Review by EYoung, March 5, 2009

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Seeking Alpha gives a lot of information on the various stocks, ETF’s, and Mutual Funds. They seem to be quite objective, as well as informative and concise. There is no subscription cost for the majority of the service, and you can get daily information on select companies you may be interested in.
EYoung

Review by SageNot, March 25, 2009

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Another FREE gift to those of us interested in “fleshed out” reviews of every kind of investment out there.

Had it not been for SA, I probably would not have discovered Chris Ciovacco. While I can’t afford to hire this Atlanta based money mgr., his market instincts almost parallel my own views most of the time.

http://www.ciovaccocapital.com/sys-tmpl/2009investmentoutlook/

http://www.ciovaccocapital.com/sys-tmpl/investmentresearch/

SA also ranks their contributing analysts by 4 categories, & most of these folks provide both email addresses & tel.#’s to reach them.

I read this publication every morning as it further educates & enlightens me.

Like Gumshoe.com it deserves 5 ***** in my book.

Review by fabien hug, March 25, 2009

SA is great. Lots to read and a lot of political opinions. After I while you select the contributors you like and you get an email with only their contributions. This is great and free. You have excellent contributors.

Review by Gimli, October 31, 2009

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I subscribed to Seeking Alpha about 6 months ago. I am relatively new to investing and only have about 15 years left to retirement, so I was looking for unbiased articles that would help me educate myself on investing. I am very pleased with the quality of the most of the articles and the comments posted by members about the articles. These give you many views of the company or investment talked about in the article and many times include links to reports or other articles about the topic. I have learned a lot by reading Seeking Alpha daily!
I have invested in some stocks based on articles I have read in seeking alpha, some good, some bad. But I don’t blame Seeking Alpha as I didn’t do enough due diligence before buying two of the bad ones. I bought Dryships on an article and didn’t follow up with DD and lost 84% after two months. The best two were Tepco (TPP) and Medarex (MDX). I started buying Tepco back in Dec 2008 after an article about MLP’s mentioned it as the best value for the Yield of over 8%. Tepco just completed a merger with Enterprise Partners in which I received 1.24 shares of EPD for every share of Tepco. I realized a 24% Gain on the switch to EPD stock which I plan on holding long term. On Medarex I saw a news article about the startling performance of a drug in prostate cancer trials. I researched the company on Seeking Alpha and found Mike Harvilla’s BioMedReports articles and blogs. I immediately bought 20 shares on 6/26/09 and held it for 20 days and sold after the announcement that Bristol-Meyers was buying Medarex. I realized an 82% gain.