Author/Editor
Tim Plaehn
Publisher
Investors Alley
Description
High-yield and dividend-growth focused newsletter, offering the “monthly dividend paycheck calendar” and attempting to pick stocks from companies who can sustain a high and growing dividend.
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most of us here are looking for a reliable income source-reliable being the operative word.Reliability also encompasses honesty,and I would recomment INVESTMENT QUALITY TRENDS no outrageous projection-take a look its been around a long time,and has a very satisfied following
Tim’s portfolio and recommendations are spot on. And, his personal involvement is stellar. I am a very happy subscriber and have instituted many of the stocks in the portfolio.
Three years ago, I invested a significant amount into Dividend Hunter’s stock suggestions.
I followed his “recommendations” and the overall result was a disaster. Many of his choices
lost significant value which haven’t recovered and others made large dividend cuts. Additionally, his monthly “report”has become incomprehensible, filled with laborious minutia . Finally, it seems that he constantly attempts to upsell more (expensive) services which became increasingly problematic in light of his poor performance.
In December 2020. after three years and a recovering market I sold all of his “recommendations” and took large capital losses. I have moved on from Dividend Hunter and suggest others take a hard look before jumping in.
Thank you for your comments.
They were very helpful.
I have just read through the “sales pitch” for subscribing to the Dividend Hunter and he finishes with the list of 4 upgrades and the list of free books worth $900.
His narrative is so long and his pitch so intensive I can relate to your statement “Additionally, his monthly โreportโ has become incomprehensible, filled with laborious minutia” with out having been an actual subscriber.
At first glance I was interested. But by the end I was put off.
I subscribe to Contrarian Report and I like the way they summarize and present their material. I am looking for a similar style of presentation “High Yield” or “Dividend Income ” subscription but I haven’t found it yet.
As a high dividend newsletter, the stocks and funds which are recommended tend to move in price with the bond market. Thus, as interest rates started to rise at the end of the pandemic, the price of the stocks went down. However, as an income based letter, the value of the stock on any given day is irreleevant. The issue is what happened to the income generated each month. If you invested in these stocks, held them for three years and reinvested the dividends, I would be that your cashflow increased by at least 30% and probably more. Had you held on, you would find that the stock prices will go back up later this year when the Fed starts lowering rates. if you are looking for capital gains (i.e. increased stock prices as opposed to increased monthy income), this is not the letter for you. If you are looking for a consistent and growing income stream, this is a very good newsletter.
What can we learn from Chuck’s “disaster”? You know the saying, “Don’t put all your eggs in one basket”? It’s the same as saying, “Use diversity to reduce risk.”
If you read a newsletter and pile in with “a significant amount”, if you suddenly sell everything, you increase your risk.
Watch and learn, nibble and take profit, cut losses: one day you’ll know when it’s a good idea to invest “a significant amount”.
I joined The Dividend Hunter lifetime membership a few months ago and could not be any more happy than I am with this newsletter. Tim is a down to earth guy who doesn’t come across as a know it all like some of the others do.
He will always answer emails to him which is more than I can say about some of the others . I have several lifetime memberships with Stansberry Research and paid quite a bit more with a yearly fee that I do not have with Dividend Hunter,
Rileybowler- I too upgraded to the lifetime membership – what a bargain! But, I have an issue with sending emails and I’m not sure that Tim is getting them (as I have never had a response). What email address are you using?
I have been a long time member(can’t even remember when I joined) and am generally pleased with his recommendations.
I have been with Tim and the Dividend Hunter for almost a year. I think his service ,The Dividend Hunter, is incredibly good and valuable. As a recent retiree I was looking hard for a decent way to create an income without the standard pull 4% out of a diversified portfolio of stocks. The Dividend Hunter delivered exactly what I was looking for. I got in at a good time and that has helped with capital appreciation but more importantly the yields on his entire portfolio have been around 8%. About 40% of his stocks are monthly payers. He has added a great plan of action to what was my lets try and wing it approach. He is very reachable and does a great job connecting and communicating with his subscribers. I could not be more pleased and will continue to follow his plan as close as I can. I cannot understand how anyone could not give Tim a 5 star rating.
Do you know what stock he is claiming is the only stock you’ll ever need?
