Newsletter Writers

I receive a bunch of e-mails but among them are some 'free' newsletters I receive from a variety of analysts and so-called 'gurus'. I subscribe to these free newsletters to gauge sentiment and as of late I've been getting many "I-told-you-so-type" e-mails.

Here's an example (name and website have been been omitted):

Dear Subscriber,

It has been a while since those of you on our complimentary list have heard from us. Mid June to be exact. However, much has happened since then. I was recently a speaker at Freedom Fest in Las Vegas.

In addition, our market calls have been bang on. We predicted that the market would break its highs of June and not breakdown like so many bears said it would, which what happened.

I put together a Three Part Mini Series on my views on the markets while in Las Vegas. To listen to Part One which deals with Gold Stocks Click HERE.

In addition, in a June XX Interview on Howestreet.com I predicted Gold stocks would rally short term and after a pullback the market would breakout. Please click HERE to listen to these predictions.

On July XX, 2009 I did another interview on Howestreet.com. In it I talk about the outlook for the stock market and gold markets Click HERE to listen.

In addition, I Did a interview on the Financial Tube on July XX, 2009 where I again talk about the gold market and stock market. Click HERE to Listen to It.

I am going to have a special report on the markets next week for your reading pleasure which discusses my current views in more detail.

Please click on these links to listen to these interviews or go to (website url) to view them.

Finally, as promised I am not doing promotions any longer. However, I still have a special offer. I am offering the readers of this free list a subscription for $349 dollars for a 50% discount to my newsletter.

If you are interested please Click HERE to find out more and we hope that you consider (Company) in your investment future.

So let me get this straight.

You just e-mailed me to brag about your calls and now you want me to subscribe to your "I'm not doing any promotions" newsletter. Right, gotcha.

This whole game of newsletter writing is an absolute joke. Yet some of these guys are making 100s of thousands of dollars writing this crap, EVEN IF THEIR CALLS ARE WRONG.

I could probably start ranting about how sick to death I am of the boastful culture we've nurtured in North America but I'll leave that for another day.

My observations from a sentiment standpoint:

• Barney Frank taking credit for the 'recovery'
• President Obama taking credit for the 'recovery'
• Newsletter writers galore expressing how 'right' they were for calling a continued rally
• Bank of Canada declaring recession is over
• Newsweek Magazine declaring recession is over

'Nuff said.