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4 Subscriber Reviews of Australian Small-Cap Investigator
Review by Chris O, February 21, 2009
Since I live in Perth AND am a subscriber to this newsletter I can’t resist contributing my most humble opinion.
Overall I like the service (I also subscribe to their other publication called Diggers and Drillers). I was attracted because I can ‘test’ their stories a little better on Australian companies than I can with the stories I get from Stansberrys about US and international companies. Or so I thought.
I am holding a few very small spec positions on some of the tiny would be’s from their portfolio. Mainly in new energy - fuel cells, biofuels, geothermal and some biotechs. I will have to be patient given current environment and of course, about 3 of the pics are flat-lined - life support notwithstanding - (or should be sent mercifully to their creator) due to lack of access to finance to keep them afloat. There is still some quality in the mix for the very patient - in ‘normal’ times one would be aghast at such poor performance but in the current environment the unrealised losses on some of these tiny speculative positions I hold is relatively “ho-hum”.
Review by Wary, July 1, 2009
I bought the newsletter before the crash and most shares i bought slumped badly. This was not particulary their fault but on reflection the shares are more suitable for trading than holding or longer term speculation. Because of a glitch in my subscription i have not followed it for some time e.g. 18 months or so. There is a place for a newsletter like this but there are risks if you are not trading.
Review by McDougall, November 30, 2009
I subscribed to take a look at minor explorers and developers, to round out my own intererst in the field and get others research and simply find out about unfamiliar companys.
I read it for that reason still, but it is marred by rabid monetarist views. I am an economist by training, have spent years running my own business etc. Their economic theories are WRONG. Worse, they are (in the GFC circumstances) dangerous. The idea that all all debt is bad, is a nonsense. The idea that all government is bad is DANGEROUS. In a GFC ONLY government will keep the world economy aflaot until world stock run down and confidence returns. If this lot ran the world the global economy would spiral down into another Great Depression, with all the massive unemployment it entails.
Hence my low rating.
Review by Lim, January 29, 2010
I’ve tried this service and their stock picks are pretty good and their economic theories are based on sound principles. They don’t hide facts by saying the economy is going to be smooth sailing, they make it evidently clear that these are speculations which can go to zero. You can make good profits if you combine their advice with technical knowledge which is what I have done.
I want to add a note and say that despite “years of economics training”, most economists know next to nothing nowadays, I mean that’s why they clearly saw the crash in 2008 right? “Economists” today a frankly, a joke. IMO, Kris Sayce and his team provide the real deal on what’s happening in today’s economy. Even if you do not buy any of their picks, this newsletter WILL enlighten you and question the insanity of present day “economists” who can’t forsee a train if it was coming straight at them.
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