Could be either Credit Suisse X-Links Silver Shares Covered Call ETN (SLVO) or Global X Nasdaq 100 Covered Call ETF (QYLD) The Global X NASDAQ Covered Call ETF (QYLD) uses a covered call strategy to generate monthly income,which is then paid out as a monthly dividend. QYLD has a distribution yield ofaround 12%. Dividends are paid out monthly
I believe it refers to Hercules Capital.
MAIN
I am sure that is not Tim but another who advertises on his site, Tim would never say that you only need one stock he always pushes being diversified and the portfolio is just that.
It is actually the marketing arm of Investors Alley which makes these silly, baseless and annoying claims. The newsletter itself apologizes for the claims and is actually very good if you are looking at creating a safe and conservative portfolio which generates about a 9% to 10% income strem. Its particularly good for retirement or for persons approaching retirement.
He does not claim a one stock is all you will ever need, it is probably for another company. He always and I mean always talks about being diversified, in fact in the Dividend Income portfolio there is close to 35 positions very far from a 1 stock fly by nighter.
Last week I joined Dividend Hunter/Investor Alley and quickly realized this isn’t for me. A quick background , I run multiple family accounts and always scanning, reading, and searching for ideas to help with my technical analysis. I have various sites which help me to determine fundamental analysis but always looking for additional ideas to complement my technical analysis.
Now I think this is a good conservative dividend approach, although the author is manily limited by his choosing only ETF’s, rather than for me working with CEF’s, ETF’s, BDC’s and equities. Now I had hoped to find and still searching for information out of the ordinary, for instance last week purchased a good equity with Quaterly 1.2% .09 dividend and a 7/14 $2 Special dividend ($26 stock) . If anyone knows of how to sign up for this type of information I truly would appreciate.
As this is my first newletter experience in 20 years at least I was pleased that it wasn’t the get rich teaser on some $1.38 Stock since I avoid low price and low volumes.
If I am reading your post correctly Tim does not just do ETF’s in fact in the portfolio there are ETF’s, BDC’s and CEF’s
also ETNs and REITs
just got a pitch for the Dividend hunter 36 month plan. Is that something one should consider?
Hi. To answer your question specifically, there is really no such thng as a “36 month plc” which will achieve what the ad says and Tim admits as much once you buy the service. Investors Alley, which sponsers Dividend Hunters, has an unfortuntae habit of sending out endless ads for its services which make impossible promises. With that said, I have been with Dividend Hunters for about three years as I approach retirement. It has been an excellent , conservative service for someone trying to create an income stream for retirement without much risk to the income stream, particularly if you can reinvest dividends for a few years before actually retiring. My account has gone from generating about $1900/month to $4,500 per month during that time without adding new money other than dividends. Its subscription fee is also very low for what you get compared to similar services. Tim is an honest fellow who seems to work hard at what he does, explains in detail why he is doing what he does and has the rarely seem humility to apologize for his very occassion mistakes. The one thing you will need to do is not worry about the stock prices rising and falling. As income stocks, the price of the stocks changes as interest rates go up and down. However, this does not affect the income stream. So if you ned the income and don’t really care on a dily basis what happens with th stock price, this is a good option. Another alterntive are the services from Contrarian Income which include an income/growth service (if you are bit further from retirement) as well as a CEF Newsletter which geerates income a little bit higher but with a little more risk. Hope this helps.
I’ve been a subscriber to The Dividend Hunter for years after trying several other services. Not one of them can beat the personal attention Tim Plaehn has shown to me over years. I’ve written him several times and he always personally returned my email. As to his service, everyone got clobbered during the Covid recession. BUT if you realize that dividend portfolios are income portfolios and not growth, it puts a completely different perspective on its performance. My portfolio has grown and my income has grown using his picks. My average return is almost 9% . I take a monthly withdrawal of $1,000 and there’s plenty left over to re-invest . Couldn’t be happier unless I hit Mega Millions.
I agree – I have subscribed to Dividend Hunters for the past 3 years. I appreciate Tim’s detail in examining companies to place into the DH portfolio and like you I am running north of 9% returns just in dividends – not looking for capital appreciation so when prices go down I buy more. He also does not include any K1 companies which I have learned the hard way by doing my own taxes that I want to avoid…