Read Blogs For Investment Ideas- Then Do Research
Written by: Aaron Katsman | January 3, 2008
Aaron Katsman
www.IsraelNewsletter.com
With the investing public inundated with information from all sides about hot stocks to buy, the question for an investor is should investments be bought sight unseen or not? In my view, the point of a blog, aside from giving me a much needed platform to run my virtual mouth, is to present investors with investment ideas. There are thousands of stocks out there, and the vast majority of the investing public is unaware that they exist. A good blog should be able to present those companies to readers in a concise format, and then it’s up to the reader to kick the tires and see if the investment makes sense as part of the overall portfolio.
The IOI blog is not about recommending stocks. If you want stock picks, sign up to our subscrition newsletter. The blog is about uncovering small Israeli companies that trade in the U.S., of which outside of TEVA Pharmaceuticals(TEVA) and Checkpoint(CHKP), most investors have never heard of.
You are probably asking yourself right about now: why am I writing about this? The reason is that a small newsletter actually took information from our blog, and without ever calling us and asking us what the theory was behind our post, went ahead and recommended the stock to their subscribers, and then had the gall to insult us. If an investor should take the time to research investments, shouldn’t an investment newsletter take the time before issuing a recommendation on a stock they know nothing about? What is important is if you read this blog, or watch CNBC, that you don’t hear about a stock and then immediately enter a trade. Do some homework, check out other research and only then pull the trigger.
Disclosure: Author’s fund holds a position in TEVA and CHKP. He has no position in any other stock mentioned as of 1/3/08.
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Aaron Katsman is Managing Editor of the Israel Opportunity Investor newsletter. He is lead portfolio manager for the Israel Growth Portfolio and Managing Director of America Israel Investment Associates, LLC. For more information, go to www.israelnewsletter.com or call 1-888-327-6179, or email aaron@profile-financial.com.
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