Re: Anyone subscribe to Australian Stock Report?
Before I started trading for real, I took out trials with a few analysis services, including Australian Stock Report. After my trial with ASR ended, they called me to get some feedback and to ask if I'd like to take out a subscription.
I'd never blindly buy what they're recommending, but rather use these types of services to assist in choosing stocks to investigate further, and make up my own mind. It's always comforting to get some consensus on a stock you've chosen to trade in, especially when you're just starting out.
The list price for their daily report is $1,490 and the weekly report $890. When they tried to sell it to me I said that I was happy with most of their recommendations, but I had found other services that offered me similar mileage at considerably lower prices. In the end, I was able to get them down to $890 total for an annual subscription to both the daily and weekly report together...
Another decent report, of which a free three week trial is available, is Huntley's Your Money Weekly and its sister publication Smaller Companies Guide. If you end up subscribing, it's probably not worth getting the posted editions due to the time lag involved in getting them. It's cheaper if you just take the online version; they come as PDF's and you can save/print them if you're like me and can't sit in the smallest room in the house without something interesting to read!
I agree with Pacer with regard to the Eureka Report; I believe it offers excellent value for money, especially if you're also involved in property or a SMSF. I cannot, however, agree with the suggestion that you abuse the offer of a free trial, as I value the effort these professionals go to in providing a quality product. (I'm not having a go at you pacer, I know it was a joke, but would hate for anyone else to read it and think it might be something worth serious consideration.)
Other services I've trialled free, but not taken out subscriptions to are: