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18 Comments on "Seeking Alpha"
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.
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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.
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.
my only experience with seeking alpha was that they ran old negative news as though it was new, I was looking for why a stock was down found there news item posted that day. After talking with a friend he pointed out that it was written by a short seller that had released this “news” 4 months earlier also. Be careful…
Just interested in free writers.Could are less about the quality of content and does no backround checks on the authors
This is one of the worst financial web sites I’ve ever seen. They allow people to post the most ridiculous and stupid comments, and when you complain about it, they block you. The customer service people are complete idiots. Morons like “entmd” show just how pathetic this web site really is.
Seeking Alpha has its plus and minus aspects, but overall I found it to be a good aid to my financial education. There are some very good and reliable commentators and some that are terrible but the comments that quickly follow any article always set things straight, whether that’s substantiating the author’s pov or tearing it apart.
I am an ex-contributor on seeking alpha – warning to anyone else who writes on that site: if they want to they will screw you over!
One of my articles was wildly successful and they refused to pay me for it (a couple of months after it had been up on the site) because of some “non-genuine” page views. When queried as to what they were referring to, no evidence was provided. I think they are desperate to show a working biz model before they cash out with an IPO.
They bombard you with their emails so that I soon unsubscribed which did not help, as they ignore the request. Now they flood my spam box!
Seeking Alpha allows practically anyone to post articles which makes it a dangerous website. Recently an article appeared dicing MJNA stock, questioning its financial veracity. Next day, MJNA released its quarterly earnings. The previous article written bya short-seller instantly disappeared from the website. The suckers who sold out their shares were contributing to the welfare of the short-seller. So, read with your eyes and your mind open. Everything you read there is not legit.
Seeking Alpha is not a good source of information in general. They have the good, the bad and the ugly. A bag of information. Not all writers are credible. Some writers I come across who write to lure you into their services. So what he writes is really not for the benefit of the reader, but for himself. I do not recommend it.
I have followed SA offand on for many years. Occasionally, there is useful insight. All too often it feels like “shorts” talking their book, whether or not they admit it.
Sorry I just get the free stuff here and I find a well balanced cross section of opinions and outlooks.
Be very careful about taking out a subscription with any of the contributors. Once they have your card information they will charge and keep charging. There is minimal customer service so good luck ever getting any help from them