Glen J.

I just renewed my membership for the 2nd time. As a small business owner I don't have time to research stocks. Since I started investing in individual stocks all of the stocks I have purchased, with the exception of 1, have been Fool recommendations. Over any given period my portfolio is out performing the S&P 500 by about 11% points... if the S&P is up 4%, then over the same period my portfolio is up about 15%. One thing I did before ever becoming a member was listen to over a years worth of the Rule Breaker podcast by David Gardner. I learned a lot about the Fool philosophy before becoming a member. One of the most important things I learned was get to 12 to 15 stocks as quickly as you can. I did this over a period of about 6 months. In reading some negative reviews, it looks like a lot of negative experiences are the result of someone buying one or two stocks and seeing one or both immediately drop by a lot. I have a couple of those, but I also have 3 that are up between 100% and 300% in less than 2 years. My single biggest gainer is up by more than all of my losers combined. Here's my point, if you buy in and use the service like David Gardner teaches on the Rule breaker pod cast you will outperform the S&P 500. Also, I should point out I am a stock adviser subscriber rather than a rule breaker subscriber.