This presentation by the Stock Newsletter Club reviews the top publicstock newsletters.
Newsletters reviewed include Motley Fool Stock Advisor, Nate's Notes, Blue Chip Growth, The Worthington Stock Letter, Value Line Investment Survey, The Prudent Speculator, Jim Cramer's Action Alerts Plus, Motley Fool Insider, Motley Fool Rule Breakers, The Buyback Letter and Zack's Premium among others.
Our analysis provides quick overview of the positives and negatives of each newseltter to assist subscribers in making the decision.as to which newsletter to subscribe to. We suggest looking to the Stock Newsletter Club website for additional reviews and further analysis of each of these newsletters.
We generally recommend that investors follow 2-3 newsletters for diversification among their investments. As it's impossible to follow all stocks, one of the best uses of the top stock newsletters is to discover new stock ideas. By doing this the investor is able to narrow their prospective buy list to the best stocks the market has to offer at their current price. .
1. Reviews of the best Stock Newsletters
Blue Chip Growth
Buyback Letter
Motley Fool-Stock Advisor/Insider/Rule Breakers
Nate’s Notes
The Street.com/Jim Cramer
The Worthington Letter
Prudent Speculator
Value Line Investment Survey
Zack’s Premium
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2. Blue Chip Growth
Positives:
Large-Cap Growth and Momentum Stock Newsletter
In-Depth Market Commentary with Weekly Updates
Large Number of Securities Held/Diversification
List of Best Buys for Starting Points
Long Track Record
Uses Static Closing Price to Monitor Results
3. Blue Chip Growth
Negatives:
Has Suffered Losses Greater Than the
S&P During Market Downturns
After a Strong Start, Louis Navellier’s Emerging Markets
Newsletter Has Lagged the Market for a Significant
Period of Time.
Louis Navellier’s Mutual Funds Have Under-Performed
Their Benchmarks
Goal of Newsletter is to Push You Into His Financial
Planning Service and Higher Priced Products
4. The Buyback Letter
Positives:
Named to Hulbert Digest Honor Roll 3 Times
Standard Edition Outperforms the S&P 500
Health and Bio-Tech stocks show strongest performance
Negatives:
Higher Priced Premium Version Lagging in Performance
Small Number of Recommended Stocks
Some Stocks Held Less Than 1 Year (higher tax rate)
5. Motley Fool
Newsletter Portfolio
Stock Advisor – Rated as Best Growth Stock Newsletter
Insider – Performed Well But New Editor in 2014
Rule Breakers-Highly Volatile / Best In Bull Markets
Supernova; Got Off To A Rough Start-Wait and See
Hidden Gems-Has Lagged The Market
Income Investor – Has Lagged the Market – New Editor
in 2016 = Wait and See.
6. Motley Fool Stock Advisor – Award Winner
Positives:
Growth and Momentum Stock Newsletter
Finds High Flying Popular Stocks
Long-Term Investment Philosophy.
List 10 Best Buys and Core Holding as Starting Points.
Good Educational Platform for Individual Investors
Long-Term Track Record
7. Motley Fool
Negatives:
Results of David Gardner lag Tom Gardner. Tom’s
Overall Success Stems Mainly From Multiple
Recommendations of AMZN Through the Years.
Two Stocks Selected Each Month Regardless of Price.
Large Following-Hard to Replicate Their Results
No Valuations or Price Recommendations For Buying or
Selling. This Can Lead to Large Losses if Subscribers
Don’t Time Their Buys Correctly.
High Risk – Has Suffered Greater Losses Than the S&P
500 During Bear Markets
8. Nates Notes – Award Winner
Positives:
Bio-Tech and Tech Newsletter
Long-Term Track Record of Beating the Market Averages.
Uncovers Unknown and Under Valued Stocks
20 Stocks on Average
Gives Buy Prices and Fair Valuations
Negatives:
Can Suffer Significant Losses During Bear Markets –
Worse Than Stock Market Averages
Newsletter Concentrates on Two Sectors of the Market
Aggressive Portfolio Uses Leverage and Carries Significant
Risk Compared to the Overall Market
9. TheStreet.com / Jim Cramer
Positives:
Action Alerts Plus; Real Live Portfolio
Provides You With Their Trades Before They Make Them
Buys Liquid Stocks / Easy To Trade
Educates Subscribers / Market Commentary
Charitable Organization
Trade Their Own Recommendations In Real-Time. No
Hiding Behind Hypothetical Returns.
10. TheStreet.com / Jim Cramer
Negatives:
Sporadic Performance Year to Year (that’s real life though)
Returns Not As Good As Some Other Newsletters
Expensive
Newsletters
Action Alerts Plus-Beaten S&P 500 (without dividends)
Break Out Stocks / Lagged Wilshire 5000 w/ dividends
Stocks Under $10 / Lagged Wilshire 5000 w/ dividends
Options-No Results Tracked
11. The Worthington Letter – Award Winner
Positives:
Value And Dividend Stock Newsletter
Holds Stocks for Longer Than 1 Year (Minimizes Taxes)
Holds15-20 Stocks on Average / Diversification
Safety – Has Lost Less Than Market During Bear Markets.
Uncovers Unknown and Under Valued Small and
Mid-Cap stocks
12. The Worthington Letter
Negatives:
Less Than A 10 Year Track Record
Doesn’t Cover Growth Stocks (Misses Amazon-Google)
Occasional Low Priced Stock Recommendation
Can Go Multiple Months Without New Stock
Recommendations
Will Hold Cash
13. The Prudent Speculator
Positives:
Long-term Track Record
No Longer Relies On Margin to Beat the Market
Large Number of Stocks Held for Diversification
Holds Stocks Long-term Minimizing Transaction Costs
Negatives:
Periods Of Underperformance (real-life)
Hard to Be Invested In All Stocks
Biggest Drawdowns Greater Than Market Drawdowns
Holds Stocks Long-term Minimizing Transaction Costs
14. Value Line Investment Survey
Positives:
In-Depth Coverage of over 1700 Stocks
Excellent Company Reports (Warren Buffett Used)
Long-Term Track Record
Negatives:
Has Lagged the Market in Recent Years
High Trading and Transaction Costs
Results Lag Other Growth Stocks Newsletters
15. Zack’s Premium
Positives:
Unique Rating-Compliments Other Services
Reports On Earnings Revisions-Momentum Indicators
Long-Term Track Record
Negatives:
One of The More Expensive Newsletters
Newsletter Changed Names / Diverts Prior Record
Results Lag Other Newsletters
Higher Transaction Costs For Stocks Held Less Than Year
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