Author/Editor
Paul Mampilly
Publisher
Banyan Hill (was Sovereign Society)
Description
Relatively new letter in 2016, priced as an entry level letter, with goal to “get in on the ground floor in innovative companies that are just about to see explosive growth.” Mampilly previously worked on letters for Palm Beach, Stansberry and Agora Financial over the past four years. Banyan Hill (the publisher) used to be called The Sovereign Society.
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The problem with Profits Unlimited is that most of Paul’s best ideas require you to pay more money and sometimes a lot more.
Really. It seems as though the sheer volume of usable info to spam to (ratio) must be below 10%. not only that but the ‘usable info’ is disguised as a long winded video with even more advertisement & upsell. This is clear from making the effort (time) to find that supposed gem under the haystack.
The good part? … It’s inexpensive (but is all your time worth that miniscule wisdom)
The Bang for the buck is terrible.
I have taken Profits Unlimited for nearly 2 years. My money is limited but it made me about 40% in 2017. I have less to invest in 2018 thanks to bad genes. Up until Oct.2018 I was up about 12% but as of 11/3/2018 I am about even. MU is down about 30% so I’ll buy MU a bit better than planned. Paul rates > 4.5. Banyan Hill is pushey. Paul has 4 newsletters vs 2 a year ago. We will see how that works out.
In my 25+ years of investing I have always used an advisement service. Paul is by far the best growth stock picker that I have encountered. Since many stocks are smaller companies they are more volatile than larger companies, so be prepared for that. We are in a down market since October, so we should expect any portfolio to be down, with Paul’s down more in the short term; however when the market turns these stock will also rise more quickly than most.
Profits Unlimited is touted a means to help the little guy but when Paul recommends a stock, the majority are well out of reach to help the little guy. Does anyone else feel the same?
Yes, see my comment.
I’ve been a subscriber for almost two years and in that time I’ve made some money plus or minus 15K BUT most of that was made on Formation Medicine which sold out to Roche Ind. I also held STM and it is in the negative column either I missed the sell signal or there never was one. Lately my feeling is disenchantment. I expected more from him based on his background….. Brought up in India as a humble guy, not sure if that is still the case. Still have several picks but with the current market it’s too early to tell if I’ll resubscribe.
Hope this helps,
Hopeful Hal
Ever notice how some/certain people have an aire of confidence and conviction? You follow them up the rosy path but in the end they really dont know any more than the next guy. (Obviously this is a sometimes / certain people observation). I think this is one of them.
Regarding the number of new newsletters – this is an obvious pattern along with the “Lifetime” suubscription (scam if I might be so bold). The ploy which is barely veiled is to phase the low cost letter out into pure pablum next year and put the intel you thought you wrer due into the next generation of higher priced letter while spamming the heck out of your inbox by sending under one email source address so you’re reluctant to classify it as junk.
Yes, some of Paul & his co-solicitors provide some ideas and some decent analysis. But the overall performance of the portfolio doesnt inspire much confidence.
Dear Lenranth, You posted some points that I had not thought of. Well done! I was wondering why Mampilly would have offered a lifetime subscription for such an allegedly low price. But of course! There is no restriction on his putting out , as you called it, “pure pablum” in future issues, while at the same time painting a big bulls eye on our backs to Banyan Publishing for an infinite amount of upselling and promotional emails.! Thank you . I wish I could have thought of that myself! But it is probably over my pay grade.
I came into the game in September of 2018 probably the worst time to enter into the market with the horrible transactions over these past 4 months. I interested in AMD and I’m taking a beating with that investment (-30+%) and some of the other recommendations are negative while others are doing pretty well.
I know that the tech sector is volatile let alone the controversy with US China trade issues, but I believe in the technology. Let’s face it we are not going to backwards in technological advances. As a result I’m standing by my investments because the companies Mampilly recommends are sound financially.
I knew going in there are no guarantees. I’m still being on big jumps for my investments.
