I believe that the MoneyMap is honest and informative.

But the 1000% gain, $1000 scheme, of the month emails and

articles in the paper are, in my opinion, all written by the

same professional writer. They have a template and just

insert the latest idea in for this month. Plus they are so wordy

that they slow my email downloads to a crawl.

Soltution? Charge me $5.00 more for my subscription

that is just MoneyMap writer’s columns.

Thanks

Although perhaps not germane to the present thread, one persistent problem is with the “teaser” stocks used in marketing yet another newsletter. Over more than a decade, not a single one of those teaser stocks has performed as “advertised”. Not one. And as for track records otherwise, we should all know the self-evident truth that “past performance” cited in marketing does indeed not predict future performance. With some of the options services the track records cited are just artificial, implying as they do that you somehow could sell at the exact top! Know what you want, buy it if you have to, use it responsibly and intelligently. But don’t expect any newsletter marketing outfit to take you by the hand and make you a millionaire, no matter what they promise.

I try to live with it all by treating Agora’s stuff as just another source of information and research, use it responsibly and which at times may be more profitable acting against, than following. But so it is with so many other financial information marketing companies. “Free” information usually is worth exactly what you pay for it. Don’t expect more. The problem is more with services you pay for not delivering as “promised”.

And this plethora of “Inner Circle” “VIP” “Chairman’s Circle”, or whatever exclusive – limited acceptance only – keys to riches, really starts to annoy…not to mention the by now plain ridiculous inventing of new euphemisms e.g for selling options, or buying corporate bonds or whatever.

Given the above what might be construed as cynical criticism I remain a subscriber to several of Agora’s publications, for reasons perhaps implied “between the lines” above. And also because some of the writers produce good reads with valid information, that can be acted upon – albeit in perhaps unintended ways. For the scalpers among us – the “reco bounces” can be lucrative.

But I just love timely shorting of the occasional “856% (or whatever) by next October – guaranteed” teasers. Keep em’ coming, they are so much fun.

May we all have a Happy, Peaceful and Profitable 2009.

You ALL (Agora affiliates) do it and you could ALL save yourselves incredible sums of money in printing and mailing costs by establishing segregated data bases to avoid DUPLICATION!

As an Alliance, Reserve, Lifetime member I get as many as a half dozen copies of the SAME promotion, many of them for services I already get and I am DISGUSTED with the waste and REFUSE to spend another dime with ANY Agora affiliated service until you clean up your act.

In fact, given that my repeated complaints are routinely ignored i am more likely to start CANCELLING some services since there are far more recommendations than I can possibly keep up with or invest in given my losses this past year!