Author/Editor
Dan Ferris
Publisher
Stansberry & Associates
Description
Monthly newsletter that focuses on high-dividend stocks and similar investments. (Formerly edited by Tom Dyson, who left to found the Palm Beach Letter publications with Mark Ford)
This letter was merged into Stansberry’s Income Intelligence letter, edited by Dr. David Eifrig.
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They don’t produce any responses through the mo. and sometimes not even the mo newsletter. Very disappointing
The first recommendation I took was to buy FRE.PRP a no way to loose 10% return guaranteed by the government, went from 20 to less than 1!!
This family of newsletters urges you to use a “25% trailing stop”. One recommended purchase I made collapsed more than 50% one day after I bought it. I have lost a ton of money investing with this guy.I have not renewed my subscription.
Subscribed from 1/08-4/08. Within a few months of finding the Gumshoe (2/08) I figured out that all “for fee” newsletter writers are entertainers, not traders. Over the course of the past year, and through the Gumshoe forum I learned of numerous investments that yield 15%-30% and are significantly safer than the blind “buy and hold with a 25% stop” recommendations put out by this service. The reason this particular service is so insidious is that most income investors seek safety as a primary consideration to invest. This newsletter is unsafe, primarily because its editors do not know how to trade, which is no longer a surprise to me.
I won’t renew my subscription. Haven’t seen any recommendations that seemed to live up to his high income goals without obvious high risks.
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Been following Tom for a year or so. Am not a trader, so love the dividends from pretty safe companies. I see nothing particularly risky in averaging down in solid companies like those recommended.
I’ve been a subscriber for several years and have consistently made money most of the time with the obvious exception of the recent market ‘dump’ which has had its toll on just about every strategy.
Have made money from Realty Income O never would have known of them.Would never tired covered calls.Gives good fundamentals for traders and investors to START research on.
The 12% letter is one of the moreinteresting newsletters that I have ever subcribed to. The author Tom Dyson does not talk down to subscribers He subscribes to the viewpopint that the only way to make gauranteed returns is to thoroughly research your investments before you commit to them. He explains his thinking and leaves the choice to you. His newsletter is split 50-50 between investments (stocks) and covered calls on blue chip stocks. I had never understood the covered call methodology until Tom explained it fully in his newsletter. If you want to make a really worthwhile investment in a newsletter I can recimmend the 12% letter.
They have the same recommendations all the other dividend letters. However they complicate it a little bit by recommending option plays in combination with their stock recommendations.
I bought two energy companies that tanked and he sold the next month. We’ll see what happens with Iowa Telephone; it’s down from where I bought it but it’s still in the portfolio. I am learning from the covered call strategy.
I bought this as part of a “lifetime” package deal of five Stansberry newsletters. Now still pay about $150 maintenance fee and sorta feel locked in.
Tom got caught like most by the severity of the drop. Now has reco several large cap “super safe” stocks with decent dividends, then recos some covered calls to boost income. Of course it doesn’t work in an IRA. And even those stocks have dropped by 10-15% already. Tom is now supplementing his monthly with a weekly to try to keep abreast of the market better which is a good idea. But as for results, most of my portfolio is in Stanberry recos, and I’m down 50% from a year ago. I’d done just as well with S&P index. So no value except sometimes educational reading.
Very good research and consistent strategy; average financial results
I have been a subscriber for, I think, some 5+ years. I have been an investor for over 30 years. I am now at age in which I don’t want the risk associated with spectacular returns. I just want a good steady and dependable decent return. That’s exactly what Tom has provided.
this is my second year because tom reacted as markets went down with new strategies.Some picks needs more support
THE 12% LETTER IS ALL OF THE ABOVE. I HAVE USED SOME OF THE ADVICE..BUT I’M NOT AN ACTIVE TRADER…JUST ONE WHO LIKES TO KEEP A STOCK FOR AT LEAST A YEAR. I SUBSCRIBED AT HALF PRICE WHEN HE HAD A SPECIAL. I ESPECIALLY LIKE HIS WEEKLY UPDATES…IT HELPS KEEP THE MARKET IN PERSPECTIVE.
I DON’T PLAN TO ENTER THE MARKET UNTIL CONGRESS GETS RID OF ALL THE TAXPAYER CHEATS AND ESPECIALLY FRANK AND DODD AND PUT THOSE CONTROLS BACK ON. THEY HAVE PLAYED TOO FAST AND LOOSE WITH OUR TAX DOLLARS AND UNTIL THEY INDICT THESE PEOPLE, I’M ON THE SIDELINES! BUT THE 12% LETTER IS TRULY A GOOD REPORT AND HE ISN’T FOREVER SELLING YOU A SUBSCRIPTION!
I do more reading than trading, but have found several issues that yield excellent returns. Have not tried the covered call strategy yet, but no one I know of explains it better.
I always look forward to my 12% newslwtter. It is good reading.
I have about broke even during the past year with THIS newsletter.
My deferred comp account at work is down almost 50%, so I think a break even is great.
The dividends keep rolling in. One could do a lot better using the covered call strategy.
All S&A publications are loud and clear that you are responsible for your own investment decisions. They talk about due diligence a lot. I appreciate their transparency and the tidbits of investment process advise ie. investment size, max entry price, percentage of portfolio, stops and even redemption advice.
All I can say is don’t buy the hype for new products or subscriptions unless you really want to take advantage of the refund policy if the product truly is not for you.
I will remain an S&A subscriber for a long time.
Only quite recently has Tom Dyson started with the covered calls. Covered calls aren’t for everyone and I prefer to just buy stocks and not mess with option trading. That being said, many of his investment recommendations are okay and do yield double digit returns. I am undecided as to whether I will renew because too much space is now devoted to option trading.