Motley Fool

Pros: Newsletter offered
Cons: difficult website to navigate

I have subscribed to the Motley Fool news letter and visit their site occasionally....I have found an article or two that I found useful in day to day life , but the over all feel for the website its self leaves a little to be desired... I would stick to...

Pros: A comprehensive source of news, information, and tips every investor should know.
Cons: Lack of objectivity at times. The Fools give tips like the Wise they abhor.

This supersite, in my opinion, is one of the most comprehensive source of credible financial tips on the Net. While tips abound everywhere--with some sites giving higher quality content--the abundance of information in one web site is really appreciable...

Pros: much good information
Cons: doesn't leave me feeling confident somehow

Although I don't often visit the webpage, I've been on the Motley Fool mailing list for some time. When I signed up, I clicked on everything that looked vaguely interesting, and as a result receive more mail from them than I could ever read. There are...

Pros: e mail alerts, useful info
Cons: n/a

The Motley Fool is a great site for beginning investors, thus giving a foundation for investment strategies. They stress holding on to good companies no matter what. The cost of day trading is high and can be very risky for the beginner. Eventually,...

Pros: well written content
Cons: hard to navigate, find your way around

I'm no usability engineer, but I know what I like and I don't like how this site is laid out. What could have been an awful user experience is just made bad by the incredibly good content scattered throughout the site. Problem is, it's hard to get to...

Pros: Good induction to the basics
Cons: Little advanced material

One of the first things you will notice as you start on the Motley Fool home page is a distinct difference in approach over other financial web sites. That would be the picture of a Fool. But unlike the expected imagery you might conjure in your mind,...

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: 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: Wonderful marketing
Cons: Not so sure the substance of the site is up to par

Out of all of the financial websites this is the one that I find to be most needlessly hyped. Essentially, the Motley Fool site has managed to gain legions of fans because they are very good at marketing themselves. Now this is not a crime, but some of...

Pros: Free financial information
Cons: Cutesy commentary, poorly organized

The Motley Fool was one of the earliest financial websites on the web and the only I know of that is famous for it's sense of humor. The light-hearted advice is new twist on staid, boring financial websites, but it rubs me the wrong way. Although I enjoy...

Pros: An entertainment company, just minting money by selling books and services to "loyal" followers
Cons: Too afraid to compare last 3 yrs, last 5 yrs data on a regular basis

Motley Fools does not share their last 1 year, last 3yrs, last 5yrs, last 10 yrs data for Rule Breaker strategy. They only share YTD and "since inception" data. Which is misleading to most of the investors. Rule breaker portfolio is essentially the...

Pros: supposedly free
Cons: bad investment advice is often far from free

I'm sorry but who in there right mind would get there investment advice from these crackpots? There's an old saying that in a flood even ?><:"<>? floats. Well let me tell you folks, it's been pretty easy to make money in...

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

Fool's Advice in A Nutshell Here's the Motley Fools (good) advice in a nutshell - 1.Save money. 2.Avoid taxes. 3.Look out for fees. 4.Dont try to beat the market, since you probably cant. Some More Good Advice Here's some ...

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: This is a hard one. hmmm, it's funny read for fiction lovers and republicans.
Cons: If you value your money, don't get deceived, go somewhere else. 

The article titles by these guys are over exaggerated and often blown out of proportion. The content tends to be very Republican oriented or Extreme Rightist opinionated to attract certain type of audience. They are too much racially focused as ...