I have been with both of Paul’s Extreme Profits and Profits Unlimited for about 2 years. Both have found some big winners (>50%), but there are many recommendations, so the others can nip away at the overall profits of one’s account. I find his advice on position sizing useful, but all his advertising about people making big bucks on his recommendations, at least from my calculations, indicates they made large investments and got lucky on the big winners. Not exactly full disclosure. I have used 3 of the authors from Banyan, Paul has been the best, Carr’s option plays have been terrible.
Mixed feelings. He recommends some very expensive stocks, most over $100 a share, some over $200 a share, so unless you are “money bags” it is a little uncomfortable buying in 100 share lots. I have purchased some of the stocks under $50 a share in 100 share lots and they have not done so well.
I am in several levels of the Paul Mampilly stock dream,But, it has been more of a nightmare than a dream. I am not going into specifics although I surely could. I am to say the least less than happy with the stocks I have purchased with Paul’s endorsement! I have around 15 stocks with about 30k invested and for the most part i have only lost money! I went heavily into the blockchain investment that according to Paul was going to make us all rich and it like the others has performed poorly. I no longer answer any emails from Bannyon Hill which is the Publishing
company that Paul Mampilly works for. The biggest thing about the whole deal I did not like is that they have all these levels that if you don’t continue to climb up the ladder you will not hear about the newest fantastic stock that Paul is pushing…Well I got tired of spending lots of money to climb the different levels when I wasn’t making any money on the stocks that Paul had recommended. So I am most likely going to monitor the stocks I have and sell out if they ever rise enough so that I don’t lose money
It’s all a bunch of hype and to get you to spend more money! Good luck trying to recoup your money! I bought into their hype as well as a few others a couple years ago and wound up dropping all of my newsletters and subscriptions to the hype get rich quick and cut my losses. Good luck to you!!
He starts out hyping less costly stocks at a reasonable subscription price; then, he offers a new “secret” which involves a higher priced stock, and subscription price; as long as you continue to subscribe to the offers, the higher the subscription cost goes for the next one, which is for a higher priced stock. This goes on until you’ve had enough. Then he passes you to the next shyster. As an aside, the most expensive pitch I ever received was not from Mampilly; it was from a woman (I wish I could remember her name,) who offered me a “black box” investment based on after hours trading and options. Supposedly she had access to stock charts that showed the after hours trading, and based on the after hours trading (Boy, do I wish I could see into the future like that,) she would purchase options at the opening bell and exit at the closing bell. All automatic, nothing for me to do except sit back and collect a fortune………..OH! and pay her $6,000 a month for the “Golden Oppourtunity.”
I’ve been a member of P/U for about 18 months & I won’t renew. I bought this as an entry level service expecting to see lower priced stocks in my price range but lately almost all picks are priced triple digits. I think he has diluted his product by adding more & more services- all high priced so P/U gets the leavings. Also I’m sick of his constant harping to join them.
I am a member of Profits Unlimited and True Momentum. I’ve written about Paul’s newsletters before, but I wanted to update with actual/real numbers. If this breaks a rule, sorry. I wish more of the reviews were quantified. I like to compare the stock tips provided by the newsletters against what I would have earned had I just invested in the S&P 500, same time/same amounts/cash on cash returns. For Profits Unlimited I am up 43.1% since joining, the S&P is up 12.6% cash on cash deployed comparison. For True Momentum I am up 56.6%, versus the S&P 7.5%. Overall, my Mamphilly investments are up about 50% compared with about 10% for the S&P 500. So I consider my investment in the services as well worth it. I have 42 current open positions, only 4 are at a loss, only 9 have underperformed the S&P 500. 9 have triple digit gains,! For the most part the stocks he recommends are not ones that I would have found on my own, though quite a few get mentioned in Barrons a few months later. Based on my portfolio size I’d be paying considerably more to a financial planner than I did for my lifetime memberships. I recently joined his IPO service, into which all of my positions are in the red (grrr), but some of the stocks he’s recommended go down before they go up, so I’m not giving up on that one yet.
