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Keith Fitz-Gerald
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Money Map Press
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International stock picking service that uses macro trends.
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I subscribed to the letter in 2007 thru part of 2008. I could have done just as well at a slot machine in Las Vegas. Like every company in that time frame the picks were losers and they didn’t have the courtesey to say watch out the market is crashing. I saved my ass by unloading everything and buying gold and silver. I’m up at least 7% with sell stops in to protect my profits. The stock market is a big casino with a bunch of suckers throughing thier money away on some tease. If the investors are going to… Read more »
This association does sound like the stock market. At least, the market gives you indisputable information up front.
My overall rating is that this was about the worst newsletter I have ever used. I lost money on every recommendation and never renewed. It was the most consistent newsletter as I never made any profits. The most frustrating part was that I had been using stop-losses to protect capital. The Money Map did not use any type of protection because of the inherent volatility of their recommendations. Don’t waste your money on this.
I bought the $8K package deal with all of Keith’s newsletters as well as many other of the Oxford Club’s trading newsletters and it seems Keith writes 4 of the newsletters but concentrates his efforts on 2. His best newsletters are the New China Trader which he travels to China for so that takes time out of the other newsletters and his effort is also put into the Geiger Index. He neglects the other 2 newleteers- Money Map Press and Time Trader Pro. If you get this membership, ignore these 2 and favor the Geiger Index and New China Trader.… Read more »
I have been using the service for about a year. Several of the recommendations have done well for me and my clients. I research their recommendations in other reference services before buying them. I use much tighter stop losses than they recommend, and move the stops up as the share prices increase. None of the recommendations has been a home run, unlike the claims in their ad. Moreover, what I particularly don’t like about the Money Map Report is that they don’t list both the current price and the price when they first recommended the security in their monthly report.… Read more »
I think that’s pretty well true of almost any newsletter editor, they all tacitly endorse these marketing letters, since their signatures are usually at the bottom, but that doesn’t mean that they don’t have more thoughtful things to say elsewhere.
That blog, by the way, is absolutely there for marketing, too — more subtle, sure, but every customer needs a slightly different approach. Navellier is certainly a great marketer of himself, though with a bit less bombast than some.
I agree with your assessment on thee Money Map Report Jim. That was my subscription also . I will take decent return that is steady over massive losses myself. All the hype B.S. and teaser drove me nuts . Then I discovered stock Gumshoe
I love this place.
I subscribed to this newsletter for 1 year and found it to be consistently wrong about everything. I pulled the plug after finding that the advice was not well-grounded. They market themselves as having that very special insight and technique for making accurate forecasts, but this is bunk. After following their recommendations for about 8 months, I got the feeling I was buying things that they were trying to dump off on unknowing investors. I sold out of their stocks and was able to save some money without going bust. I still hold one of their stocks – MTU. When… Read more »
I’ve been meaning to have a look at this, thanks for the head start.
I would exchange this service for the New China Trader as most of Keith’s energy is spent on that service. Keith at least goes to China to see the trends there. However, he is only one person and neglects this newsletter so I stopped following this one in the Oxford Club package in favor of the New China Trader. I have had success with New China Trader but zero success with this one. Don’t waste your time or money on Money Map report as Keith doesn’t either.
Your star rating system does not have negative ratings so I cannot exprees my pleasure with their money losing service properly.
