Motley Fool Message Boards

Pros: great for everyone
Cons: most people associate Motley Fool as just another stock place.

When I first visited TheFool.com I thought it was just another place to talk and learn about stocks. I found the board of the stock I own and started reading. After visiting Motley Fool regularly, I began exploring the rest of the site. Since I...

Pros: Lots of good, free, financial advice
Cons: similar politics to epinions.com; a few ads here and there

I discovered the Motley Fool site last June, after hearing their radio show a couple of weeks in a row. Over the next several months, I kept finding more and more at the site that piqued my interest.

First was the message boards. A message...

Pros: Inexpensive, money saving, money making advice
Cons: sometimes it gets too busy

The main reason I have selected The Motley Fool for a review is because I have learned a lot since becoming a Fool a bit over a year ago. That is not because I'm a newby investor--I've owned stocks since 1942, and made sure my 5 kids owned stocks too....

Pros: Friendly, informative
Cons: -

I’ve been following the Motley Fool for several years now. I first came across them on AOL back in 1994; I wasn’t a financial genius by any stretch of the imagination. I was pretty ignorant actually. But there was an excitement about the Motley Fool...

Pros: Many useful ideas and a lot of helpful people
Cons: So much content you can get lost within the site

I joined the Motley Fool to find out more about how to get out of credit card debt, living at my means, and how to invest wisely. Boy, did I learn a lot!

I am a frequent viewer to the Living Below Your Means and the Credit Card message...

Pros: A Message board for everyone
Cons: High volume on some boards makes it difficult to keep up.

I have been reading and posting to message boards on various web-sites for several years, and I enjoy the Motley Fool message boards the most by far. Although it is not the PERFECT community, I have seen very little flaming and rudeness in the 10 months...

Pros: Great advice from people who have already been through what you have... and worse!
Cons: Some boards are high traffic and can be a little daunting to sort through

I found the Fool in September of 2000. My boss had just given me stock options, and I had been encouraged into enrolling into the company 401(k) by one of my co-workers. Here I was, 23, with no idea of what to do with EITHER of these things. My parents...

Pros: great beginner info
Cons: very little activity on message boards

The Motley Fool (which I mistakenly thought was some kind of a takeoff on Motley Crue) is a fantastic website to learn the basics of investing. It is the only site that can explain how stocks work, how to buy them, and how to know what to buy in plain...

Pros: the PEOPLE! and ability to learn darn near anything you want to know
Cons: annual fee, sometimes slow load time

I've been on TMF for a couple of years now. I've found that you can learn just about anything, from buying stocks to paying down student loans, to picking a good credit card. My membership has cost little and saved me a lot of money; it has also led to...

Pros: Great advice
Cons: Too much data

I have been a fan of the Fool's message boards for some time. They earn points on several fronts, if you're looking for some expert advice, check 'em out, looking for some entertainment, well, they're about as interesting as finance can be!
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