Review by vc, May 14, 2009

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I have taken this letter twice for three months at a time.They seem to do alot of original research at both global level and into individual picks. They are stong into monitoring gold and hard money currency. Will be renewing toward end of this year.

Review by William, May 15, 2009

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Now we’re talking. No Martin Weiss idiots here.
Long time subscriber, they’re accurate, knowledgeable, intuitive, and has made me lots of money.

Review by Marc, August 31, 2009

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Great monthly read with weekly updates. Portfolio of stocks to pick at end of newsletter and portfolio weightings. Technical and Fundamental macro analysis. No real technical analysis on stock picks- just ‘these are the best of the group’ type comments etc. Fantastic newsletter. This and Chris Weber’s are must reads for an overal investment perspective to help you sleep at night. I have been a subscriber for like 4 years now. Overal sticking with their plan has made me money but even they were not prepared for last spring’s ‘deflation of everything’ but still doing quite well overall on their recommendations. Currencies, Gold, Silver, Energy and US and World Indexes covered every month. Excellent

Review by JOHN HAEDRICH, September 12, 2009

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Accurate, first rate, and professional.

Review by Ros, October 28, 2009

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I have been a subscriber for almost 3 months. The newsletter is well-written and very informative. The monthly reports are usually about 12 pages long. It gives a global and macro picture of what is going on. The charts are helpful for visual understanding of where the markets (gold and mining, energy and resources, currencies and interest rates/bonds and US/global) are. On the last page, there are recommendations for asset allocation and what stocks to buy. The US stocks are primarily ETF’s. It was also one of the better newsletters based on performance in Hulbert’s Marketwatch report.

However, there is no clear advice on stops or on target prices for the stocks they recommend. You’ll just have to wait for their next report whether to remove or replace a stock. (Granted, I have not been with them for a length of time to find out if they ever advise taking a profit when it is to be had.) When the market is soon to undergo a correction, the reports do state the market is overbought, but the advice is still buy new or additional positions in the strongest ones in their selection and hold on to your stocks. It is hard to watch the stocks I just bought or those I bought that were already making money become losses as I followed their advice to ‘hold on to your stocks’. I think they would serve their clients better by changing their words occasionally and advise lighten your stocks or buy on dips.

Also, I don’t have the sums of money to buy the stocks on dips when I didn’t sell when they were high. This is the second round and this round of following their advice is causing me a drop of greater than 20% of my account in this short period of time. The first round I was able to recoup my losses and even gain some money. Now, practically all gains are lost!

After reading several of their monthly reports, the reports seem mechanical and that they would just put new words and update their charts on what appears to be a pre-formatted template. It is still effective as it gives you a summary of what has transpired in the stock market if that is what you are looking for.

I scour the net and read/listen to various ‘experts’ as I continue to educate myself and become better in investing and trading in the stock market. I find the information they provide are ones I can easily find by following the stock market, the news and in other sites that are free and deducing on my own. Choosing good stocks is easy; knowing when to properly enter and exit the trade is the help I was looking for to help me rebuild my account. I am not expecting them to do market timing for me, but I think a guidance on maximum purchase price, target price or words of caution against going into the market when the market is overbought will make their newsletter more helpful.

Overall, it is much better than others that I have tried. Compared with other newsletters that I think are more of hypes, I will rate theirs a 4. However, for what I am looking for, it is a 3. I will most probably cancel my subscription this month.