Motley Fool

Pros: Lots of information; Financial Calculators abound
Cons: Corporate research not as good as the rest

Founded in 1994 by David and Tom Gardner, Motley Fool is a comprehensive financial web service that ...

Pros: Informative, offering news and research.
Cons: Message boards now are by paid subscription

The Motley Fool's Mission: To educate, enrich, and amuse.

Before you can really begin an in depth discussion of an investing site such as the Motley Fool, you have to address the very foundation upon which it is built: the...

Pros: Decent, basic advice.
Cons: Dont take it too seriously.

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Pros: Educational, Amusing, Fresh Unique Content
Cons: Message boards can be wild

If you haven't heard about the Motley Fool previously here is a quick description of what their mission is ... Educate, Amuse, Enrich. In other words they intend to teach you about handling your personal finances in such a way that you are amused...

Pros: Good advice, good discussion, good explanations, member feedback, etc.
Cons: Only updated nightly

The Motley Fool, in my opinion, is the best financial website for the average investor.

I discovered the Motley Fool about 3 years ago while surfing the net. At that time, they still had a relatively small website. What quickly grabbed me,...

Pros: Great information, stock quotes, commentary, timely.
Cons: Lots of annoying pop-ups. Occasional quirks/downtime.

Being an avid stock-market fan I subscribe to a plethora of websites; some useful, some not. Fool.com is one of those that falls into the first category. I have been using Fool.com since mid June '01 and have found their webpage very helpful for advice...

Pros: Good, practical advice in an easy to understand manner
Cons: None

Motley Fool is the grandest example of a useful financial web site that actually gives out relevant financial information and research. When looking at the other web sites, I always have to wonder whether the creators of the site have a vested...

Pros: Well-written features, comprehensive company news, well-thought-out investment philosophy, lots of consumer information, well-attended message boards
Cons: Little on-the-run information, not as slick as some others

This is a curious site. Born on America Online in 1994, the Motley Fool is a Mother Earth meets the Wall Street Journal, chaperoned by Peter Lynch and Bill Gates. Down home advice on controlling spending, intelligent commentary on the markets, stock...

Pros: Easy to understand, great community, good advice
Cons: there's so much information there that it's hard to find everything

The Motley Fool web site is the most honest resource on handling money that I have come across. The reason for this is the incredible amount of user participation in the site. Like Epinions.com, Fool.com has so many intelligent people giving their view...

Pros: The discussion boards
Cons: Poor half-baked investment advice.

The Motley Fool is the financial supersite of brothers Tom and David Gardner. It is the wildly successful offspring of a financial newsletter the brothers started in 1993. After receiving only 38 subscriptions after their first publication,...

Pros: Abundant information for the do-it-yourself investor
Cons: Dave Gardner does get a wee bit... opinionated!

"Educate, Amuse, Enrich" is the motto of the Motley Fool, and this site delivers on all counts. For those who have thought about investing in stocks but didn't know how to get started, the Fool offers a wealth of advice from their own experts,...

Pros: always up-to-date info; friendly community; great advice
Cons: none!

The Motley Fool site has been receiving a lot of press during the last year, much of it praising the Virginia-based financial website for it's insight and analysis as well as the writing and member contributions (over 2 million people visit every...

Pros: Solid, well-written, and interesting basic financial information. Very good message boards (I'll write about these separately)
Cons: Hypocritical criticism of the financial establishment. Nearly cult-like atmosphere.

Fools, they call themselves, inspired by Shakespeare's court jesters. Instead of kings, the Motley Fool's targets are full-service brokers, financial advisers, the mainstream press, and all other purveyors of conventional financial wisdom, who the...

Pros: An overall great place for every aspect of investing
Cons: ..

The Motley Fool is a web site that offers a multitude of advice and features for individual investors. Here's a rundown of my favorite sections and the reasons to use it:

1. Fool School - Before I came to The Motley Fool, I knew...

Pros: Easy and Fun
Cons: Probably not edgy enough for folks looking to make a fortune overnight.

Lots of sites tell you where to invest your money and what to do with the windfall. If you're like me - intelligent, well-bred adult, kind to children and animals, socially conscious, politically active, and destined to squander every dime I earn on...