There are only so many ways that you can say "beware the crowd", "zig when others zag", or "be fearful when others are greedy" before your eyes glaze over. But it's as near to a Law of Finance that we're likely to get, so it does bare repeating. In the latest blog post I dig into this idea a little more which you can read here: http://www.ukvalueinvestor.com/2012/05/when-its-raining-buy-sun-cream.html/ If you do read that post you'll probably notice quite a few changes on the website. I'm currently re-launching the premium newsletter as a members only web site where subscribers can log in and keep track of the latest reports etc that tie in with the UK Value Investor investment framework. There will probably be a free membership option which I'll offer to you first as you've already trusted me with your email. I guess the site will operate in beta for a while but it isn't even up yet so stay tuned and hopefully you'll like what comes out of it. The idea is that members get a regular step-by-step guide to using our investment framework; somewhat like an investment 'newsletter' but more practical than that. It's for people who like to pick their own stocks but don't always want to spend hour after hour reading news or deciphering PE ratios and sales figures. And it would also be of interest to active investors who want another source of research. Members can: - read the regular reports,
- see where the market is,
- make asset allocation decisions taking our active models into account
- check out the 5-star rated shares,
- and then either track the benchmark portfolios or
- use the reports as input into their own investment process
All the while learning something useful at the same time.
If you're intereted and would like some input into what the site eventually does then feel free to reply to this email answering a couple of questions: 1. What's the hardest thing about investing? 2. What's missing from the list above? And finally I've got a ton of articles to write about the framework, much of which I've written before but it's all over the place on the blog. I will be pulling it together into something a little more coherent, on the blog first and then probably as a white paper which you can download, print off and use. And finally finally, I'll be incorporating the company soon so you might see me using terms like 'us', 'we' and 'our' rather than just me, me, me all the time. Just to let you know so that you don't think I've started using the Royal 'we'. Thanks for reading, John Kingham Founder, Editor ukvalueinvestor.com | 
