feynmanresearch Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 Got an offer in the mail today($52 for 52 weeks) to subscribe to their magazine. Just wanted to share this opportunity with you all,as I think it is very reasonable given the quality of Barron's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurgis Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 I'm getting it for my and relatives' crappy miles (that won't be used otherwise). But, yeah, that's probably not a bad offer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
innerscorecard Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 It's not a bad offer at all. Few magazines are as reliable of a contrarian indicator. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meiroy Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 It's not a bad offer at all. Few magazines are as reliable of a contrarian indicator. ahah. I routinely get free subscription offers. Checked their site once and just couldn't get myself to look at it again, it's such a horrible design. Reuters is one of the best sources of news and information out there, many times better than any paid subscriptions. It has great twitters and RSS feeds, all free. Most importantly, it is quite objective, just delivering the news compared to WSJ, Bloomberg etc. that frequently have some sort of an agenda. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurgis Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 It's not a bad offer at all. Few magazines are as reliable of a contrarian indicator. I've heard this quip multiple times and I think it's hogwash. Supporting evidence please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCG Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 I used to subscribe to Barrons (for several years), and they seemed to be wrong a lot more than they were/are right. Correct me if I'm wrong, but Barrons (at least for the most part) doesn't have their own analysts. A majority of their articles are opinions of many different fund managers. In that sense, it's not much different than trusting opinions of all the talking heads on places like CNBC and Seeking Alpha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurgis Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 I used to subscribe to Barrons (for several years), and they seemed to be wrong a lot more than they were/are right. That's not evidence. Correct me if I'm wrong, but Barrons (at least for the most part) doesn't have their own analysts. A majority of their articles are opinions of many different fund managers. In that sense, it's not much different than trusting opinions of all the talking heads on places like CNBC and Seeking Alpha. I don't watch CNBC, so no comment. Seeking Alpha has a lot of crap, has some good analysis. Barron's publishes interviews with fund managers. It also has columns by its journalists about stocks. They do annual performance review. Unfortunately it's per-column and not really scientific, I admit that. Barron's has been subject to PE creep: in 2011 they recommended buys at 10-12x current earnings, while now they recommend buys at 15-18x future earnings. But this is something pretty much everyone is guilty of with the market runup. OK, I'll bite the bullet and say that Barron's is right more than CoBF forums. :) Now this should enliven the discussion. :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCG Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 I used to subscribe to Barrons (for several years), and they seemed to be wrong a lot more than they were/are right. That's not evidence. Go to Barrons.com. Scroll down to the 'Barrons Picks & Pans section'. Watch this over an extended period of time to see how often they are wrong/right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurgis Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 I used to subscribe to Barrons (for several years), and they seemed to be wrong a lot more than they were/are right. That's not evidence. Go to Barrons.com. Scroll down to the 'Barrons Picks & Pans section'. Watch this over an extended period of time to see how often they are wrong. I read Barron's. I know what they pick and pan. What you are saying is still not an evidence. Have fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCG Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 well, I don't know of anyone who's tracked all their results over an extended period of time. Barrons certainly does have some good info as well. It's of course up to everyone to sort through all the opinions in their articles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurgis Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 Right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fareastwarriors Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 Barron’s 2016 Roundtable, Part 1: A World of Opportunities Our nine investment pros see lots of cheap stocks, but little chance that the market will rally sharply in 2016. Why global growth is challenged, rates will stay low, and India could prosper. http://www.barrons.com/articles/barrons-2015-roundtable-part-1-a-world-of-opportunities-1452927095 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now