Is The Motley Fool a scam or a legit company?

asked by Laura C. on 6/6/19

12 Answers
Thumbnail of user pierreandred

Kind of a scam: impossible to cancel auto-renew subscription from their website and impossible to contact member support, been trying HARD for 15 days...

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Thumbnail of user jeffreys1580

They're a paid subscription to essentially clickbait. So, a scam that they've been running for years.

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Thumbnail of user anthonyv197

Legit company that scams for more money by promissing the next BIG opportunity, IF you pay more.

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Thumbnail of user roberts2040

The Motley Fool is a legit company created to help individual investors understand investing basics and provide them with investing ideas. They encourage investors who are willing to spend the time researching companies to be long term holders of a diverse portfolio. They very clearly identify that most of an investor's gains will be driven by a small number of the stocks in their portfolio and that a large number of your picks may lose to the market (some might be outright losers). The Fool teaches the process for identifying the publicly traded companies that might have a higher probability of beating the market over 3 to 5 years or more.

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Thumbnail of user xy15

Basially a scam, since their recommendation do not really work. It's like if you randomly picking stocks, you would come up with about the same result.

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Thumbnail of user jps41

Complete scam, I have lost thousands of dollars buying their recommendations in the exact method they detail on their website. Stay away. They won't even give refunds. I feel like my money was stolen from me.

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Thumbnail of user john.acuna.125

They just want your membership. Don't do it. I wasted 2 years of my life and half my account with them.

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Thumbnail of user bjessep9669

Motlet fool us a pump and dump scheme, nothing more. They hype a couple stocks until novice investors raise tue stock price, and then motley fool reps sell their investments at a profit, bring the price down for suckers who took their advice. Maybe every couple hundred pucks they recommend might do ok, and thats all they talk about. Vultures is what they are.

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Thumbnail of user johnc4845

Legit! I've been aware of them for about 21 years and have subscribed (pay service) for 4 years with phenomenal results. I've looked at their recs going back to '04, and in a word, wow! They've had some really big returning stocks, but even their ones that are out of this world give considerably better returns than the S&P500 on average. They don't all hit, but more do than don't by a fair margin. Add in a few big hitters and you've got a recipe for success.

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Thumbnail of user dannyp159

It is legit, have been using for couple of years now, so far I am happy with the outcome

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Thumbnail of user emanueleb7

The Motley Fool is legit and they have been around for a long time.

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Thumbnail of user michaels3075

Motley Fool is definitely legit -- great source of information and inspiration.

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