Good recs; too many solicitations to upgrade Generally good recommendations over the years and have learned a lot and done a few % better than the S&P500 over the long haul (~25 years). But there are too many long-winded solicitations to upgrade my subscription.

Double digit returns already! Stock selections range from under $50.00 to $200.00 plus. Already scored a few double-digit returns! A lot of upsell and quite wordy, long, and detailed recommendations for higher-level subscriptions. Agree with the "hold five years" philosophy. Go long.

Motley Fools? Some of the worst advice you can get on investing. As far as I can tell, after losing hundreds of thousands of dollars with them, they are indeed a bunch of individual, scattered, overconfident fools with no peer scrutiny whatsoever. They let individual "fools" write their recommendations, which are pretty much free-wheeling subjective rants to promote individual stocks. If there is a sudden bump up in the price, a top-level Motley Fool might self-congratulate. If there is a 95 percent fall - which is not uncommon, as I can see in my Motley Fool portfolio, you never hear from them. Their self-reported earnings are at best highly dubious. Stay away from them - they are not to be trusted

Great service, room to continue to improve Customer service is excellent. Lead analysts are very good and broad based that is balanced by specific expertise in certain verticals and sectors. Overall quality of analyst perspective especially with the long standing analysts like Jim Gillies, Jason Moser, Ron Gross, Tim Beyers, Matt Frankel, Karl Thiel, Rick Munarriz to name a few is excellent. I like some of the newer analysts in the pipeline as well - Alicia, Kirsten, The Aussie guy - blanking on his name just now.... Love the Motley fool podcasts and also special shout out to Allison and Brokamp - New host has done outstanding job taking over from the prior. Things to improve: - Options service can do better. No ding on Jim Mueller but the service has been lack luster since Jim Gillies and Jeff Fischer left. I did not renew this service this year. - I think some of the calls in the market peak of 2021 and 2022 can be good lesson in hindsight. I think there were several recommendations that rode the eupohria and "irrational exuberance" of the market and it may have been prudent in hindsight to exercise some caution. I recall a few "old" stalwarts like Jason Moser, Bill Mann or Ron Gross did sound notes of caution during this period. Fool me once shame on you, fool me twice.....

Over all good Over all, I'm happy although I lost a lot. It was only because I happened to pick all these losers, such as Lemonade, Redfin, Zillow, and Upstart. What irritates me is the fact that the people who talk about some stocks with so much passion once suddenly disclose that they have sold shares and/or start talking about the same stock in very negative ways... Since I can't watch/read every video/article, every time I encounter this kind of incident, I feel very stupid.