B | 44.04| 66.69| 19.40| 7 |0| 4.54| 22.40| 844K |13.4x

NPI | 22.49| 34.37| 16.10| 5| 0 | 5.34 |32.55 | 344K| | 22.6x

BCE | 30.84| 6 1.99| 18.71| 2| 0 | 5.67 |12.90 |1.2M |73.0x

CVE | 19.16| 11.37 | 16.30 | 9 | 1 | 4.18 | 8.32| 3.7M | 12.9x

US SCORE CALCULATIONNES

|NE | 28.40 | 24.44 | 29.26 | 4 | 0 | 7.04 | 22.75| 1M| 9.5x
| CIVI | 29.72 | 46.66 | 70.57| 2 | 3 | 10.16 | 26.79 | 1M | 3.4x
| LYB | 62.01 | 102.73 | 38.48 | 2 | 0 | 8.84 |3.97| 2M | 22.6x
| MUR | 24.47 | 23.54 |35.67 | 1 | 0 | 5.31 | 20.53 | 844K | 9.3x
| WHR| 109.93 | 225.02 | 48.78 | 2 | 0 | 6.37 | 2.81 | 730K | 718.3x

For information on my 6 investment books go to www.informus.ca.

Ian Duncan MacDonald
Author and Commercial Risk Consultant,
President of Informus Inc
2 Vista Humber Drive
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Canada, M9P 3R7
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Welcome to Podcast 228 on 28thof June, 2025:

This week’s 10 outstanding high dividend stocks are in the attached podcast’s narration and transcript.

5 U.S STOCK SELCTORS USED (1) common shares (2) dividend yield + 5% (3) # shares traded over 1M price gain +1%.

QUALIFIERS’ STOCK SYMBOLS & THEIR SCORES: (1) APAM Score 47(2) CPA Score 68 (3) MSB Score 44 (4) NVEC Score 56 (5) ITRN Score 55.

5 CANADIAN STOCK SELCTORS (1) common shares (2) dividend yield + 5% (3) # shares traded over 51K (4) operating margins +3% (5) share prices $12.00 (6) weekly share price gain +1%.

QUALIFIERS’ & SCORES (1) TRP Score 71 (2) RCI.B Score 60 (3) MG Score 65 (4) CCA Score 64 (5) SIA Score 45.

DATA USED FOR ALL STOCK SCORE CALCULATIONS: (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

TRP |67.00| 56.14 |26.55 |8|0| 5.07| 43.84| 21M| 17.5x
RCI.B |39.87| 66.27| 19.40| 5 |0| 5.02| 22.40| 1.5M |12.2x

MG |52.76 114.92| 55.72| 3| 0 |5.14 4.13 | 2M| | 9.6x

CCA |69.23| 121.39 | 70.59| 4| 0 | 5.33 |27.88 |47K |8.9x
SIA |18.79 16.36 |5.82| 2 | 0 | 4.98| 9.40| 284K | 44.4x

US SCORE CALCULATIONS

| APAM |44.55 | 51.03 | 4.84 | 1 | 0 | 6.11 |3 3.39| 1.3M| 12.3x
| CPA | 108.04 | 74.65 | 57.63| 4 | 0 | 5.96 | 21.75 | 333K | 7.4x
| MSB | 24.99 | 36.00 | 1.78 | 0 | 0 | 28.81 |96.23| 82K | 3.5x
| NVEC | 74.03 | 73.41 |12.87 | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 61.81 | 169K | 23.8x
| ITRN | 37.75 | 26.90 | 7.89 | 1 | 0 | 5.30 | 21.56 | 63K | 13.6x

For information on my 6 investment books go to www.informus.ca.

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
imacd@informus.ca