Any Investing, financial forums you follow?

[garyt]

So now that it appears Seeking Alpha has gone to an all pay site I wouldn't mind finding another good site like it or a site with investing forums. SA now wants $29 a month. I'd pay $29 a year but no way I'd pay that monthly.
I know of Bogleheads, Morningstar, Yahoo. Any good sites out there?

 

[Lsbcal]

These are not forums but I regularly visit them:

Ben Carlson: https://awealthofcommonsense.com/

Morningstar particular Rekanthaler: https://www.morningstar.com/

WealthTrack weekly (not every week but some select weeks for me): https://wealthtrack.com/

CNBC and occasionally Cramer for fun: https://www.cnbc.com/world/?region=world


Yes, seems that the trend is to go to paid subscriptions that IMO are way too high. Might reverse the trend in a long term bear market but I'm not wanting that event. I used to read Bloomberg markets but not regularly nowadays as their rate is too high and can get similar content on CNBC.

 

[ncbill]

bogleheads

 

[garyt]

bogleheads

I'm looking for info on individual stocks. I joined there way back but haven't looked lately. Isn't the answer to every question there to use index funds?

 

[ncbill]

I'm looking for info on individual stocks. I joined there way back but haven't looked lately. Isn't the answer to every question there to use index funds?

Yes, yes it is.

Please keep in mind picking individual stocks for a portfolio (e.g. "Dividend Aristocrats") results in a portfolio with much higher risk than the market portfolio.

I have seen many posts here that seem to focus on total return while ignoring the higher risk involved.

 

[dmpi]

A pay site would weed out a lot of the riff-raft. Yahoo finance is an example way too much garbage posting. However if it cost too much then nobody will join. Seeking Alpha must figure they have enough people willing to pay while still maintain an active message board.

 

[RE2Boys]

By far my favorite investing forum is https://www.early-retirement.org/

I don't seek out new individual stocks anymore, closest is some ETFs such as VTI and Wellington mutual fund. Most of my individual stocks I've held 5-25 years.

For my play/hobby investing (about 5% of portfolio, I dabble in some preferred stocks and baby bonds as a place to park some funds in lieu of CDs and online savings accounts. For this I use
https://innovativeincomeinvestor.com/

and

https://www.quantumonline.com/search.cfm

 

[jazz4cash]

I was just about to delete the SA app but I noticed they appear to have reversed course from going to all pay. I’ve used them more in the past few weeks and it’s been pretty good but a lot of stale content. They do solicit a lot for individual investment advice services so maybe that is their new model.

 

[JustCurious]

The best site for investing information is Bogleheads. The second best is this site.

 

[carnivalday]

Silicon Investor

 

[garyt]

I was just about to delete the SA app but I noticed they appear to have reversed course from going to all pay. I’ve used them more in the past few weeks and it’s been pretty good but a lot of stale content. They do solicit a lot for individual investment advice services so maybe that is their new model.

Interesting. I keep getting an ad for a subscription. They still send me emails for stocks in my portfolio but I can't read them.
I didn't use SA to pick stocks but it was nice once you entered your portfolio you'd get feeds if anybody posted anything on your holdings. Dividend announcements, copy of company meetings, etc.
edit to add: I see SA is back! Maybe they weren't deluged with people willing to suddenly pay for the service and went back to the old way. I'd sure be mad if I had subscribed in that time, though.

 

[garyt]

Yes, yes it is.

Please keep in mind picking individual stocks for a portfolio (e.g. "Dividend Aristocrats") results in a portfolio with much higher risk than the market portfolio.

I have seen many posts here that seem to focus on total return while ignoring the higher risk involved.

Been investing in individual stocks for 30 years. I don't know if I'm good at it but I'm comfortable doing it.

 

[Out of Steam]

Other than here, Marketwatch and Reuters are about the only financial news sites I read regularly. I look at others as something interests me.

 

[Blue531]

I think there are many investment savvy youtubers out there that share research and information and you tube is free. Do your own diligence, of course, but you can get a lot of ideas and in depth analysis there. I use Barchart.com as my main investment site for charts, profiles and fundamentals and whatever else I care to explore there. I've gotten more useful information from stock gurus on you tube than I ever did using a paid subscription from the Motley Fool Stock Advisor.

 

[jazz4cash]

Interesting. I keep getting an ad for a subscription. They still send me emails for stocks in my portfolio but I can't read them.
I didn't use SA to pick stocks but it was nice once you entered your portfolio you'd get feeds if anybody posted anything on your holdings. Dividend announcements, copy of company meetings, etc.
edit to add: I see SA is back! Maybe they weren't deluged with people willing to suddenly pay for the service and went back to the old way. I'd sure be mad if I had subscribed in that time, though.

I was getting a lot of notifications on one particular stock so I finally figured out how to turn them off. I would’ve actually paid for a subscription but the pricing was not reasonable for me. It was interesting that you could read many stories or summaries but they had disabled the comments. I always found the comments to be valuable and frequently read them first.

 

[garyt]

I was getting a lot of notifications on one particular stock so I finally figured out how to turn them off. I would’ve actually paid for a subscription but the pricing was not reasonable for me. It was interesting that you could read many stories or summaries but they had disabled the comments. I always found the comments to be valuable and frequently read them first.

Agree, the comments were often the best part. $29 a year I might pay, $29 a month not a chance.

 

[check6]

Agree, the comments were often the best part. $29 a year I might pay, $29 a month not a chance.

+1

 

[frank2009]

Been on bogleheads for many years. I look at seeking alpha and marketwatch but they have put up screens asking for money for subscriptions. Not worth it to read about the few index funds in my portfolio.

 

[Mulligan]

These are not forums but I regularly visit them:

Ben Carlson: https://awealthofcommonsense.com/

Morningstar particular Rekanthaler: https://www.morningstar.com/

WealthTrack weekly (not every week but some select weeks for me): https://wealthtrack.com/

CNBC and occasionally Cramer for fun: https://www.cnbc.com/world/?region=world


Yes, seems that the trend is to go to paid subscriptions that IMO are way too high. Might reverse the trend in a long term bear market but I'm not wanting that event. I used to read Bloomberg markets but not regularly nowadays as their rate is too high and can get similar content on CNBC.

I dont know why and I dont know how, but for me suddenly a month ago, nothing falls behind the SA paywall anymore. I can see any article and nothing is blocked off from me anymore. I certainly wouldnt pay for it, but free access to everything is good for me.
Its just for ideas and for me to use the Peanut Gallery comments to the general idiot writers who obfuscate and hide from their poor picks.

 

[braumeister]

I dont know why and I dont know how, but for me suddenly a month ago, nothing falls behind the SA paywall anymore.

Same here. Shhhh!