GreenDot Stocks Is Now Free

As of today (right now), GreenDot Stocks has been converted from a paid subscription site to a fully open website. All content, reviews, and open stock positions are freely available for all to see. There is no need to login anymore to access paywalled content.

If you had a paid subscription, you probably noticed a cancellation email. You will no longer be charged for access to the site, and all open subscriptions have been canceled. Thanks for being a subscriber up to now!

So, the obvious question is... why open it up?

From the beginning, GreenDot Stocks was my best combination of growth, value, and mechanical investing strategies that I'd looked at over 25 years of individual stock investing. It has always been my "notebook" of sorts. Every single stock in the Buy List and Hold List, I own personally. If I do well at picking stocks, it benefits me (and hopefully you) by owning shares. If I suck at it, then you can bet my portfolio suffers as well.

I write about stocks because I love researching stocks and investing in them. What I don't love is running a business and the obligations that come along with that.

So, making GreenDot Stocks freely available allows me to double down on the first and get rid of the second.

What does this mean for the site?

For now, not much. I fully intend to continue researching stocks in the Green Screens, highlighting the very best ones to consider (for myself AND for you), posting "buy" recommendations when the price is right, and regularly revisiting previously "bought" stocks. The way the service was working won't change at all. Now you just don't have to pay to see it.

For the future, who knows? I've been writing about stocks for a long time now, and continue to enjoy it. GreenDot Stocks will be my outlet for now. That may change in the future, or it may not. I don't really care about financial compensation for research I would be doing anyway, and this is a nice way to organize it. I'm really happy with the site's construction right now, after several attempts prior.

And so far, this format is working pretty well. Of the 12 active picks, all but 1 has delivered positive returns, and 8 of the 12 are beating the S&P 500. At large, this group has returned 26.9% on average in 8 months, and the average pick is beating the market by 17.1%. It's going to be pretty hard to maintain that long term, but it's hard not to be pleased with the performance so far.

I hope you will continue to get value out of the site! Check out the updated Help page for more information. Enjoy!

Best,

Steve