I have signed up for several of their services. Paul, Matt and Jeff to be exact. Boy, what a disappointment. I do all my own investing and thought I might get an idea or two from them -wrong. All they do is try to sell you something else.
I agree. They get you to bite on their cheap news letter,And then tell you that if you want the big gains,that you will have to upgrade to this big expensive news letter. I am very disappointed in Paul.. I really thought that he might be in it for the little guy .Boy was I mistaken .All he’s in it for is the money! He is no different than the rest of them!
I am not educated when it comes to trading and investing, and started in April of 2019 to educate myself. I didn’t know where to start (although maybe night classes would have been the most logical place.) I almost immediately fell into the “hype” world, starting with Mampilly, which put me in the Banyon orbit. I didn’t realize, as I was passed from one shill to the next for an embarrassingly long time, that this world of predators existed. Thank God I was finally rescued by the one true seer dedicated to exposing these shysters for what they are.
Yes, I’m talking about the one…..the only……sleuth and truth seeker…..TRAVIS GUMSHOE! He exposes them and lays them bare for all to see; but in addition, he educates the uninformed about trading and investing (I didn’t even understand the difference between the two until Travis rescued me.)
Not only does he expose the shysters, but he inadvertently educates the uninformed of the overwhelming complexity of the world of finance. Before I began my ever expanding foray into the business of self investing, my knowledge was limited to which fund I should pick for my 401K; and even that was mostly a shot in the dark, although I did get lucky. I chose U.P. stock and Vanguard Mutual Fund. I now spend countless hours bouncing around the internet self educating myself, learning about the phrases and terminology all of you use. I actually spend more time learning about the information he is effortlessly providing me than I do hearing about them from Travis and the well-informed people who post. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you GumShoe; I would be absolutely lost without you. I consider my subscription price the “cost of enlightenment.”
AMEN !!!
I’ve done very well with PU, and so bought a “lifetime” subscription to Mampilly’s Extreme Fortune, and have lost a ton of money following his EF buys….. One thing I hate is that the “buy” price is what it was just before Mampilly sends out his buy text…. and the stock shoots u because of all us suckers buying…. would be much more honest if he took as buy price halfway between his buy price and the closing price the day of his recommendation…..
Another beef… I thought with EF I’d be getting his cherry recommendations, but then like month later he came out with another service and then like two months later another service, and I assume the best recommendations go to those services and the others he’s opened since then…. EF is a disaster…. and he excuses the losses by blaming market makers and “volatility.” But PU has been good, and cheapest to join…
I made a bit of money on Paul’s IOT stock recommendations. I then, foolishly, subscribed to their Rapid Profits options trading strategy, which is a total ripoff. Most of the trades were losers and the $3500 non-refundable fee is egregious. Total scam.
Paul has so many different newsletters and each has a cost to subscribe, I like the facts that his partners present but I feel squeezed as which subscriptions best meet my investing. I even find myself perhaps ordering one that I have already purchased. Can’t some of these be combined?
I also don’t like the fact that I have to watch a long video to obtain info. Much of the video is redundant and definitely could be more concise.
Quit buying waste of your money!!
To be fare Manpilly once said on one of his video updates that his free service tips are worth less than his PU services which cost them loads in analysis . the more you pay the better the service he eluded but I don’t believe him.
It’s a business and to stay in business they need to sell subscription to high level services. Therefore look at the work Paul is doing as fulfilling at least two objectives. The first is that Paul truly wants to help others navigate the market. The second is that he makes money for Banyan Hill. I see this as a win, win, win! A win for Paul, a win for us and a win for Banyan Hill when we decide to move up and invest in the larger priced subscription services.
