I am an avid subscriber to a a number of TMF services and have been introduced to quite a few winners that have certainly paid for the services many times over. I own all three of the companies mentioned to Tom’s Top 3 and can add that; Company A is a 3.5X since Jan. '18, Company B is a 5.9X since Jan. '18 and Company C is a 0.82X since March '18.
What I like about Saul’s board is that I am not only introduced to strategies on how to vet quality companies, but the discussion of certain companies on Saul’s board results in a deeper and more aggressive analysis of some TMF recommendations when there is overlap.
Thanks, SAUL…WE OWE THE MOTLEY FOOL for being here with you.
I have used THE FOOL,PROBABLY SINCE ITS BEGINNING. THEY HAD VERY USEFUL CHAT ROOMS BACK THEN.
I take their Stock Advisor, now.
STJ
If you’re a Stock Advisor subscriber, check your email from early this morning. I cannot comment if it was part of any other subscriptions as SA and RB are the only ones I subscribe to.
It was kindly pointed out to me and then I located it in my own deleted items folder.
I have subscribed to various MF newsletters for a decade. That guidance, along with what I get to read and laugh about on this board have made my investing decisions way better. Thank all of you and the Motley Fool for all of your help and knowledge! I am always waiting for the down-turns in the market just to get on this board and giggle at the negative comments as I wait patiently for everything to head the normal direction.
I subscribe to SA and have received many times the value in good advice. It is worth it, even with some of the “rode to the bottom” losses. But even if only to subsidize this board where you get the advice of folks like Saul and other hard-driving investors with proven track records, PLEASE SUBSCRIBE. If ever the TMF people decide to scrutinize the boards, I want them to be happy with what they see here.
I’m sure many if not all of you view it the same way I do - whether I need the SA/RB subs or not, I’m gladly paying for them as long as this forum exists and probably forever, period. Let’s send a strong message of support to our gracious hosts! Thanks Saul.
Lucky Dog, something about your phrasing makes me wonder if you think there is a subscription to TMF itself. There isn’t. Free boards are just that, free. But, TMF offer a whole list of premium services. Two of the more popular are Stock Advisor and Rule Breakers. If one subscribes to one of these premium services, one gets several things one does not get without such subscription. These include:
E-mails about recommendations relevant to that particular service, which can be buy this, sell this, best buys now, or more general commentary.
Web site presentations of a similar flavor, often pointed to by the e-mails.
Boards specific to that service appropriate to the theory of that service.
“Premium” boards which one must subscribe to one of the relevant services, but which might be shared by multiple services. The premium Tesla board, for example, is one such.
To me, one of the most valuable aspects of the premium services is the boards it gives one access to.
to find deals on the subscriptions. While most of the subscription fees are quite modest and easily worth while in terms of return on investment, many of us are still happy to get a discount on any fixed costs.
No, I’ve known about the paid services ever since I joined TMF a long time ago, just didn’t see the value of it since I had done very well using my reading skills and other investment publications for many decades before getting here and I have continued with that.
Saul has enlarged my view on a variety of different stocks and I value his wisdom, expertise, his calm temperament and careful study of the individual stocks.
So, hearing that he gathers knowledge from a MF service, piques my interest in them.
For those of you that require hard evidence of the Fool’s Advisory value in addition to the above
testimonials rearyiii using data from marco has created a backtest of David’s and Tom’s Fool picks
on the mechanical investors board. Buying and holding all the picks from 3/11/2002 till 1/11/2019
would have resulted in a 11.92 compound annual return compared to the S&P500 of 5.98%. http://gtr1.net/2013/?s20020311::max%28david.f,tom.f%29et1
rgearyiii’s post and the thread: https://discussion.fool.com/marco-very-kindly-sent-me-his-histor…
Note: Robbie shows a 19.6 CAGR by adding additional post discovery momentum criteria to the
Gardner brothers picks, the 11.9% results are without any other selection criteria. In Robbie’s
terminology the Gardner brothers have not been torpedoed.
I admit that I started this thread, but I think that 23 posts on it is ridiculous. Let’s cut it off, and get back to discussing our stocks. Thanks for your cooperation.
Saul
Hi Saul…
I have noticed that Tom and you have some of the same stock picks…made me wonder if he comes here! Have met the brothers and been following THE MOTLEY FOOL almost from its beginning.The early days were wonderful…chat rooms for specific industries, etc.
Am a Stock Advisor subscriber, too, for several years. STJ
