Some, like Motley Fool (last time I checked) and apparently like this Oxford Deal and, I think, the current Porter Stansberry Inv. Advisory deal, don’t charge the card for a month to give you a chance to try it out first (you still have to supply the card number up front, and the impetus is still on you to cancel before that month).

Others will charge you upfront but refund if requested within the free trial period. The math works out about the same (except for the interest on your credit card payment, if any), but it does feel more like a “free trial” when they charge your card later in the process. Many of the big publishers (though not all) will also prorate refunds if you cancel halfway through the year or something, after the trial period is over.

And of course, every publisher has a different policy for processing cancellations — some make you call to cancel, some accept emails, etc. And they count on the fact that a fair number of people will actually like the newsletter (and, perhaps, that human psychology is such that we hate to admit we’ve made a mistake and cancel things we’ve bought).

Thanks for your thoughts — keep ‘em coming!

Back in the spring of 2003 it was Alex himself that was the most believable analyst at the Oxford Conference at the Delray Beach Mariott Conf. Ctr., that my wife & I attended. He laid out a believable strategy from the podium & guess who was also on the docket? Yep, your #1 analyst, Chris Weber.

I’d never heard of either of them before that.

I still like PBR the best of these 3 stocks; but I guarantee you that Alex has a few more that w/b even more profitable once this terrible market rights itself. Should I state “mark my words?” Nah!

You can’t accuse your readers of sleeping? They jump to!

Cool Soupy

http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ta?s=AMOV&t=2y&l=on&z=m&q=l&p=&a=&c=pbr,pkx

Alex Greene does better in an uptrending market, these 3 stocks are in limbo for the last 2 yrs.+!

I like Petrobas the best once we get into a more normal market rhythm.