The Motley Fool Reviews Summary
The Motley Fool has a rating of 2 stars from 334 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers dissatisfied with The Motley Fool most frequently mention customer service, stock recommendations and credit card. The Motley Fool ranks 7th among Stock Research sites.
Keep in mind they give you stocks with a high likelihood of success in the long term taken as a collection of 25 or more. A different issue is whether you are investing more than you can afford and start becoming stressed out if a particular stock drops 50% over a short period of time. A different issue is whether you want to invest in a stock that hasn't been consistently bullish over a 5 day period, and prefer to be a momentum chaser.
Sure they have a few winners but the majority of what they recommend is garbage. The recommended "Best Buy now" stocks are peak and if you buy at this time, you are guaranteed to lose 10-20-50%. Ask me how I know. If I didnt sell options on this crap they recommend, id be so far underwater. Stay away.
Its actually a good short sellers guide. Short whatever their Best Buy now is and you'll make some money.
I started doing this and I'm up 10% on shorting their recommendations. They are FOS
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Upgraded my premium previously and the old one was not given a refund. Emailed them but no response. Additionally, all stock recommendations are losing money.
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I've written a previous review on this company, which in my opinion is a complete SCAM operation. How they get away with their bad reputation is beyond me.
I signed up for their $99.00 membership in March of 2021. Immediately, they began a deluge of emails recommending other levels of "membership" to their service... all of which, of course, were for more money (at instant discounts, of course). They are like snake-oil salesmen... charlatans.
I've lost about 30 to 35 percent of my retirement accounts b/c of these scammers.
PINS: bought at $80.59... now $34.40,
SKLZ: bought at $28.27... sold at $19.63 (currently: $6.39),
APPN: bought at $151.56... sold at $72.11 (currently: $58.03)
FVRR: bought at $216.57 (avg)... sold at $224.28 (a WINNER!), currently $93.19 (lucky me!)
FLGT: bought at $104.57... now $81.37
SQ: bought at $254.09... sold at $136.08, now: $148.75... sold too soon... should have kept another 5 yrs!
I have a LONG list of their "picks," which I did not buy into and nearly all are LOSERS. LMND, LRCX, NTDOY, PYPL, ZNGA, TTD, and maybe two dozen other "buy now" picks.
Oh, I forgot! Their standard disclaimer is "Buy only with the intention of keeping for 3 to 5 years."
STAY AWAY from these guys unless you want to lose your money and you like being deluged with email solicitation for upgrades to the REALLY, REALLY good stuff.
BTW... to the staff of this website... I can't print my MF rct in anything other than PDF. Why don't you accept a damn PDF? Jesus Christ! I just wasted 45 minutes writing this review!
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There isn't a financial publisher, The Motley Fool included, that can promise that a recommended stock will not encounter market fluctuations. Investments are inherently a risk, and the market will fluctuate. When we recommend a stock in any subscription or strategy, we are doing so with the intention of holding that stock for 5 years, minimum. As long-term investors, we recognize that stock prices will fluctuate. That being said, we won’t always recommend a sell just because the stock price drops. We prefer to hold stocks in companies that we are confident in for the long term.
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Lost so much money with Montley Fool!
Since I started, here is the 10 stocks I invested (5 based on Fool Premium recommendations):
AAPL (+13.19%)
NIO (-6.5%)
FVRR (-29.96%) – Fool Premium recommendation
SKLZ (-42.22%) – Fool Premium recommendation
BTCC-U (+19.24%)
MSFT (+11.97%)
ATVI (-25.36%)– Fool Premium recommendation
BRKB (-2.92%)
DIS (-15.91%)– Fool Premium recommendation
PINS (-49.08%)– Fool Premium recommendation
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I bought 25 stocks recommended by Motley Fool about a year ago, and overall these have declined while the S & P and NASDAC have gained. I would not want any more foolish recommendations if they were free!
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Unfortunately, I'm unable to find any accounts with the information you've provided. There isn't a financial publisher, The Motley Fool included, that can promise that a recommended stock will not encounter market fluctuations. Investments are inherently a risk, and the market will fluctuate. When we recommend a stock in any subscription or strategy, we are doing so with the intention of holding that stock for 5 years, minimum. As long-term investors, we recognize that stock prices will fluctuate. That being said, we won’t always recommend a sell just because the stock price drops. We prefer to hold stocks in companies that we are confident in for the long term. If you have any other questions, need assistance navigating our website, or would like to share additional feedback, please reach out to our Member Services department - we're happy to help! You can reach our representatives via the Help tab on Fool.com or by email - Help@Fool.com
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This site is just a greedy affiliate site who makes positive news about the clients that pay. They have no truth in what they are speaking of. Their articles are done by AI. It repeats itself
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Full of lies and deception
Do not trust them in any ways regarding investment advise or any form of information.
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In 6 months of membership, I have yet to see any value. Rather I receive incessant marketing emails urging me to buy their next expensive and questionable "service". While there is a small and limited amount of stock advice, it is buried under at least 5 more layers of additional attempts to get you to buy more "services" and in the end the advice is no better than you can find on (insert any free stock advisor or broker service here) or even just on YouTube.
