i've only subscribed to intelligent investor on-line for the last 12 months but have been very happy with them. it's about $580 per year, which may be too much for some, but i feel it's reasonable.
nobody gets it right all the time (or even most of the time around the gfc!) but i have found their research and recommendations much better than the awarded macquarie bank "inner circle" research/reccos (or at least over the last year).
you may have had a bad run with inteliigent investor (possibly around the time of the gfc?).
their the mining analyst, gaurav sodhi (who only started with intelligent inv. about 6 months ago), recommended 3 gold stocks in april (CAH, IGR & SLR). i invested heavily in each and, needless to day, have been very happy in the results to date - IGR is up 125%, SLR is up 100% and CAH is up 40%).
interestingly CAH has underperformed many small/mid cap gold stocks since april (if you can call +40% an underperformance!). sodhi released reviews of CAH and IGR this week - of the 3 stocks he now only has a buy recco. on CAH (his IGR recco was just downgraded to "take part profits" and his SLR recco. has been hold for a while).
i ignored his "take part profits" recco. for IGR (as i think the IGR story still has a long way to unfold) but i topped up with CAH yesterday at 2.05 as i believe it is due for a catch-up with other aussie goldies.
as always DYOR ...
k
CAH Price at posting:
$2.14 Sentiment: LT Buy Disclosure: Held