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I can not find a link on this site anywhere!!!

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I gave the wrong impression.Despite living in Spain I have no interest - even
if I had sufficient money - of cruising.However,vast amounts of wealthy people do.
I would prefer if people delete cruising from their posts as it distracts from
what I am saying i.e.if Stockbrokers were any good they would be multi
millionaires and not be Stockbrokers.This applies to newspaper pundits
and shares magazine .... etc.
SHARES magazine does a huge amount of harm because punters are unduly
influenced - as can be seen by these posts NONE of whom see the bad side of
it - by pundits.The quality of information on this board is,generally speaking,far superior to Shares magazine,etc because there is such a diversity
of opinion.
rgds aj

My opinion on Shares mag is as follows:

1) until about 1 year ago it was pretty poor but has improved considerably since. The Chartist is partic good. Compared to IC it is far far better.

2) the writers of articles are only human (journos) and are subject to the same emotions as everyone else so if they get swept up by market mania you cannot blame them for losses made by your own decisions based on their tips. This is true of all financial press

3) Many companies I would never ordinarily come across are featured in the mag which is useful. The stats are usually pretty good, and they do attempt to do some in depth research into companies

4) the 350 table is very handy. I would prefer a few changes to the format e.g. the large no. of zeros for profits etc could be reduced.

5) unlike a rival mag, they do not waste our time with tiddling articles about savings accounts and other amateur stuff available in every weekend newspaper.

6) It would be nice to have some better forward diary stuff for xd & results going forward at least a fortnight, as long as it was accurate.

7) As an investor, a tip should only be the starting point of one's research. Then you can delve into co accs etc yourself for the full background b4 making a decision to buy.

8) I would prefer greater emphasis on the Mid 350 cos. There are too many small companies in the mag. This Slater 'elephants don't gallop' theory is IMO nonsense. Adequate gains can be made from bigger co's as witnessed in the past year: e.g. RTR OOM, CW, MTC and the like. If you want to make 1000% on a micro share good luck to you, but that IMO is gambling unless you know the company extremely well.

7/10 for Shares. Keep up the good work.

These last few comments on delivery have concerned me as Smiths had run out last week of the mag and I was going to subscribe,(only so I don't have to get dressed early on a thurs). I thought though that you got upgraded access on this site if you subscribed so wouldn't you get all the news here and not need the paper copy??

are you all aware that you can get shares mag online , usually first thing Thursday morning - just subscribe yearly I believe

i would like to add my tuppence to this debate.i like shares mag. i dont like ic.my reasons are : i am not an experienced investor , some of the jargon goes straight over my head . i do believe in results though and i think shares tips do pretty well on the whole.
i also am interested in finding out more about sipps and isas. they are usefull there too.
i subscibe to shares and money am because they are both good strating points for finding out about companies that i would never have thought of. someone else has done some leg work and pick it up from there . in my job i meet a wide variety of people from different work places and its amazing what you can pick up. this is also a good starting point.

has anybody tried trendwatch they advert on the Mam thread.?
I personally dont do shares (very rare and than also they are european not ftse).But just a suggestion to put something else in the picture.

rgds
zarif

dont forget:
Trade wisely and safely
If you fail to plan then you plan to fail!!!!!

There is always this argument about why people write, teach etc. etc. I think you have to take all at face value and make your own judgement. I mean, Tiger woods has a coach so why doesn't the coach scrap Tiger and win the tournaments himself!?!?!?

Any how, I think the answer is more simple than that. An analogy....

Why does a dog lick itself............... Because it can.

(It probably enjoys doing it also, which is why I write articles, because I enjoy it (Writing articles that is!!!))

If a stock is bound to go up, why does a market maker sell it, Surely the market maker would be better off keeping for themselves. (Doh!)

That's an easy one. They put the price up and then sell :-)

Why do people become soccer writers instead of playing football? It's a pretty stupid argument. Anyway, hasn't anyone noticed that Shares has guidelines which it prints each week making it clear the journalists aren't allowed to deal in the stocks they write about? Which is more than can be said for some of the people ramping their portfolios on certain bulletin boards.

Disappointed with Shares Mag this wk. There's no mention at all of iTouch. In fact there's it's not even in the forward diary for next weeks results due 16th March. There has not been a mention since the beg of the year when it was tipped of the potential to go up x 5 !.
Bit cheesed of shares mag. Shares that it has previously gone mad on then seem to get forgotten. OK, there may be not much news to report on but.. we would like to know if they are still backing their original views. etc etc.

There are also alot of other shares that are in the same boat.. previously mentioned a good strong plays (buys) and then ... nothing.

Also, don't like their new minute index.. just to get more advertising in !?

anyone else notice the FTSE 350 tables were out of alignment last week's issue? Very irritating!

Can't complain about "the quality" of Shares, the usual problem is that MM's know in advance what we punters are likely to buy - so ups the price causing more of us to jump on. Better to wait a week or two and see which way the share is going.
re. Cruising - this applies to any media opinion like those that advise on TV doing-up houses - sometimes they just like to do something else!
The thing to remember is that sometimes they will be in contact with companies where we can't go - so they may have a fresher insight to the way the business is going ....but equally they may be overly keen due to a good presentation and meeting-mood. Don't forget that if management is lying it's still a lie from whatever source. Most managements want to bask in sunshine.
I prefer to read about companies and do precisely nothing; for when I buy the share drops and when I sell they rise a further 20%. Just sometimes I get it right, so who says you can't make luck?
Mine come from the newstand - puts a spring into my early walk.

Shares magazine is rubbish e.g.planestation.Name ONE financial pundit/writer/
stockbroker/institution - except Prudential and me that complained about the management /especially Oliver Inny.
Shares magazine is great - for dreamers
rgds aj

FTreader. If there are any printing errors in your mag you should let the editor know - we often used to get refunds from the printers when that happened with the magazines I worked on. Remember the mags are printed by an outside firm normally nothing to do with the publishers, and sometimes a batch goes out wrong - the editor often has no way of knowing what has happened unless you tell him.

hangon - doing nothing has been my best tactic recently. Anything else and I lose!

Hi all,

I am beginning to enjoy causing so much annoyance on so many treads - lol
rgds aj
N.B.I really think Shares magazine is reasonably o.k.

Skyhigh they like to tip PDL week in and week out and whatch the price move sideways

HT.

Yes. Index seemed even tinier today, maybe because so many companies covered.
Please ring up/e-mail/text/write to complain if you agree!

Lighten up Grandma - i never thought i'd get to say that! If you subscribe to Shares (just buy a copy RichardJHJ, the subscription phone no. is inside,) it costs you 99 a year. As a subscriber you have free access to MoneyAM - saving 50 per year? Net cost of 52 Share Mags, 49 or 94p per issue - less per week than half a pint of cheap lager or 5 cigarettes. Since November 03 I have bought the following shares after an initial BUY recommendation in the magazine.

CMS Webview bought @ 9.75
Lupus Capital bought @ 8.195
Host Europe bought @ 1.46
Tadpole bought 12.83

compare these offer prices with the current bids!

Several others haven't shown yet, but I haven't had them long, and the only turkey appears to be Cytomix. What is happening there?

I find SHARES an easy and enjoyable read and it's earnt me a few bob. As a rookie trader i think it's well worth the money. Much more fun than a half of cheap lager and 4 fags once a fortnight!

I enjoy reading it and always take their comments/views with an open mind.
rgds aj