Ultimately what I paid for was a constant barrage of email spam since I don't have the time to dig 2 hours each day for that rare useful bit, and I'm not interested in paying large amounts for their next level of useless subscriptions. Worse, many of those emails can't be opted out of without canceling entirely.
This service is a net negative since I could have found better info for free in less time. They will not stand by their own product with a satisfaction guarantee and they refused even a partial or prorated refund at cancellation.
I would never recommend this service, and I won't be fooled by them again. How about you?
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I've been a fool forabout a year, Not impressed at all with their service... If they were ever a good choice for for stock recommendations in the past it's only because they were lucky. Don't waste your money.
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I paid my 99 dollars only to realise that motley fool wanted a further 300 dollars to give me hot share tips to buy. The tips they gave me for my 99 dollars were 300 and 400 dollar shares that had already peaked. Be wary of parting with your money.
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Once you've joined with the basic subscription the vast majority of their emails you self promoting encouraging ytou to spend more money. NTrue recommendations are few and fgar between.
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Motley fool gives some of the best recommendations in investing; it is very educational; with motley fool stock advice, I was able to grow a 6 figure account into an 8 figure account in less than 5 years. I could never ask for more. JA
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Excellent company that lives up to their mission smarter, happier and richer. They have helped me learn, invest, and secure a retirement years earlier than expected. My family appreciates the MF and we have tried to introduce many friends and colleagues to them. Potential to change your financial life. You still have to assess the information and opinions and decide for yourself about each of their recommendations. The MF provide the expertise and coaching but you still have to do your part. https://www.schwab.com/resource-center/insights/content/hidden-costs-managing-your-own-money
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Only been a member for a couple of years and during that time have been very pleased with the returns generated. Problem is now that I am retired and funds have been fully invested, I have a hard time justifying the cost to renew the service when still holding investments for the 5 recommended year period. Would love to see them have a retired subscription service which just lists all the sell recommendations for prior recommended buy positions.
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As a freelancer (arts), i. E. far from rich but at least able to save some amounts of money & otherwise complete idiot when it comes to finances, I didn't want to have just this "dead money".
So I read a book "stocks for dummies" type, looked around the net, found Motley and started with 1500 €, really small amount I wouldn't miss if I lose it. I like Motley's articles: they are down to earth, easy to understand (even for financial ignorants), but still comprehensive enough to get an idea about stock/company etc. During this time I didn't just make suprisingly nice sum out of that original 1500 €. Most important is that I learned a lot - the world of stocks & stock exchange opened to me as something really interesting in itself. At first I bought some stocks, advised by Motley. Later on I also bought some stocks I found and studied about independently. For now most of them are doing just fine. My plan is to hold most of my portfolio for a longer period, but here and there I speculate (a little) - also mostly successful. OK, I made some mistakes and I'm still making them - mainly selling my "speculative" stocks too early, for smaller profit, but nearly never these mistakes are such that I lose a sum worth mentioning. And this is also an important thing I learned from Motley: not to panic every time when some of your stocks slide down or there comes a "crash day" or two.
The only thing I didn't like was too many e-mails, but I settled this in the Settings.
To conclude: Motley Full is a great tool for total beginners - it prevents you to do basic beginners' mistakes or at least as few as possible. Besides it enables you to learn the basics fast and even with great interest.
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We've found that if you ride out the dips, you’ll likely benefit from the long-term wealth-building magic of the market, which is why we are long-term investors at The Motley Fool. If you have any questions regarding your subscription(s), need assistance navigating our website, or would like to share additional feedback, please reach out to our Member Services department - we're happy to help! You can reach our representatives via the Help tab on Fool.com or by email - Help@Fool.com
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I've purchases many of their recommendations and gotten very good returns. Their recommendations beat the S&P by far. All of their recommendations are documented online and you can check on your own.
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I am a 70 year old man retirement minded who is selling 401K Mutual funds to invest in individual stocks. I am using Stock Advisor and Rule Breakers and their website. Videos for investment advice. Motley Fool has some great picks. The stocks tend to be volatile. But I do believe in their philosopy of buyin at least 15 stocks and holding for 5 years or more and holding a cash position. What is lacking is there is little guidance on the sell side. Retired persons must sell to meet minimum distribution requirements or may need to sell down to pay living expense.
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They give you recommendations when stock is on its highest point!
I use Stock Adviser but my friends who have more expensive membership also lost a lot of money based on their recommendations.
They just send you a pile of emails and compliment themselves and how successful they have been.
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There isn't a financial publisher, The Motley Fool included, that can promise that a recommended stock will not encounter market fluctuations. Investments are inherently a risk, and the market will fluctuate. When we recommend a stock in any subscription or strategy, we are doing so with the intention of holding that stock for 5 years, minimum. As long-term investors, we recognize that stock prices will fluctuate. That being said, we won’t always recommend a sell just because the stock price drops. We prefer to hold stocks in companies that we are confident in for the long term.
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No real advice is actually offered. It's a network of clickbait articles to drive traffic to buy their service - which ends up being more clickbait and generic "advice" articles which in turn are clickbait to buy more services from partners. It's not real investment advice. You'd do better reading the free articles that are published by legitimate sources.
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