Do you all turn to any particular service for investment ideas? I was a member of Motley Fool's day Stock Advisor for a while and some of my biggest winners came from that newsletter. I joined some of their other services and lost my shorts so I let my subscription lapse. Are there any others out there that you all use that should be considered? Seeking Alpha, etc.? Who have you used and were you pleased?

my wife bought me the najarian brothers book "unusual options" and i've been too busy with my 4th kid to read it anybody suggest that i should definitely make time to read it?

Did you lost your shorts at the same time we were all losing or shorts over the last big down market? If so, don't worry about it and carry on.

If you're paying for investment ideas, then you're the product. Free articles, columns, etc - no worries.

JSKolache said:

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Did you lost your shorts at the same time we were all losing or shorts over the last big down market? If so, don't worry about it and carry on.

If you're paying for investment ideas, then you're the product. Free articles, columns, etc - no worries.

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did you major in engineering?

I use seeking alpha but it takes a bit of time up front to determine which analysts are full of it and which ones really know their stuff (kind of like TexAgs). After about a year of reading analysis on seeking alpha I got a sense of which analysts were really experts in their fields and had an investment ethos similar to mine (value investing slant focusing on long term compounders/GARP with the occasional deep value idea). I read those analysts write ups and they often generate new ideas for further research on my part.

I also review a lot of 13f forms and fund letters from investment managers/investment firms that I really respect (e.g. Semper Augustus, Investment Management Associates, Berkshire-Hathaway, Fundsmith, Giverny Capital, Wedgewood Partners, Michael Burry, Tweedy-Browne, Broyhill Asset Management, Farnam Street Investments and so on). Lots of great ideas that pop up in those letters and 13f forms that inspire additional research.

Lastly, I do a lot of Peter Lynch style "investing in what I know" where I see companies gaining share in my professional sphere and personal life and use that as a jumping off point for additional research in those companies.

I lost a ton of money when everyone else was, but some of these picks still have not recovered even in the face of the rising market we've had this year.

I subscribe to Barron's.
Every time I decide it's useless and resolve to cancel, I remember the handful of picks I've bought based on their recommendations that have more than paid for the subscription cost over my entire life.

There have been some losers also, but I tend to forget those

billikenag said:

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I use seeking alpha but it takes a bit of time up front to determine which analysts are full of it and which ones really know their stuff (kind of like TexAgs). After about a year of reading analysis on seeking alpha I got a sense of which analysts were really experts in their fields and had an investment ethos similar to mine (value investing slant focusing on long term compounders/GARP with the occasional deep value idea). I read those analysts write ups and they often generate new ideas for further research on my part.

I also review a lot of 13f forms and fund letters from investment managers/investment firms that I really respect (e.g. Semper Augustus, Investment Management Associates, Berkshire-Hathaway, Fundsmith, Giverny Capital, Wedgewood Partners, Michael Burry, Tweedy-Browne, Broyhill Asset Management, Farnam Street Investments and so on). Lots of great ideas that pop up in those letters and 13f forms that inspire additional research.

Lastly, I do a lot of Peter Lynch style "investing in what I know" where I see companies gaining share in my professional sphere and personal life and use that as a jumping off point for additional research in those companies.

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Do they share any options ideas?

txaggieacct85 said:

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JSKolache said:

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Did you lost your shorts at the same time we were all losing or shorts over the last big down market? If so, don't worry about it and carry on.

If you're paying for investment ideas, then you're the product. Free articles, columns, etc - no worries.

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did you major in engineering?

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I'm aware of someone who posts here that for sure got a B.S. degree, or maybe it was a degree in B.S.

I ask the 7-11 clerk which scratch offs are hitting.