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Portfolio Man
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Portfolio Man
July 10, 2009 1:21 pm

Does someone have the link for the $39 yearly subscription? The only one I see is for $149? Any help is appreciated.
thx

Kaaren W
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Kaaren W
July 11, 2009 12:14 pm

I have been with Porter close to one year now. I also subscribe to a number of other Agora publications. I am doing it as an exercise while I am studying to become a professional trader in both stocks and options.I like to compare their advice to what I am learning. I have found Porter to be quite refreshing in his honest opinionated approach. I feel he truly “cares” about his work and what he is recommending. He has nothing to hide, all his current trades and new recommendations are included in his newsletter. He’s not always right, but he is ahead and on top of his game. If you are educating yourself whilst reading his newsletter, then you can do your own due diligence, stick to your own trading rules, puts your stops in place, not necessarliy the 25% he recommends. If you remain disciplined, then I feel Porter has a lot to offer. I think I paid $99, which is peanuts compared to all the insights you gain from reading his indepth reports. I like that he is successful and I don’t feel he brags, he speaks the language of any successful person. It’s no big deal to drive a Mercedes or enjoy an expensive bottle wine at an “up town” restaurant. At the end of the day, Porter is excellent value for very little cost.

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MB
July 12, 2009 3:26 pm

Porter Stansberry’s Investment Advisory is the mouthpiece of a radical libertarian whose picks are right about 50 % of the time. Better off flipping a coin. I’ve been a reader for a year.

bill
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bill
July 30, 2009 3:37 pm

I have subscribed to several of Stansberry’s newsletters and can verify that he stated that GM would be bankrupt when it was selling for $39.00 per share!!!! Also called Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac correctly.I have been very satisfied with his picks.Try him, it only costs $99 per year for his newsletter. What a bargain!!Bill Brown

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J.P.L
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J.P.L
August 2, 2009 7:44 pm

Response to SageNot, February 16, 2009.
Sagenot indicated that Porter “has a Put Option Advisory that is $2,500./yr. Why would you want a costly put option service here at the market’s bottom? Good luck in getting an answer to that question.”
I believe the strategy is to sell naked PUT options, which is essentially a bet that the underlying stock won’t go down, or down not too much. So, when the market is at the bottom, that would be a great strategy to use.
I too asked them to reduce the price from $2500. Now that it’s less, I’m considering subscribing.

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FlatironsJR
August 18, 2009 1:55 pm

I first subscribed to an S&A newsletter focused on penny stocks that Dan Ferris edited. That newsletter had a bad performance. Porter ended the penny stock newsletter because he did not like the performance, even though it was one of his best revenue generators. He then gave each subscriber a full year of PSIA. I have been a subscriber since then. I currently have 10 stocks in my portfolio from PSIA and the returns range from +34% to -6%, with only one stock in the red.

I am a Personal Wealth member, so I also receive 3-4 other S&A subscriptions. I am pleased with all of them. I think the value cannot be beat.

I have recommended Porter’s advisory to friends and colleagues.

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Saltaway
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Saltaway
August 20, 2009 8:55 am

I’ve subscribed to the PSIA newsletter for about 6 months now. He’s not always right, but who is? I love his rants (although I only agree about 1/2 the time.) and always learn something from what I read. He is paranoid about Obama and the federal government and you should know that before reading. As a libertarian myself I appreciate what he has to say. He’s helped me make some good $$$ this year, he’s entertained me, I’ve learned from him and he’s pointed out some good investments that I never would have found. What else can you ask for for only $99 ? Great value. Worth reading.

JTW40
JTW40
August 31, 2009 3:22 pm

I initially subscribed to Steve Sjuggerud’s publication, which I still like, and then decided to join the “Pirate Alliance,” since — after an initial hunk of money — cost the same as simply continuing the SS subscription. I still like my decision, but as I have learned more, I have realized how ideological PS and his colleagues are, and I realize that the newsletters are better for articulating positions I disagree with (politically) than they are for steering me into good investments (economically).

