I signed up for the Oxford Club, back in Dec. 06. I work in the oil industry and was reading about nuclear fuel and processing. I don't remember how I got the teaser, I think a friend email it to me, about Uranium. I bought in for the $49 for the "Special Report." I have to say, I am glad I did. It recommended BHP and USU. I got in on USU, since it was much cheaper. When I read the article, it was @ $9 and buy the time I bought it was @ 12. Let me add here, the reason why I waited was, I researched their information. ONLY AFTER qualifying what they were saying was true, I bought.

I got in on 2 other stocks from a friend who got a tip (Rip more like it) PEDG.OB and ADNN.OB. I do not know the newsletter these 2 came from, but I lost my shirt. The sad part is I researched these companies and both looked like they were poised for action, but they were poised the wrong way.

I've subscribed to the Oxford Club for more than 4 years. I pretty much stick to their money allocation and usually buy a stock if it's a first time recommendation for them. I keep track of the stock --- so far this year (as of 6/25/07) I'm up 23+% and that's not including any dividends. I believe the price is fair ----- the newsletters are informative ---- I like their service.

I subscribed to the Oxford Club after checking it out in the Hulbert digest. About once a quarter or so Hulbert runs down the performance of various newsletters. There are also period reports on the newsletter that are followed. The Oxford Club, specifically stock picks by Alex Green, was ranked well. It's amazing the amount of money people pay for lousy advice. The Oxford Club, and others, such as Outstanding Investments, provide good long term stock picks, for a reasonable price.

I will say one thing... Oxford Club has gotten away from one of the major marketing ploys that used to drive me insane. In many of their old promo pieces, they touted their investment director who "walked away from Wall Street, returning his huge bonus"... That's actually only half the truth. Turns out, Alex Green was working for a major Wall Stree wirehouse and writing for the Oxford Club at the same time. He, unfortunately, never let his firm (and their compliance department) know this - a HUGE no no in the field. When his firm found out, they fired him... and made him return half the signing bonus he had been given.

I am currently a subscriber to Oxford Club. Their pitches for the more expensive services also drive me nuts, but their flagship newsletter is a bargain and their stock picking is very good. They give a bi-monthly breakdown of the buy price vs the current price and the gain and they are currently doing very well. I like their service and it's well worth the $79 annual subscription price.

I read some of Oxford clubs free newsletters for a couple years and tried to figure out myself the stocks the were talking about. Sometimes I got them right and sometimes I didn't. But on the whole I thought they were pretty good picks, so I decided to pay the $79 or whatever the fee was to save the time. Also I liked their idea about high dividend stocks for someone who needs cash flow. So far I have no complaints. I've bought a number of the stocks they suggested for dividends and some of the others as well. But as everyone else says, they keep trying to get you to pay more for more advice. It's annoying, but I've also been trying to figure out what the stocks are, without paying. Now I discover this site and it's so cool. I was just trying to find out the slow volcano one which is how I found you. I was not successful, but you got it. They had a recent one about solar roofing I believe. Did anyone see that? I thought it might be oegy. But I'm not sure. In the future I won't be so vague about these things since I know you exist, I'll keep track.

Oxford Club yes - all their additional hypes no.
Wish I had allocated the money I invested using other newsletters in Oxford Club stocks.

Just received a mailing to join the Oxford Club. Says I must join by May 18th to "catch the next wave". Any comments on how it has performed thus far this year?

Thanks..

Paul

Oxford and Agora are both Agora Publishing. I popped for the $5K Reserve member for Agora. While it gave me access to all of the pubs, it also made me frustrated. They don't pay any attention to supply & demand. I have written to them numerous times. The newsletter writers sometimes write back and say they don't care about supply & demand and just go with the story.

The only way I have been able to make money with Agora is to cherry pick their portfolio recos. For example, the options newsletter reco'd a put on one of the strongest railroads on my list! Talk about insane. He is now $6.00 out of the money and time is running out.

Can't say anything about Oxford. I imagine they also go for the story but I can't speak from experience. If someone wants to whisper an Oxford list to me, I'll run the technicals and report the general, (not specific), information to the group. (Don't want to break the law or be unethical).

Finally, the Volcano energy play is indeed geothermal energy. While it sounds sexy, it is both capital intensive and the caustic steam creates huge maint. problems with pipes, pumps, turbines, and wastewater. Sure, you can put the condensed steam back into the ground to produce more steam - at a cost. Look at where some of the geothermal is located - in the middle of nowhere. Hi volt lines must be strung - again at what cost?