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Investment newsletters are periodicals which analyze economic activity, track and forecast financial market trends, and strive to provide good investment advice to their readers. Investment newsletters cater to the do-it-yourself investor who is knowledgeable and confident enough to invest without a professional investment adviser, but too busy to track all of the potential investments himself. Most investment newsletter subscriptions cost between $100 and $300 a year.

Since 1980, Mark Hulbert has been monitoring the performance of investment newsletters and publishing the information in the Hulbert Financial Digest (HFD), which is considered by most to be the preeminent source for advice on investment newsletters. Each year, Hulbert publishes a list of the top ten newsletters, ranked by performance. In recent years, noted investment newsletters have included Outstanding Investments, Nate's Notes, the Spear Report, and the Closed-End Country Fund Report, as well as the Bowser Report, the Option Investor reports, the International Harry Schultz Letter, the AlphaProfit investment newsletter, and the Successful Investor website.

If you're scouting for an investment newsletter that's right for your investment style and goals, here are a few tips to make that decision process easier:

Start out by investigating various newsletters in Hulbert's Financial Digest.
When looking at the performance of a newsletter's equities picks, consider risk-adjusted returns over a ten-year period.
Ask questions about the newsletter's editor: Does he know what he's doing or has he just been lucky? What sort of education and experience does the editor have as an investment adviser? Does the editor have a method that he sticks with through thick and thin?
Find out whether the newsletter is paid to tout certain equities.
Check with the SEC or your state securities regulator to see if the investment newsletter has ever been in trouble.
Be especially wary of investment newsletters that try to hide the fact that they're paid to tout certain securities, as well as those who advertise false promises such as "High returns, low risk!" (A cardinal rule of investing is that the higher the potential return on an investment, the greater the risk or potential losses.)

Even if you find a newsletter that fully discloses when it's paid to tout equities (or better yet, doesn't accept such payments), has a strong record of consistent performance, and has a knowledgeable and experienced editor, you still need to do your own due diligence. Don't simply take the newsletter's advice and run with it; always investigate potential investment opportunities independently.

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Investment News Resources

The Prudent Speculator
Subscribe to the investment newsletter ranked #1 by Hulbert Digest for Total Return Performance.
www.ThePrudentSpeculator.com
Value Line
These weekly investment newsletters feature timely information on stocks, mutual funds, options, convertibles, and special opportunities.
www.ValueLine.com
Kiplinger.com
Well-known publisher of timely and trusted personal finance advice and business forecasts.
www.Kiplinger.com
DayTraders.com
Helping DayTraders and investors profit from the markets since 1996. This website offers a morning stock market report plus a virtual trading room and a news desk.
www.DayTraders.com
The Motley Fool
Multimedia financial education for individual investors around the world. The Motley Fool offers seven monthly investment newsletters, covering a variety of investing styles.
www.Fool.com

Business and Financial News

MSN MoneyCentral
Financial planning, trading, and investment products and services for the individual investor.
MoneyCentral.MSN.com
DowJones.com
Features financial news and research published in print and electronic formats.
www.DowJones.com
CBS MarketWatch
Leading multimedia publisher of business news, financial information, and investment tools.
CBS.MarketWatch.com
CNN Money
Finance and investment news and commentary from the editors of CNN and Money magazine.
Money.CNN.com

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