Best Investing Forum?

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Anyone know of a good or the best investing forum where people can basically talk about anything (stocks, bonds, options, strategies, taxes, etc)?

I went to Fool.com but their forum software looks like shit. Is that still the best place?

Also if you pay for a financial adviser how much do you pay? Either way I'd like to not have to see one for each little question.. and that's where some good forums come in.
 


WickedJoe said:
Anyone know of a good or the best investing forum where people can basically talk about anything (stocks, bonds, options, strategies, taxes, etc)?

I went to Fool.com but their forum software looks like shit. Is that still the best place?

Also if you pay for a financial adviser how much do you pay? Either way I'd like to not have to see one for each little question.. and that's where some good forums come in.
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Look around. I don't know of any, but I'm curious. In the trading world (as opposed to the investing world) IMs tend to be the preferred means of communication.

let me know if you want to start one or something interactive with investors.

I have a website (takeareport.com) which used to be an extremely popular off-color blog for the the trading/sales industry, both institutional and retail.

Off that site I built an ad network.

But I have an interested party who wants to buy or partner with Takeareport ... (these guys are big time, featured on CNBC/WSJ/Bloomberg/Forbes all the time) ... I'm looking to add value to the name.

My contacts are more in the financial world than the cyber world and that's why I came to WF, yo. To learn and to meet.
 
Started poking around, look at this ...

8 Securities launches to make investing easy and customizable (exclusive) | VentureBeat

Built a social media platform, buy/sell stocks, some features, and bullshit with your peeps.

Pre-mobile there was a wave of these sites that didn't work out because they were desktop focused. Mobile, Twitter, etc. - it's a different game, but one where today's guys can learn from where others failed, ie "bullpoo.com" (RIP) ...



There is so much opportunity for social media in the investing space it's ridiculous. The impending bull market is only going to makes it more compelling.
 
Unfortunately, all the free ones are pretty much overrun with pinks. Stocktwits is good, but not exactly a forum. Discussion leaves a bit to be desired on twits. The big board sub-forum of hotstockmarket and certain areas of investorshub that explicitly deny otc/bb discussion can be very informative. I've been trading for years, if you have any questions feel free to ask.
 
Yahoo finance!!! Pretty cool.

Just enter ticker symbol, and on the left side you'll see "message board" for that particular stock.

Probably one of the most active boards. However places like this or stocktwits really lack value when it comes to investor education. Mostly guys touting their position and losing their ass.

There are a few members that try to "teach" you stuff, but you gotta find them.

The question is, what are you trying to accomplish? Trying to drive traffic by dropping links or are you trying to learn stock investing?
 
the only way to become a good stock trader is to do it. just like affiliate marketing or anything else. discussion is pretty much worthless.
 
jenzkc said:
the only way to become a good stock trader is to do it. just like affiliate marketing or anything else. discussion is pretty much worthless.
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Sometimes you just need to know something specific that's hard to find doing Google searches.

I'm prob not gonna go there asking for investing advice.. like i have a tax question, etc. Things with real answers somewhere.

Discussion is far from worthless

Anyway thanks for the suggestions so far guys, I'll check some of those places out
 
I learned a ton at the Bogelheads forum (named after the guy who started Vanguard). As far as fees go - 1-2% for a managed account at a place like Merrill Lynch, JPMorgan, UBS, etc. You can find FA's who will work on a fee basis rather than a managed basis - so you might pay by the hour instead of just a percent of your portfolio.

Most FA's are just sales people and suck ass. My advice -- index and forget it. You beat the market by taking the average (most funds do worse than the indexes). Google "lazy portfolio". Good shit there. Smart mf'ers like the guy who manages the Yale endowment preach this shit.

Or fuck it. Buy gold and bury dat shit in the woods.
 
^^^ you an old man or something?

do it like AM spend the bills is the best way to learn. . . I have missed some big opportunities because I was listening to people who "knew" more than I did. Fact of the matter is most people are to emotional to cut loses when they should and hold on for dear life thinking that someday their enron stock will go back up lulz.

Some of the best trades I have made where when people said the stock had "peaked". To me that is like saying that your campaign isn't profitable anymore before you see it not being profitable.

one of the best thing I heard about trading/investing what ever you want to call it went something like this. . .

How many people have ever lost money on a stock and checked it a month later to see that had they kept the stock they would have lost more money? Does that make you happy? Most of the people in the audiance raised there hand

How many people have gained money on a stock checked it a month after selling it only to see that the price continued upwards and you missed out on additional profit? Did that make you mad? Most people raised there hand again stating that it did make them mad.

He followed up with most of you just told me you are happy losing money so long you don't lose more and mad when you make money, when it should be the other way around. mad lulz


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OrionSyndicate said:
Yahoo finance!!! Pretty cool.

Just enter ticker symbol, and on the left side you'll see "message board" for that particular stock.

Probably one of the most active boards. However places like this or stocktwits really lack value when it comes to investor education. Mostly guys touting their position and losing their ass.

There are a few members that try to "teach" you stuff, but you gotta find them.
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You get some real gems in there once in a while. Some years ago one of the guys I worked with was spilling all kinds of inside info about our company's new products and issues that were going to delay product release. Then one day security came in and walked him out the door. He got ratted out.
 
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