Investment Alert

Once the gold has been discovered, it doesn’t take long for the word to spread and the investors to come a running. That’s an example of an old fashioned type of investment alert. In some quarters it is known a good tip. Of course whether it turns out to be good only time will tell but it’s the old story – if you don’t know about it, you can’t invest about it.

But moving forward to the modern era and to the huge variety of investment opportunities which are available every day we come to the following situations. You may have plenty of money and want to play the stock market. Or you may be a cautious investor keen to get a good return for your capital. Whoever you are the key to a successful investment is the alert. Being told that something is ‘hot’ means you get a jump on the others and can make an investment in time for the financial gains it hopefully will bring.

But who gives the alert?

That’s a very good question. And remember getting an investment alert is one thing, getting a tip which is sound and profitable is completely another. There is no value in getting an alert if the investment turns sour. Being early doesn’t mean you will do well.

Stock brokers and financial advisers are at the forefront of new investment opportunities. There are companies and individuals all offering alerts for investment but at a price. There are newsletters to which you subscribe because the creator of the newsletter has contacts in the investment world. They hear of an opportunity and then send that information to their subscribers.

Do they work? Well there are many investment advisers who operate in this way charging a few hundred dollars a year for their publications. If their advice is poor it seems likely their subscribers will disappear as fast as did their recommended investments.

What’s a good alert?

Well it is obviously any tip which comes early and turns up trumps financially. But again we come to the matters of trust and experience. To give yourself the best chance of success consider the source of the alerts in terms of their

• experience and
• past record

A financial advisor who has been operating for many years is more likely to provide good alerts because the advisors will have experience and contacts. And if they can point to a consistent record of successful alerts over a number of years, again this will indicate they could be the best source for your future investments.

Figures don’t lie and while it is easy to check returns over the years from any number of stock exchange listed investments, any advisor listing their alerts going back in time can easily be assessed in terms of accuracy.

Is it beneficial to get investment alerts? With the right type of advice and advisor it most definitely is beneficial. Take your time in finding a newsletter to subscribe to going not just on the verifiable claims in the newsletter but from other investors and financial institution recommendations.