Financial publications just don't appeal to me much anymore

[Abominable Manor]

Same as most. Don't pick stocks anymore and basically just do index ETFs and Mutual Funds (VOO, QQQ, etc.). No market timing, just occasional re-balancing. Still do a little swing trading in the stock of my old company, but since it's range bound, I don't think any real analysis would help. I might think differently if it ever breaks out one way or another.

I used to really enjoy Barron's when they offered teaser rates, but haven't even bothered with that recently. I still get daily emails from them but they all seem to be doom-and-gloom. In the real good-ol'-days, I can even remember getting the dead tree version of Value Line for a very affordable introductory rate. I think you could get close to their entire individual stock analysis reports over the course of three months or so, but now, I don't even check out what's available on Fidelity's web site.

 

[indiajust]

no history using paper publications. I read books and philosophy. But my applied actionable inputs have always been internet only. email, websites, databases, process focused algorithms....

 

[audreyh1]

I used to get three: SmartMoney, Money, and Kiplinger. The first two are gone. I still get Kiplinger. When my subscription ends, I usually don't renew until they offer me a significant discount. I enjoy flipping through the magazine when it arrives, and occasionally find a useful article.

I read those back in the 90s when I was preparing for retirement. Once I retired I dropped them all!

I dropped all magazine subscriptions a few years later because we switched to live and travel in a motorhome full time. I worked really hard to get our mail down to an absolute minimum.

 

[audreyh1]

Not mentioned yet, another thing that caused the demise of some financial publications was the growing popularity of index funds, particularly the index 500, total stock market, and total bond.

No need to read publications each month trying to jump onto the wagon of the latest hot funds or stocks and the whole load/no load details.

Index funds really simplified investing, and once you embraced them, how many more articles did you have to read about them each month?

For sure. The demise of Morningstar definitely.

 

[Yegey]

I used to read money, klplinger, smart money etc. I also read every book possible and listen to Dave Ramsey and bob blinker.

These days I then to read more about economics and geopolitical. However it’s mostly because of personal interest and not because they contribute to actionable items.

Things like money has become financial porn to me.

 

[COcheesehead]

I used to read money, klplinger, smart money etc. I also read every book possible and listen to Dave Ramsey and bob blinker.

These days I then to read more about economics and geopolitical. However it’s mostly because of personal interest and not because they contribute to actionable items.

Things like money has become financial porn to me.

Bob Brinker. I loved listening to him too. His term critical mass still sticks in my head.

 

[jazz4cash]

Thanks for mentioning the Libby version! I just checked and my library subscribes to it. I'll see if it has anything useful.

Thanks, I never heard of Libby before. TIL there is a library app called Libby that I can connect to my local library card to order/reserve books, etc.

 

[audreyh1]

I used to read money, klplinger, smart money etc. I also read every book possible and listen to Dave Ramsey and bob blinker.

These days I then to read more about economics and geopolitical. However it’s mostly because of personal interest and not because they contribute to actionable items.

Things like money has become financial porn to me.

I remember well shortly after retiring. While working I used to pick up a copy of Money Magazine in the airport to read on the plane. I did this automatically on an early retirement trip and remember thinking - “What a load of cr@p!”, definitely no longer interested in the content.