All,

Adverts for tipsheets abound, all making their own various claims of success, some of which are somewhat dubious, to say the least.

In particular, I am thinking of the tipster that advertises his gains by using mid prices, which grossly distorts the true figure, if you were to utilise the bid-offer spreads that existed at the time.

I see adverts for Trendwatch, Red Hot Penny Shares, Growth Company Investor, Fleet Street Letter, to name but a few.

The question is, is there a GOOD tipshheet/tipster out there?

Is there a tipster/tipsheet that gives only occasional tips, rather than the "3 tips every week" type?

If so, please name them, and give your reasons for the nomination.
An idea of subscription price may be helpful as well, in case anyone was thinking of purchasing.

looking forward to some interesting replies!

TIA

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hawkeye - 04 Jan'04 - 16:51 - 4 of 5

Andy,

Since April this year, I have subscribed to RedSkyResearch Aim and Ofex newsletter, see www.redskyresearch.com

I started the subscription because I needed to build an aim portfolio which has to be held for at least two years. So far they have done me very well, but it does beg the question, could any one have failed to do well this year? This is emphasised by the amount of crowing going in the financial sections of the papers this weekend:-)

See link for sample sheet. Updated monthly. Free to Fyshe clients.
www.fyshe-group.co.uk/FysheHortonFinney/newsletter/FysheFocus.pdf

sharewatch and techinvest are the only ones worth reading

small co sharewatch
if it hasnt already been posted

http://www.scsw.co.uk

problem with techinvest is when they go wrong you get killed - techinvest tipped warthog at 20p and said sell at 5p, a 75% loss in 5 months or so.

I dont use tipsheets but do subscribe to the Mike Walters site which is worth every penny. Lots of very knowlegable people on the board.

http://www.michaelwalters.com

amr looking great at mo

First time I have had chance to look at this thread. I agree with Goldfinger on 28 Dec. I have picked up some good tips from shares mag, but I much preferred the old style magazine.

I subscribe to Momentum Investor and am impressed. They seem to give a more detailed insight into the companies they write about (compared with say shares magazine) - they focus closely on companies with rising profits and strong management - not so interested in pe ratios...hence shares with 'momentum' that will continue to rise strongly. They do of course run the risk of backing a share when it might start topping out ...but that goes with the territory. In my experience they get most things right. But MI does not do aim stocks.

For aim stocks I like the aim and ofex newsletter by redskyresearch.com... in the last few weeks they have been championing the likes of Mears, Cardpoint, Pipex, Landround and a number of good gold mining stocks. I think they are good too but.....most tipsters look good when markets are rising!

Gallick,

Do you subscribe to redskyresearch.com?

>> Andy<<

Yes I do

gallick,

Out of interest, which gold stocks are they following?

Just the names will do, I don't want you getting in trouble by pasting in their info!

This is a genuine question though, because if I'm impressed with their choices, I may well consider subscribing via my shareclub.

Andy,

They have looked at the main aim gold mining suspects eg Avocet, Oxus, Peter Hambro,Thistle etc. I get the impression that of the lot they like Peter Hambro the most, who incidentally Momentum also like.

Just found this thread but haven't time to read all 60 postings.Suggest that Red Hot seem to be improving & do a useful Thurs. update by e-mail.They certainly made an impact on Monday morning.
Wouldn't be without Techinvest.
Not sure how much we can refer to tip sheets here.

I find with Red Hot Penny shares, the shares they tip go up but, by the time you get them,the price has already gone up. On Monday they tipped three shares,when the market opened,they had already gone up by 17.5p,9.75p and 25p.This makes them history,and no use to anyone.

I note that Evil Knievil has a fortnightly webcast on t1ps.com. If anybody subscribes, would this justify the subcription, in your opinion? How about the rest of their service?

cancelled watsot following a period of poor perfoirmance but still have subscription to small company sharewatch scsw and shares mag

Re Evil Kneivel (Simon Cawkwell ) on tips.com
I subscribe mainly to listen to the webcast I find Evil very infomed he seems to have his finger on the pulse he is making a fortune and i find him hilarious he bets on anything.

Midaz

mms also subscribe to tipsheets. they just mark up on a tip to catch the mugs. RHPS recommends waiting a few days after publishing a tip in order for the share to stabilise.

as a subscriber i will naturally not be posting info that i and others have paid for, but their record since getting rid of Tom W is pretty impressive. a major plus in my book is that they are not afraid to say they were wrong and recommend selling a lemon.

supperrod,

After reviewing the tipsheets recommended here, I think Techinvest seemed to be the best, IMHO.

What I did like was you could logon to their site, and see ALL their recommendations for the last 4 years, and performance up to a sell, or to date if still held.

The last time I looked thay had changed this, maybe because the small caps are falling back now?

http://www.techinvest.co.uk/record.shtml

Well I think Techinvest will always be the best performer in a red hot bull market but in these present markets no, in fact it only gave one buy last week I am told Microgen.

Company share watch as a pretty balanced offering in any market but there is a new kid on the block which you can find on the Motley fool Site and get a months free subs and download the last three issues for nothing. I t concentrates on PYAD shares, value shares and reckons to perform in any market conditions focusing not on the market, not on the sector, but solely on the company itself if it is undervalued.

Well worth taking up the trial one month offer, also has a seperate B/Board for members, and updates are posted through the month on the tip site.

cheers GF.