Subject: Re: screeners
I had StockScreener123 for a long time, backtested with data back to 1999. Which was as far back as they had survivorship-biasfree data. Really, just barely far enough back to be worthwhile. I think it was $15/mo.

Then they folded SS123 and merged us existing SS123 customers into Porfolio123 for $25/mo but with the same full 1999+ data.

I never wanted nor used the full Porfolio123 features, just wanted the screener capability. Yeah, my portfolio was more than $200K. Eventually decided that $25/mo was too expensive, so I dropped it.

$25/mo for 5 years of data is stupid. 5 years is not enough to be meaningful or useful.

I get that having good survivorship-biasfree data is expensive for them to maintain, but it just wasn't worth $25/mo. A real-time screener is handy, but without the ability to run a 15-20 year backtest it is rather useless.
Certainly (arguably) not worth $84/mo for only 10 years, or $1500/yr. What??? "$125/mo 15yr backtests"

The big feature they touted with P123 was being able to piggy-back on portfolios that other users created. For an additional fee. Totally black-box portfolio, you not see what the screener/portfolio was, just the current picks.
Heck, you can get black-box portfolios all over the internet for free. Reddit, youtube, TMF, Jim Kramer, shrewdm. ... Why would you pay?


To me the question becomes how large is your portfolio and how much do you believe their tools will increase your return?

I have virtually ZERO confidence that their tools will increase one's return better than screens that Jim has mentioned here and on TMF (r.i.p.)

Ahhhhhh, looking at their site they are being cute about the pricing. They do NOT list the prices & features unless you create an account and log in. They just say "From $25/mo" Yeah, no thanks.