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I've been thinking about subscribing to WSJ and or IBD--has anyone ever gotten one of these?
I really like WSJ, my neighbors use to get it and give me the papers, only problem they pack a lot of info in that paper! They would pile up on me fairly quick...assuming a lot easier with their online versions.
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Yea, I use to enjoy Kiplingers and Money Mag years ago--even Forbes and Fortune magazines. My grandparents use to get all of those back in the day.
I might try WSJ because I do enjoy that paper--I usually get it when we go on vacation as one of my flight reads to pass the time. I was just wondering about IBD?
Going to the library for a look would be a good idea!
I heard about Valueline!
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11-25-2019, 05:36 PM
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(11-25-2019, 07:18 AM)fenders53 Wrote: (11-25-2019, 06:29 AM)rayray Wrote: I've been thinking about subscribing to WSJ and or IBD--has anyone ever gotten one of these?
Back in the day the Valueline stock reports were THE source for a DIY investor. I used to go to the library and read them in the reference section, and copy them for the investment club presentations we made to each other every month. They were expensive to subscribe to back then. The info you get from a decent discount brokerage account these days is nearly as good, and more updated of course.
I think the WSJ would have better, and more in-depth, general business news.
Back in my day, when brokerage commissions were $49.95 and up, I used to go to my broker's office in the city and make copies of the S&P report and the Value Line reports of stocks I was interrested in. None of the local libraries in our area had either available. Nowadays, in my local library here, they have paper copies of both the VL Survey and the VL Small Cap Survey. S&P research is available online from the local libraries connection. Of course, there's a plethora of information online now. Maybe too much causing "analysis paralysis".
fenders: In those days I used to get the trial subscription that lasted 13 weeks so you got the latest edition of the entire book. It only cost about $90-$100. Then I'd let it expire and take another trial a year later. Any specific details you wanted info about could be gotten by calling the broker or the company's Investor Relations department. You could also sign up for all press releases to be sent by mail from Investor Relations.
Now about the only thing I'd sign up for that cost money would be FastGraphs although I'd consider a VL trial sub. They don't offer those any more AFAIK.
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11-26-2019, 08:42 PM
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Years ago I tried getting an investment club together--it didn't work. All I had was others telling me my dividend investment plan was not going to work. Funny thing I wasn't trying to convince any of the others to follow the same plan, I just wanted a few of us interested in investing and paying attention to our retirement funds get together once every month or two and talk about financial topics.
Hell, I make my own wine, have good bourbon and was willing to even cook!
And here I am on the forum lol
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rayray: Just linked to the IBD website from a Yahoo finance article and they have a Black Friday deal of 8 weeks for $8. Sounds like a deal if you want to get a taste of the daily.
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