"It is indeed sad that they have become the exact thing they mocked in the 1990s" ...quoting Jim.

That's it in a nutshell, imo. I fall back on my common sense theme being important with using TMF in the past, and the changes afoot in the aughts were not hard to see, though maybe hard to accept. I became a vocal critic of the MDP service around 2010 when they strayed from what TMF had built their 'brand' on, LTBH. That simple LTBH advice (and an advertising-only business model) doesn't pay the bills with an ever growing staff and footprint.

Common sense again, it became clear that Tom Engle as TMF1000 on the boards was the only one in the room with logical, consistent and effective methods to invest money. It was pure gold, and most importantly, it works. Anyhow, for others to suggest it was pure luck to pick good stocks from the TMF picks and favorites from back in the day, for good future returns, is ridiculous to me. It was there for the taking, but there was some logical navigation required! Nowadays, I'm completely out of touch with what TMF is doing. I'm just so thankful for TMF1000 back then, like so many others.

conifer