The Simply Investing Dividend Podcast

In this episode, I answer your questions about getting started with dividend investing:

- How do I make money with stocks?
- Aren’t funds (mutual/index/ETFs) safer?
- Isn’t investing risky and time consuming?
- How do I get started?

In this episode, we'll compare the differences between investing in the 30 Dow companies versus investing in funds The following topics are covered in this episode:

- What is the Dow Jones Index?
- Index funds and ETFs investing in the Dow
- Individual investing vs funds
- Taking control of your investments

In this episode, you'll learn about the 8 most common investing terms. Successful investing begins with knowledge, understanding these investing terms is the first step to investing successfully. The following topics are covered in this episode:

- What is a Share or Stock?
- What is a dividend?
- What is dividend yield?
- What is EPS?
- What is the Payout Ratio?
- What is Long-term Debt to Equity?
- What is the P/E Ratio?
- What is the P/B Ratio?

In this episode, you'll learn how to handle the Top 7 most common investing risks:

- Risk 1: The dividend is not guaranteed
- Risk 2: Competitors
- Risk 3: Dishonest management
- Risk 4: Bankruptcies
- Risk 5: International issues
- Risk 6: Market uncertainty
- Risk 7: Natural disasters
Other ways to reduce your investing risk.

In this episode, I'll share with you the top four most common misconceptions around dividends that I hear out there when it comes to dividend investing.

Learn about these Top 4 Dividend Myths in this episode:
1) Dividends are insignificant
2) Dividends drop when stock prices drop
3) Dividends are not guaranteed
4) Share price drops when dividend is paid
and a Special Bonus talk on why beating the stock market is not our goal!

In this episode, learn how you can earn $35K annually in dividends, and you don't need $1M to start.

Also covered in this episode:
- What is a dividend and dividend yield?
- The importance of dividend increases
- Re-investing dividends
- Earning $35K/year in dividends

In this episode, learn how to grow your money with dividends:

Also covered in this episode:
- 6 steps to grow your money with dividend stocks
- what is Real Total Return
- what are industry leaders
- how an investment in CIBC returned over 167%
- how an investment in CNQ returned over 235%

In this episode, learn how to invest in a bear (or down) market.

Also covered in this episode:
- how to build a resilient dividend stock portfolio
- current market conditions
- a brief history of market crashes
- learn the basics
- why dividend income is more important that stock prices
- learn the dividend stock selection process
- how Coca-Cola could provide over $202K/year in dividends
- how Home Depot could provide over $259K/year in dividends

In this episode, learn how to apply the 12 Rules of Simply Investing to Finning International. See if this company passes or fails the 12 Rules, is this company worth considering or should it be avoided?

Also covered in this episode:
- Who is Finning International?
- Applying the 12 Rules of Simply Investing