American Association of Individual Investors?

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Laurencita
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American Association of Individual Investors?

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I have continued to be marketed by this association for membership.

Do any of you belong? Are they valuable in any way? Thank you.
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I belonged to the National Association of Investment Clubs for a few years. Never was in an investment club but I went to a few of their events and with the membership fees came a subscription to their magazine. Pretty much, they teach you how to pick stocks and run a portfolio. It is very similar to the AAII. It might be fun but stock picking isn't a Boglehead thing.
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I had a membership for a couple of years, about 20 years ago. At the time they had some interesting tools and publications for stock picking. But since I don’t pick individual stocks anymore, I haven’t kept track of what they’re up to anymore. Most of what they had back then is available for free in some form on the internet now, but I don’t know how their offerings have changed since then.
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Many years ago when I had interest in stocks, but no money, they had some pretty nice stock screeners.

Now I have money, but no interest in screening stocks.

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I got a lifetime membership about 20 years ago.I think it was a couple hundred dollars at the time. I found it worth it for the monthly publication. There have been articles by Larry Swedroe, Paul Merriman, and other Boglehead-friendly authors as well as others with different philosophies/points of views. Also once a year there is a tax guide that is helpful. The monthly publication is now online instead of sent out. The local chapters have meetings with guest speakers; I went to one that featured Christine Benz last year. To me it is worth it.
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boomergeneration wrote: Sun Aug 01, 2021 6:08 pm I got a lifetime membership about 20 years ago.I think it was a couple hundred dollars at the time. I found it worth it for the monthly publication. There have been articles by Larry Swedroe, Paul Merriman, and other Boglehead-friendly authors as well as others with different philosophies/points of views. Also once a year there is a tax guide that is helpful. The monthly publication is now online instead of sent out. The local chapters have meetings with guest speakers; I went to one that featured Christine Benz last year. To me it is worth it.
Yup. Got my lifetime membership for $345 40 years ago. $8.63/yr ... at that rate one article a year is worth it. One good tax tip a year and it's saved me much more than that over the years.

A big no on the individual stock screen marketing, but that's what the spam button is for :wink:
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