Now the only negative so far that I see is the endless promotions and long winded videos promoting all the services that Banyan hill offers. That to me is a bit of a downer but a VERY SMALL price to pay for a successful guide thru the maize that is the stock market. For those that can ‘t seem to understand the rules of the game (like I did not at first) it is a bit of an anxiety producing experience but when you go thru a few downturns and then come out on the other side in better shape than before… you learn to pay attention! OR you get out, the market game because it may not be for you…
I have (after learning to pay attention and have strong hands) experienced 25% and 32% gains in 2019 and thus far in 2020. I lost my shirt trying to do it on my own prior to finding Paul. My choice is obvious… Stay in and eventually take on a higher priced service like true Moment and never invest more than I can afford to lose! Secondly never go all in on one stock. Third NEVER buy on an upward spike in a stock. Forth equal weigh all positions over time $ wise and take profits on the upside. Next always have a cash reserve in the brokerage account to avoid the panic on downturns. Since I started doing this, my anxiety level has dropped significantly and lately been non-existent!
Finally enjoy the ride… Life is way too short to worry about what you can’t control and that is especially true about the day to day fluctuations of the market (i.e. VOLITILITY!). I believe the more risk one takes on like in Extreme Fortunes and option(Rapid Trading) trading the more prone one is to extreme losses. Then the only way to beat it is to get lucky and hit big on a stock al la Amazon, Google to wash away the bitter feeling of losing your butt on the other nine or ten losses one has to experience along the way. Still that is better than going it alone if you have the stomach to ride thru the stock recommendations that don’t make it! My feeling at this point is that trying the higher priced services gives one a better chance at hitting it big than going it alone, although I’m not sure how much better at this point.
Been a member about 2 1/2 years. This is a solid service with good returns. A lot of interaction with Paul and Amber, video updates, you tube, twitter, etc.
Profits Unlimited past positions: 30 winners, 25 losers
SNPS +103% Sold 09-22-2020
TSM +122% Sold 09-21-2020
ORA -24% Sold 09-15-2020
NOC +27% Sold 09-14-2020
IONS -25% Sold 08-10-2020
CERN -2% Sold 07-28-2020
WDAY +6% Sold 07-27-2020
MXIM +71% Sold 07-13-2020
ADI +44% Sold 07-13-2020
ISRG +6% Sold 05-11-2020
DLR +44% Sold 05-08-2020
ADSK +37% Sold 05-07-2020
ANSS +21% Sold 05-07-2020
XLNX +7% Sold 05-05-2020
ZTS +22% Sold 05-05-2020
ILMN -11% Sold 03-02-2020
ERIC +2% Sold 02-11-2020
CDXS -23% Sold 02-11-2020
IAC +35% Sold 02-06-2020
BPMC -14% Sold 02-06-2020
SPLK +74% Sold 09-11-2019
CRM +199% Sold 08-21-2019
CY +37% Sold 07-01-2019
MYGN -3% Sold 05-08-2019
SNE +24% Sold 02-06-2019
GOOGL -1% Sold 10-10-2018
RHT +13% Sold 10-05-2018
ZG -21% Sold 10-05-2018
SPOT -8% Sold 10-05-2018
APTV -15% Sold 10-05-2018
TSLA -12% Sold 10-05-2018
PHG +48% Sold 09-07-2018
QRVO +34% Sold 09-06-2018
PYPL +125% Sold 09-05-2018
IPGP -28% Sold 07-31-2018
IQV +8% Sold 05-17-2018
CY -18% Sold 04-27-2018
SNAP -17% Sold 04-03-2018
TSLA -13% Sold 03-26-2018
ORA -5% Sold 03-05-2018
PH -11% Sold 03-02-2018
ALB -17% Sold 03-02-2018
ROK +61% Sold 02-12-2018
ADSK +51% Sold 02-12-2018
TER +92% Sold 02-12-2018
INTU +37% Sold 02-12-2018
DLR +14% Sold 02-08-2018
S -7% Sold 11-07-2017
DGX -13% Sold 09-25-2017
LOW -9% Sold 08-21-2017
SBUX -11% Sold 08-21-2017
CMG -13% Sold 07-20-2017
MBLY +37% Sold 06-26-2017
GE -6% Sold 05-11-2017
IBM +4% Sold 05-05-2017