This service gives you a chance to evaluate the market though the research and analysis of Kirk and his team. In reading the articles and listening to the webcasts you have a chance to develop a strategy and educate yourself on how to better maintain and grow your portfolio in varying markets. Being able to have direct input from Kirk on ideas and stock picks makes for more balanced decision making leading to better portfolio management.

I like the in depth analysis performed on companies and industries that are highlighted. There is a focus on the future and evaluating evolving trends; how those trends affect companies and industries highlighted. Also reviews the Intrinsic value; discount & buy zones of companies in a slow growth forever lens. Kirk also updates “very Short” watchlists and model portfolio’s for your risk tolerance. If those things interest you, sign up.

Kirk is a hard working, honest guy, a straight shooter who backs up his analysis with huge depth of understanding from his many sources…..and he’s not afraid to admit he’s wrong. He is one of the very few investing pros that I have trusted over my 40yrs of investing. I put him up there with my Top5 thought leaders – the truth is “No One KNOWS” for sure, but Kirk really can help you watch out for danger signs as well as opportunities. I plan to renew many times and am considering BlueMound for asset management.

The Fundamental Trends website is my classroom. I’ve just re-upped my subscription for a third year and I plan on being a lifelong member. It’s the only service that I use and it’s paid for itself many times over. I’ve always been a better saver than an investor, but Kirk is changing that. I’ve learned two priceless lessons 1) how to pick disruptive investments at value prices; and 2) why it’s important to manage risk through asset allocation. His weekly lectures in Friday’s Webinar are a class I never cut. Thank you, “Professor” Kirk.

I remember first being drawn to Fundamental Trends when I read the Getting Started documents and thought “This guy thinks a lot like me.” Kirk is opinionated, rational, outspoken and maybe even a little brash, but he makes a lot of sense. I like the way Kirk has a long-term focus (“secular trends”) and in the years that I have been following him I sometimes feel like he’s looking at the same horizon as the rest of us but has a pair of binoculars because he can see beyond. I enjoy his candor, appreciate his insight, and look forward each call.