that should be “thanks”, not “that’s”. Haven’t had my morning cuppa joe yet…
I FIRST HEARD ABOUT THE MONEY MAP REPORT WHEN AN UNSOLICITED TEASER AD HIT MY E-MAIL. USUALLY I DUMP THIS TYPE OF STUFF. THE TEASER ABOUT OIL UNDER THE EIFFEL TOWER GOT ME CURIOUS AND I STARTED TO READ. IT WAS NOT LONG BEFORE I WAS TURNED OFF BY THE UNSUBSTANTIATED HYPE. THEY WOULD NOT EVEN MENTION THE NAME OF THE COMPANY THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT. TINY TEXAS COMPANY DID NOT CUT IT FOR ME, SO I STARTED AN E-MAIL SEARCH AND SOON FIGURED OUT THAT THE WERE TALKING ABOUT TOREADOR SO I EXPANDED MY SEARCH IN THAT DIRECTION. NO… Read more »
I have subscribed to The Money Map Report as well as many other Agora publications. This Toreador pick is not typical of their reco’s; it is a speculative play as Travis points out. Travis, as ususl provides excellent sleuthing, and equally appreciated writeups on these teasers. On TRGL, I think the potential reward is worth the risk- they have secured a lot of property in this Paris Basin, and accomplished that before “going public”. They have sold their other assets and are going “all in” themselves. Here in the US shale oil is an old story too, and it is… Read more »
Keith Fitz-Gerald’s new book Fiscal Hangover is very worthwhile reading. I’d highly recommend it for a general economic perspective of US debt, with focus on the growing role of various developing countries. I’ve just subscribed to the MMR newsletter but haven’t received a hard copy/electronic access yet, so I cannot express an opinion about this current newsletter. I subscribed for follow-up to points in his book. Some years ago I subscribed to a different newsletter he was writing at the time (since discontinued) and found it well-grounded and useful reading. I’ve heard him speak at several investment conferences and I… Read more »
Green began tracking this portfolio in the Oxford Club newsletter in April 2003. Listed below are the prices at of the funds at the time of recommendation: Vanguard Total Stock Market Index (VTSMX): 19.69 Vanguard Small-Cap Index (NAESX): 15.12 Vanguard European Stock Index (VEURX): 15.01 Vanguard Pacific Stock Index (VPACX): 5.66 Vanguard Emerging Markets Index (VEIEX): 7.34 Vanguard Short-term Bond Index (VFSTX): 10.80 Vanguard High-Yield Corporates Fund (VWEHX): 6.01 Vanguard Inflation-Protected Securities Fund (VIPSX): 12.02 Vanguard REIT Index (VGSIX): 11.92 Instead of Vanguard Precious Metals Fund (VGPMX) Green uses American Century Global Gold (BGEIX) in the portfolio in the newsletter:… Read more »
No need to. I set up a model portfolio on April 13th 2008 with “imaginary money” – $402,000 – divided as it stated. Yesterday it lost $12,000 with only one Fund with a gain. Overall it’s worth $348,000 now.
Of course, Funds pay dividends and reinvest to buy more shares at the lower price, but I have no way to set that model up. Hope this helps.
Try this url. I like the alerts and reports.
http://www.stockpickr.com
Hope to see the 2 portfolios RTF and Vanguard.
Let us know the names that you choose.
Have fun.
Overall, I made it 3 stars because I am still very new to MMR. I can say, however, that it is at least reasonably worth the money. I have had MMR for only 4 months now, and I made back the subscription price in only 3 weeks with one trade suggested in the publication. I only had $2500 to invest, so after fees and costs, that worked out to a significant trade bump. While I don’t follow most suggestions (since I have such small funds), it was important to make back the subscription price (after fees) before I considered it… Read more »
Eiffel Tower play is a lot of hype! As for oil under the Eiffel Tower who knows? The closest oil and gas lease they have is about 30 miles from the Eiffel Tower! They will need to secure some leases that are closer, because with horizontal drilling you can not reach out that distance. They will need to join with another company to fund the high cost of horizontal drilling and completion. I have not been impressed with this subscription.
Be careful when options trading; it requires a strong stomach and attention but they can be used as a great hedge to large positions. I like the spreads myself when going long but in this market often long is wrong.
Oil is composed of chains of carbon with hydrogen attached called hydrocarbons. It only comes from organic material that has broken down. We can eventually run out of it but perhaps not before we have seriously harmed our atmosphere.
Seems like the writer(s) are just going through the motions, just recycling ideas from some of their other formats–repackaging for the sake of more subscriptions. No pro-rata refund is given if you cancel early since they have a 45 day “trial period”. Spend your money elsewhere!!
Subscribed in 2006-2007. Lost money. What else matters?
