Thanks for Feedback

Thanks for feedback on the subscription idea thus far

Received an avalanche of emails so I can not respond to them all, but was nice to see a lot of faces (virtual) - I think 80% of emails I had never heard from before. No consensus on anything with so many opinions but what is interesting is to hear how differently people use the website - complete night and day based on each person.

For the short term the "tip jar" idea is a good one - I'll look to put one up by next week; then good hearted souls can contribute that way. What I will say is if there is a subscription model down the road, I will offset any "donation" to tip jar and put it towards subscription if that route is chosen.

I am still up in the air on direction - there are pros and cons to any change so weighing things out. Still gathering intelligence so feel free to continue to send me emails or comments to yesterday's posts. I got so many responses I will need to sit down this weekend and really read through them - only about 50% through what I got last night.

I would also like to in the next few weeks find a way to do a survey of investor experience, type of investor, your typical holdings (I only own mutual funds, I hate mutual funds and only own stocks etc) and how you use the site (for macro economics, for stock market daily updates, for stock selections) etc. It would help me figure out who dominates the audience.

Again thanks for all the responses; love to hear the feedback from everyone.