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

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.

Gf,

thanks, will take a look at that.

Anybody subscribing to Quantum Leap.

Just graphed in their the profiled performance companies.

Looking at the graphs, although there was profit to be made, I am glad I didn't subscribe.

Like a good many of others on this thread think Techinvest is worth the the charges. But for the last few months Techs are not the flavour of the month.

And I will endeavour more and more to implement stop losses on profits and leave the profit in my pocket before reinvesting.

Also found GF suggestion of http://www.frequenttrader.info/p2.html very interesting.

seem to remember either cnbc or bloomberg did a study on this subject,result was rubbish except for two,cant remember which tey were,e-mail them.

recently subscribed to Quantum Leap (49 for first year.) Bought Caffe Nero @ 78.75p on 11.03 (QL recommmendation 10.03)sold 8 days later @ 87.5p - bid price now about 98p. Similarly, CSR on 04.05 (QL recommendation 29.04 and 27.05) bought @ 259.65p, sold 4 days later at 298.91p - bid price now about 328p. 460 profit in 12 days in the market - no complaints other than I sold too early in both cases. Money well spent in my case. Be lucky.

the question we should ALL be asking......if ANY tip sheet is any good why dont the puplishers BUY SHARES? rhetorical question btw.



a tip sheet recommends a share.....your only real hope is that you are holding that share prior to the tip.......then sell on the rise. my opinion only

I agree with Superrod.

Do you think that there is there anybody out there who will buy Fred's Tip Sheet of the Year, I need somebody to wake up an interest in shares I have discovered.(Certain winners I thought.) The problem is that the market seems as always to be overloook my discoveries.

Quantum Leap have recommended 10 new shares since 28.01.04 (about 2 a month.)7 are up, 3 are down, 5 were recommended on or since 29.04.04 and the average gain across all 10 is +7.1%. All are medium to large caps, thus narrow spread, and should be viewed as medium to long term investments. If your tip sheet is as detailed and successful Fred, I may just buy it. What are you tipping at the moment, your cheque is in the post? Be lucky.

superrod,
I agree with you i.e.Why do the publishers not buy shares ?
I said this months ago about ALL tipsters/magazines i.e.Why are they tipping
when they should be billionaires?

rgds
aj

AJ, Good question. Probably because there is a market for their product !

There is a saying about those who can or something.

But without the tipsters the market would be a more boring place.

The saying applies to students and teachers because we all know what a lazy bunch they are..

take the other point of view....

just suppose i was a well known tipster with TV exposure on, say, a lunchtime money show. i tip a share and it rockets for obvious reasons. punters flock to subscribe to my tipsheet. previously tipped shares now plummet bacause the lemmings realise they were....LEMMINGS. i can advertise my 50% rise in XYZ and sell my tipsheet to even more peeps.

HOW can i LOSE?




easy


dont be me, be a subscriber to my tipsheet.

however i do use tipsheets as just another tool

everything has its use

Tipsters take money from - ? Why tip instead of making fortunes dealing ?
Would you ?
rgds aj

Shares Mag and Small Company Sharewatch worth my money

Andy, Is there a good tipsheet. The answer is no. The nearest I believe is Techinvest, having read it for 11 years. If you find tech shares a bit volatile, then try Small Company Share Watch, similar sort of layout but including non tech shares. the fun part is when both tipsheets tip the same company. I have only starting reading scsw the last year and their portfolio has outperformed techinvest since then.

This might prove useful. https://www.tipstracker.com/default.asp