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We subscribe to Investor advisory service as well as the small cap Informer.  I think its important to decide on an investment strategies that are consistent and can be evaluated in a like manner. It is also important to continue your education and growth in investing. The sag provides a good basis for that especially for a beginner, andma refresher for the experienced investor. In addition it offers a forum of like minded people where you can obtain ideas and bounce off questions.
I joined NAIC but got a lot out of the computer group before it was abolished. I have been disappointed with BI but we will continue our membership because of what it provides. Since we are a family club we only have one member per household entered for membership. I attended a few SSG plus webinars and this year I will pay for one. Previously about 6 members had Toolkit and paid for the data service.
The fewer people who renew, will cause the price of membership to increase.

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From: Roy Chastain via bivio.com
Sent: ‎Thursday‎, ‎June‎ ‎19‎, ‎2014 ‎12‎:‎06‎ ‎PM
To: club_cafe@bivio.com

For those who do not use the SSG, how do you make your Buy and Sell decisions?  Do you have a way to compare companies so that you are buying "the best" in an Industry?  

Only about half of the magazine interests me, but I get good information and ideas from several parts of it.  One of my clubs even has a portion set aside for presenting information from the magazine.  Another club is in the throes of deciding whether to stay with Toolkit or switch to the on-line version (some of us are Apple users), but we all get a lot out of BI membership, including data in a very useful format.  We are attracting new members, so several watch the webinars in order to learn how to evaluate stocks.  (Some of us with more experience also watch them as a form of "continuing education.")
 
Roy Chastain

"In investing, there is no such thing as a called strike. You don't have to swing at every pitch." --Warren Buffett

From: Kimberly Hazen <hazenfree@gmail.com>
To: The Club Cafe <club_cafe@bivio.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2014 7:00 AM
Subject: Re: [club_cafe] Better Investing upgrades

Interesting question. In the beginning, we were pretty dependent on the SSG tool.  Now, I'm not so sure.  I use it because it's super quick and easy, but I'm not sure if my whole club does. We do have a guideline that we won't purchase a stock until it's been evaluated by the SSG. I'm not a big fan of the magazine.  I will bring these questions to our meeting tonight and see what everyone says.  

Thanks for bringing this up.


Kimberly Hazen
cell 608.444.6898
 




On Thu, Jun 19, 2014 at 7:35 AM, Gloria Graham <ggraham803@gmail.com> wrote:
Our club will not renew next year. We half way read the magazines and we don't use the stock selection guide. We don't see any benefits to it.
On Jun 19, 2014 7:23 AM, "Barrett" <mr.bear.it@gmail.com> wrote:
We need to decide whether to renew our Better Investing (BI) membership in Aug. for our club.

Better Investing: http://www.betterinvesting.org/

I'm considering whether recommending to our club on renewing and whether to include any upgrades. In particular the extra cost to use their online stock selection guide service. See a tutorial / example here:


Have others used the BI online stock selection guide and what has been your experience? What about using their "online stock data" service? The primary benefit I foresee for our club is using a common approach to evaluating value-based stocks. I'm interested in the experience of others.