By the end of holiday season of Dec 2010, my sudden interest on stocks grew more and more. I got curious and started to investigate on ways to invest money. My curiosity increased after watching Jim Cramer Mad money and subsequently reading his book "Real Money". I came across Motley Fool and their premium services. Subscription fees were as low from $200 to $1200 per year.
Since i was new and did not have much $ on stocks, i picked the lowest cost Motley Fool Stock Advisor. SA had an impressive return of 143% if if follow Jeff Gardner and Tom Gardner was around 70% when S&P gave returns of 20% on average. Looking at the percentages and greed for more money i jumped into the craziness of the world of stocks.
After the subscription to Motley Fool SA, i found recommendations were the most popular ones like Netflix, Apple and Priceline which they recommended 8 years back. They had an impressive run on those companies more than 1000% which helped them to boast a impressive 134% returns. They advocate in long term strategy (may be right) if you want 134% returns. They recommend you own at least 3 of their Core stocks to forget and also recommend "Best Buy Now" and one new stock every month. Detailed analysis are provided on why those stocks were recommended.
If you look at the stocks they recommended over last one year, only one stock had 100% returns. What are the odds that you will pick the right one? The rest other stocks had a mere return of -20% to 20% on average.
Bottom Line: You need some good luck and detailed homework on your side. You will learn more about stocks and have a good community to check around for information. Its worth the money! Don't subscribe to Motley Fool Options unless you have cash flow of 3000$+ to play around.
I am happy with SA and may not try other subscriptions unless i have more $$ to play around.
-Prathip
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