What are the best investment newsletters?
I'd be interested to hear which ones people have tried in the past, and which you still use today. What was each one's approach to investing? How long did you stick with it? Did you act upon their recommendations - always, never or did you try to cherry pick? Were the newsletters paid for or free? How useful have you found them to be?
I receive the free Tycoon Report newsletter which I’ve found has really taught me a lot about investing. For paid ones I’m signed up to Oxford Club, which is geared towards fairly conservative investors interested in long-term gains. I’m also on the ‘Changewave Alliance’, which surveys its subscribers in order to back up its research, giving a gauge for sentiment in various industries.
Both are good, but I’m not acting on any of their recommendations until I have been a subscriber for 1-2 years to give me time to judge their actual performance over time. Call me cautious but I'm sure there are a lot of crack-pot 'experts' out there!
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7million7years answered one year ago …
The Tycoon Report, of course! http://www.tycoonresearch.com//
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CUWu answered one year ago …
I'm a big fan of BiotechInsight.com - written by a practicing oncologist, great track record for early stage biotech investments, no marketing BS, just cuts to the chase.
I also like some of the financial bloggers out there: 247wallst.com, bigpicture.typepad.com, etc.
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SharonMR answered one year ago …
Have read, subscribed to and rejected many a "newsletter" for investing. Most of them, can't even remember their names. Probably, 90% of them are written by writers or reporters, not experienced traders. So, I took their reports and news letters as just that, reports and news, and did not consider their trade recommendations.
For commentaries, research and education, it's The Tycoon Report. These guys are best there is out there.
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Oldman answered one year ago …
A few weeks back, I asked the Tickerhound staff to develop a keyword search function. They did, and I'm guessing it had been in the works for some time before I even asked. The reason was that sometimes, over a short period, different folk ask similar questions for slightly different reasons.
In specific answer to your query, regarding experiences with financial advisory services, try using the SEARCH box atop the screen with the following keyword: Newsletters
and you'll get a full screen listing of the prior questions, dates and answers.
My bias, is to take long subscriptions to relatively low-priced advisories; to avoid the fast trades and "turn 5000 into 50,000" hype. I also seek securities that pay me to hold their risks.
I find that "Personal Finance", from KCI (edited by Neil George) has been my favorite for more than 15 years - (they also have other publications, in which I have no interest ... other than Roger Conrad's "Utility Forecaster"). I also have used some of Agora's "Oxford Insight" & Byron King's "Outstanding Investments", and the StreetAuthority newsletter "High Yield Investing", edited by Pasternak & Tracy, to suggest perhaps one of 20 possibilities as investments.
You are indeed wise to see if the advice is useful throughout a market cycle, and you will begin to realize that some newsletters have a "World's going to the dogs ... buy oil, gold, a hilltop fortress and machine gun defense!!!", while others have a more diversified view: "The U.S. is no longer the biggest bargain, but it's a free-wheeling, snake-oil dealing, noisy bazaar out there, so be wary and study the risks".
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mjrenn answered one year ago …
The free Changewave Alliance is quite accurate. But it's about 3-5(or more)weeks behind the Tycoon editors. Chris Rowe & Teeka Tiwari(both paid)were urging caution when Tobin Smith was saying jump in with your eyes closed.
Some of the Tobin advice has been shocking in fact an income recomendation offered last year has recently been moved from the NYSE to the Pink Sheets and is down 60% or so as well. Agressive buyers might want to get a few more shares he says. He could be right I suppose.
The Strategic Advantage(Jon Markman-paid)puts out a daily e-mail that is perhaps good value & worth a look.
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jester112358 answered one year ago …
I'm only subscribe to trial offers with no questions asked money back guarantees so I can examine the historical outcomes which typically aren't as good as I do on my own. For shorting, Changewave shorts run by Michael Shumann, a fundamental analyst is quite good with a 75% positive record last year and 55% net gain. Anything below 50% accuracy is unacceptable as far as I'm concerned. Examples of poor predictions are most of Schaeffer's services which are really aggressive in their advertising. I recommend only doing paper trades initially following the recommendations and allocating capital the way you would actually do it with real money. Long term, Louis Nevellier has a good record going back about 30 years. Again overhyping of winners (turn $500 into $2000 in 4 days) with no mention of overall accuracy or net profits are a red flag. Proper capital allocation and diversification are more important in the long run than stock picking.
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Bob answered one year ago …
There must be a million investing newsletters on the net now! If interested in the results of some of the old line financial newsletters, pay a visit to Mark Hulbert's "The Hulbert Financial Digest" at http://www3.marketwatch.com/store/products/hfd.aspx?dist=LHncnltr
You can view a free sample online.
Rather than going for the newsletter with the highest annual return, you should also think about how volatile it is. The top letter may have a substantially higher return than others but suffer very high drawdowns along the way. Are you ready to stomach that?
Personally, I subscribe to two newsletters at present. I just started receiving Max Whitmore's new "High-Yield Income Investing" letter (google for link), which strives to dig up stocks paying double digit dividends, and I subscribe to the free version of Amateur-Investors, which is based on CANSLIM and seems to beat Bill O'Neil at his own game! http://www.amateur-investor.net/index.htm