Porter is the most angry and the most doctrinaire of his stable of writers. His advice has cost me badly about 80% of the time, but the other 20% came close to making up for it, so I just about broke even with him. I don’t like his rants, I think the SEC is entirely within its rights to go after him, and I don’t think it does any good to be implacably opposed to EVERYTHING that Government does.

Porter is lively, I grant him that. He is delighted to insult you if you disagree with him. He is probably the Ultra-Libertarian, if I understand that mean-spirited philosophy correctly. But I have simply stopped reading his economic advice. His “investments” have been wrong too often, and his “speculations” are not appropriate for my IRA.

I would not trust him, even if you agree with his “right field” (it’s hard to see home plate from there) philosophy.

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J Laurent
October 8, 2009 2:26 pm

Overall, more winners than losers, and despite his sometimes fringe views on things(which for the most part i agree with), his investment strategy is pretty sound and value based. If you follow his recs as written and dont try and improvise, you will come out ahead in my experience.

The only other negative is the email spam you will get drilled with as a subscriber.

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STUNG
October 21, 2009 12:27 pm

If you subscribe to any of the SA newsletters you will be bombarded with promotions for other newsletters within their group. Today’s headline was “860% if you’re in by tonight!” These offers will claim to have a sure bet, that will double, triple or better if you subscribe to yet another service. Don’t believe it! I just invested in one which had was represented as a carefully research recommendation from Porter’s best friend, he felt so strongly about it he recommended allocating 25% of your portfolio to the stock and said that you’d be an idiot not to buy this stock. The claim was that a coming announcement was so significant, the stock would increase 50% in a matter of hours, but of course he couldn’t say what the announcement was. What actually happened was the stock tanked, down 16% in a matter of hours. There was not an “announcement” other than that revenues increased a mere 3%! Imagine a professional believing in a modest sales increase would cause the stock to rise 50% in a matter of hours and making it sound like there was much more. These promotional letters are a daily ritual with Stansberry. Do not believe them, you are not missing out on anything! Save your money and keep your money safe by not listening to his promotional letters-they are a waste of time and money.

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Gumshoe Fan
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Gumshoe Fan
November 2, 2009 8:49 pm

Not submitting a review for this newsletter in particular but just a general comment as a reader of many newsletters…

Regarding the comment above by “J Laurent” on October 8, 2009 where they said: “The only other negative is the email spam you will get drilled with as a subscriber.” I would think that if you’re saying you’re a “subscriber” then by definition it’s not spam. Perhaps the quantity of emails you might receive from newsletters you subscribe to is a separate issue.

And to the point of the person who said they “refused to give me even a partial refund” while I can’t speak to that specific situation I agree with another reviewer who said they were skeptical that this was in fact the case. I have not seen this with any newsletter publisher or seller of goods online in general as most if not all companies offer full/partial refunds.

JPL
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JPL
November 3, 2009 9:41 pm

Hi, Gumshoe Fan,
I definitely have to agree with “J Laurent” on October 8, 2009.
S&A does send a lot of unsolicited teasers about subscriptions, subscriptions that a person already has, and does not have. One would think that they should know enough not to send teasers to those already subscribed. The emails really are a turn-off.
If spam is not the correct terminology, then “junk-mail” would definitely apply.
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Take care,

JPL
11-3-2009

S. Green
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S. Green
December 2, 2009 11:10 am

Located in India, I am a 2 year subscriber to PSIA at $99 a year, which is an interesting read. Following his recommendations on a model portfolio basis would have given me an overall return of about 100% over 2 years, allowing for the losses as well.

His fundamental take on the financial markets is accurate. Following the PSIA with a proper plan of getting in and out of trades, one could make good returns. However, investing in a model portfolio is not the same exactly as investing in the live action of real investing. If one can do this remaining as cool as in a model portfolio one can get a good overall return. Observing the markets and correlating the action to Stansberry’s recommendation I am now confident of trying out his recommendations.

