Monthly Dividends, Escondido Retirement Trust, and more on “Drive Thru Retirement”

April 22nd, 2008   by StockGumshoe

Since writing about the “John and Helen Scott’s Drive Thru Retirement” teaser a few weeks ago I’ve heard from many folks that are interested in monthly dividend companies, so your Gumshoe thought he might poke around a bit and find some more for you. Who knows, maybe all the excitement is because it looks like they’re swinging out the ‘ol Escondido Retirement Trust teaser for this same company (we first sleuthed out O as the Escondido Retirement Trust way back in May of 2007).
If you happen to recall — and why would you, since I imagine you don’t share the Gumshoe’s obsession with advertising emails — this ad for a new monthly dividend research and advisory product from Stansberry & Associates also teased a few other monthly retirements aside from the (trade name registered) Monthly Dividend Company.

So, what might these other favorite monthly payers be? Read the rest of this entry »

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“Drive-Thru Retirement Project: Monthly Dividends” Solved

April 3rd, 2008   by StockGumshoe

Whatever they’re paying the copywriters at Stansberry & Associates, it’s not enough. This stuff is pure gold! Drive-Thru Retirement … now that’s a good idea. I’ll take the Super Size Value Combo, please!

The latest ad from S&A is for a new service they’re providing, a monthly dividend tracking system of some kind, which essentially looks like a special report that you buy for $250, then periodic updates to their list of the best companies to buy, all of whom apparently pay monthly dividends.

The idea of getting a monthly dividend, instead of the more typical quarterly (or, for foreign firms, semiannual) dividends, clearly holds a lot of appeal for people. I don’t know if it’s just Read the rest of this entry »

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