Intelligent Investor Questions & Answers

Sure Suz. The RRP is $880 per annum. I wouldn't advise you spend that amount if you didn't have a decent sum to invest. If you think of it in terms of percentage fees on $100,000 to invest, that's 0.88% a year. That might be worth it in terms of the education you get but you could get a cheap ETF for a lot cheaper. The alternative would be to pay a monthly fee, which you can cancel after a few months if you don't like it. That will give you access to all of our educational material, special reports, book reading lists along with current research. Hope this helps and good luck Suz.

Suz, what John said is honest and true ( that's one of the many things I like about the team at Intelligent Investor; they don't gild the lily but say it as honestly as they can, which is something that is rare in the investment advice world). What I can tell you is that I have been a subscriber to their service for almost 20 years (under various account names) and I've tried many investment services but Intelligent Investor is the only one I have stayed with. My current 20 year investment average is 16.88% per year and I could not have done that without their recommendations and teachings. But they are suited to longer term holders of undervalued stocks and not short term day traders.

Hi Suz I will give you my honest opinion. Two years ago I got into the share market which was very lucky because it was just before Covid hit the world. I had a lot of money in the bank, I knew very little about the share market but I did realise an opportunity had appeared. I have made $300k from stock I bought in 2020 when everything crashed but I also know if I buy stocks now I am not going to make the same amount of money in the next two years because the ASX is now higher than it was at the start of 2020.

The real danger with any share broker is they do make mistakes. Intelligent investor had a buy recommendation on MFG three different times but it is now down 50% since they recommended it. They admitted it was a mistake and my mistake was getting too excited after reading what they wrote and buying too much of it. I will have to hold this stock until hopefully it goes back up or sell it and take a loss.

They have also made some good recommendations which I have bought and sold but overall I am down $35k mostly because of MFG. So far this has been a bad result so I am now very cautious about buying what they recommend. I still have $250k sitting in 6 other stocks they recommended so I hope they will go up in the future. My subscription was $770 per year so if you don't have at least $100k I don't think it is worth it. There is a lot of education on the website but there is also a lot of free information online everywhere if you start looking. Educate yourself.

I think the most important thing with investing is diversification. Don't put all your eggs into one basket.

Thank you for your response I really do appreciate it. Happy new year!!

Wayne as a short term trader, i feel sorry for you in thinking that property is a long term investment and the stock market is a short term wealth creation vehicle. If anyone thinks you can make a lot or money short term trading then this is not the service for you. Secondly, do you see any short term traders with the legacy and wealth of Warren Buffer, Ray Dalio, Charlie Munger and i can name many more. Perhaps you should ask yourself why Wayne? Because its a losing game.

Hanging onto your membership at $770 with a mindset of wanting to hold stocks for weeks or months is the silliest thing i’ve ever heard. Wake up mate.

Lloyd I have moved onto another share trading advise website which I now trust. My advise to Suz was to make her realise that the analysts on these website write very impressive reports but sometimes they get it wrong so be cautious when trading. I made mistakes and I admitted it so it was a warning to other people that are new to trading not to do the same.

I feel sorry for you that you only have half a brain and could not work that out. Wake up to yourself mate and grow a brain before typing this rubbish. No one is interested in your small minded ego trip.

Thank you Wayne for the informative reply.