RetireJapan

I was wondering if anyone subscribes to any paid services for stock suggestions?
I use Morningstar, Motley Fool Stock Advisor and Investorplace Innovation Investor and find all of them useful in different ways.
I've tried Zack's, Tipranks and Motley Fool Rule Breakers, but only for a limited period.

Has anyone found any services they particularly like?

I enjoy Jason Fieber's dividend suggestions (they are free): https://www.mrfreeat33.com/

His videos are a bit clickbaity, but his weekly writeups are fairly detailed.

*just to be clear, I only invest my play money in individual stocks, most of our net worth is in cheap mutual funds

Cheers for the recommendation.

Just had a gander at some of his stuff; never really prioritzed dividends as I use a US brokerage and they get taxed twice, but some very interesting content.
Free at 33? Good for him.
I'm very late to taking my finances seriously, so maybe free at 99?

Have you ever looked at stockgumshoe? He does a good job of deciphering the stocks teased by paid services.
www.stockgumshoe.com/

Anyway, thanks again!

tokyoal wrote: ↑Wed May 19, 2021 7:24 am Have you ever looked at stockgumshoe? He does a good job of deciphering the stocks teased by paid services.
www.stockgumshoe.com/

Very interesting. Those other newsletters must hate this guy

I know,
Looking through the comments of his reports he often nails it as well.
Quite a few people confirm or often correct his deductions, which could save people $1000s in subscriptions.
Is there anywhere in this forum where similar discussions take place that you know of? As I mentioned, I'm a member of a few services and it would be good to have a place to share tips regarding stocks.
Even if it is only for play money

A thread in this forum would be it, but it's not really what RetireJapan is about: we tend to recommend the lazy, diversified, low fee approach

I’m a big fan of Jared Dillian.
His stand alone stuff is here:
https://www.jareddillianmoney.com/

Free stuff plus some paid stuff.

He’s got more services available via Mauldin Economics
https://www.mauldineconomics.com/about-us/jared-dillian

I followed him for a few years and finally dipped my toe into a cheap subscription for ETFs a few years back and I do not regret it one bit. Not only has he made some great recommendations but he’s taught me an incredible amount about the business and investor mentality.
He’s a bit of a snarky contrarian. And a good DJ.

I also use Curzio Research, https://www.curzioresearch.com/. Quite different than Dillian and I basically have them “competing” against each other with a portion of my portfolio. So far, I’ve been the winner and the portion of my portfolio that I control gets smaller and smaller.

RetireJapan wrote: ↑Mon May 24, 2021 2:46 am A thread in this forum would be it, but it's not really what RetireJapan is about: we tend to recommend the lazy, diversified, low fee approach

I had a Motley Fool subscription for a year (got it for the miles bonus). Too many choices and then a whole lot of upselling for other newsletters. Lots were tempting, but I can only keep an eye on so many.

I now have about 40-50 different stocks (average age 10 years), but they are only 25% of my holdings (most of the rest being cheap mutual funds).

That was my experience as well with Motley Fool. Some good stuff but I was overwhelmed. Perhaps now it might be easier for me but I hadn’t figured out head or tails of what I was doing.

Before jumping on a subscription I’d encourage folks to follow the authors for a bit (months or years, not days) to get to know how they approach the market and the market cycles. Are they investing alongside you and what are their losers? Everyone talks about their winners but losers are the ones that can bomb your portfolio.

It’s not lost on me that my current big loser is my own pick vs a newsletter’s pick. I continue to prove to myself that I’m not as good as my newsletters. Damn crypto….