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Cee Howard
Cee Howard
December 10, 2009 2:42 pm

One thing about Porter Stansberry — he’s always got an opinion!

On balance, his stable of 15-20 picks is complicated by some which rise quickly, so you’d better get on board fast. In the six months I’ve subscribed, he’s offered one or fewer new ones per month, so be prepared. I think some of his older offerings are among the best — however they may/may not be out of the ballpark by the time you sign on.

Porter’s political interests outpace his stock-picking interests, and for that reason I’m turning increasingly elsewhere. Then, too, there’s endless stories about very high-end junkets and transcendant personal associations. He increasingly seems to be growing his stable of newsletter writers rather than focusing on my profits in the market.

Did he forget that’s why I originally subscribed?

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Gus T. Wind
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Gus T. Wind
April 15, 2010 2:50 pm

I’ve been a subscriber to PSIA for several years—probably 8 or so. I don’t follow all his recommendations, but tend to pick and choose. I rated him only a “2” for consistency because he can get rather “full of himself”, especially regarding companies he’s quite sure are going “belly up”–“the worst managed company ever”, or words to that effect. In actuality, the company(s) he’s so negative about often go up in value, and for several more months. In one instance, the company he had absolutely no regard for ended up being bought out by a major pharmaceutical company for about 75% above current stock trading price. I think the jist of it is he pays little attention to current market trends.

I do like to read his letter, if only to get the “libertarian” perspective on current life in America, but he can be “over-the-top”, especially on stocks he advises shorting.

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Kobe
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July 28, 2010 11:41 am

I took the 3 month trial and recieved a full refund at the end of that period. I did learn to short stocks (he is a good teacher for a novice like me) but he didn’t tell me that when you short a stock you have to PAY the dividend. So I did
short STX and WDC and made a couple of dollars.
His long new picks were 50-50 one up and one promptly down 5 or 6 dollars.
He keeps claiming GE is going broke and we are heading into inflation, but I see more deflation ( I also take Tom Dyson’s 12 % newsletter) We shal see.

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Jake
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Jake
October 2, 2010 10:49 am

I have been a subscriber to PSIA for 4 years and while he is certainly promotional, his overall view of the market is quite reasoned and have proven to be accurate. i appeciate the honesty and candor of his writing. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion. However, I don’t know how anybody can be upset when Porter was shorting stocks before the big crash and pounding the table to buy just before things heated up again. I subscribe to over 10 newsletters and PSIA is a ‘must read’ for me.

Niall Stevens
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Niall Stevens
December 3, 2010 12:14 am

I have subscribed to Porter’s Investment Advisory for about a year. Yes, he is very intelligent. Yes, he gives some good trade suggestions, most of which are up quite nicely. However, in his latest issue (12/01/10) Porter lost my subscription immediately. I dont care how good this guy is at making money, I will not give one penny to someone who puts the stinking evil Monsanto corporation as a trade suggestion! Thats it, I canceled my subscription instantly. Now I understand I cannot always be ethical in investing or I would not hold any silver or gold mining stocks, knowing what they do to the environment. However, there is no excuse in the world for Porter to sell his soul and suggest for us to purchase stock in one of the most evil, corrupt and world destroying corporations ever to inhabit this earth. That is going too far. Next he will suggest Altria (cigarettes) for its excellent dividend payments!

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saltaway
December 7, 2010 1:52 pm

I’ve been a subscriber for almost a year. Earlier this year Porter recommended BSX (Boston Scientific) and stated that he had information from a friend of his in management that they were coming out with something that would be world changing. Porter recommended that you put up to 25% of your portfolio in BSX (with a 25% trailing stop). I put about 5% of my portfolio into BSX and followed his trailing stop advice. The company and stock tanked soon after. pump and dump? I dont know but I can no longer trust him. This does not apply to the other writers in his stable.

I have found the advice of Dr Steve Sjugerrud invaluable and honest.

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xyz
December 16, 2010 2:37 am

Why do you want to pay to be his victim?

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