Iceland is left with almost no economy when financial services disappear — it’s going to be an ugly time, I wouldn’t bet on it. And there were plenty of newsletter editors promising great things from bank accounts yielding 25% last year — most of those were Icelandic accounts or CDs, and I imagine that lots of those folks are right now trying to figure out if they’ll ever get their money back. As we’ve all learned, being down doesn’t mean it can’t go down further. I have no particular insight into Iceland, you may well be right, but going back… Read more »
I guess it's still open. Haven't been there for quite sometime. It's quite far from Salmiya where I live.
The long and desperate ads for this newsletter should be enough warning.
The ads are long and desperate, why didn’t that give me a clue?
Most people seem to think we’re setting ourselves up for inflation in the future, but that’s far from the government’s main concern right now. And it’s very hard to get inflation if people won’t spend or lend, so when it comes — if it comes — is a very big question.
After reading prior reviews, nearly all reflect my opinions. This note is intended to add a bit of color based on my experience. Subscribed for 2 years, $49/yr. Main positive is the rare occasions when Keith provides reviews. Others seem to believe they’re the world’s greatest marketeers. Getting off their mailing list for “other” publications which are 99% horse apples is difficult if not impossible (quantity vastly exceeds quality). They use deceptive verbiage constantly that is reminiscent of a Harvard MBA marketing grad with no experience but with ample confidence in his ability to attract foolish investors. (Not all Harvard… Read more »
Mark L. is a good biotech analyst, but this pub is more mainstream, and picks are longer term. I sometimes place a 1/4 bet on 4 speculations like this, that way I can tolerate the volatility.
I thought you said at the beginning the 1st. 1,000 were free. What happened to that offer as I can not afford to pay & only have a debit card on my checking acct.
I cancelled this after the first to issues. It’s just random stock picking, hardly any thought given nor any explanation or rationale. It’s not worth using for toilet paper, IMHO. I did get my money back.
Impossible to cansel Money Map Report suscription?
I did read their advertisement and did sign on. It turned out that they have automatic renewal of suscription. It seems that it is hard to get rid of it.
They just keep sending material which I regart as spam. I am worried that they keep billing me for somethin I do not want.
I do not think their products can possible lead to better proofits than a index etf.
Sorry for my english, I am norvegian.
Scooter
If you have charged the subscription on a credit card….you can call your company and advise them to not allow Money Map to make anymore charges to your card. Or you can ask them to cancel your current card and have them issue another new one.
I would like a good tele number to cancel subscription. All efforts so far have failed
Responding to Paul h — If you haven’t as yet been able to reach them by phone, the two numbers listed on their promotional link are 800.896.0811 or 443.353.4271. Hope this helps. Good Luck!
The 800 number good I was finally able to cancel my subscription to this trash
cancel my subscription for $79
This newsletter and the ones from Money Map Press is a waste of time. There are several writers at Money Map Press all trying to sell you their newsletters. They take turns pushing their newsletter and will carpet bomb you several times a week with the same push. So what you are essentially signing up for is to get on their mailing list. Dr. Kent Moors, and authority on oil, consulted by all the big players in the oil market – baloney. I get better advice reading free articles at Seeking Alpha and Travis posts. Steer clear.
He”s (Kieth Fitz-Gerald) cautiously optimistic , in my view. Gives sound recommendations usually more than less.
He ignores the Macro in favour of the all in one boat anyway philosophy . Unlike the H.Dents of the world this has paid off in recent times.When he’s wrong he tells you .
I had a one year subscription . That was profitable year.Had I not listened to Mr Fitz-Gerald I would have missed out because I would not have been as invested as I was.
I found the information about 26(f) Programs very useful and the writing was great
Their saelling bull and I don’t have a cow
What disturbs me the most is that they will say a trade won in an advertisement when I know for a fact that it lost money. I pointed out a number of misleading statements and false claims that I caught them making. They didn’t disagree or argue the point. I am awaiting a $1750.00 refund on the Seismic Profit Newsletter. They said they credited my Card…. We’ll see