Welcome to Safe Dividend Investing’s Podcast # 153 on February 1st of 2024.  Today, I will be answering two interesting investment question. QUESTION (1) If a company can hide its debt in calculating book value,  why wouldn't free cash flow growth and  total debt growth give a better picture of a company's health? QUESTION (1) Why do investors in funds avoid reading the fund's prospectus?  (A transcript of this podcast is available.)   SIX INVESTMENT  BOOKS BY IAN DUNCAN MACDONALD, ARE AVAILABLE FROM AMAZON.COM  KINDLE BOOKS) (1) CANADIAN HIGH DIVIDEND INVESTING - 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 price and dividend trend data. (2) NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE'S 106 BEST HIGH DIVIDEND STOCKS - 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 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, PAINTINGS, PHOTOGRAPHS  AND DIGITAL ART VISIT www.informus.ca   and also www.artgalarian.com  Ian Duncan MacDonald Author, Artist, 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]   Ian Duncan MacDonald Author, Artist, 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]