The Three Online Financial Advisors I Actually Pay For — And Why

If you’ve spent any time trying to figure out how to grow real wealth outside of a Bay Street mutual fund, you’ve probably stumbled across the world of online financial advisors and independent financial research. Newsletter guys. Paid advisors. Contrarian investors who write multi-thousand-word breakdowns of junior mining stocks and macro geopolitics from their homes in Argentina and Vancouver.

There’s a lot of noise in that world. A lot of hype. And honestly, a lot of outright garbage.

But over the years, I’ve found three online financial advisors who I think are the real deal — worth your attention and worth the subscription cost. I pay for all three. I read all three. And I’ve learned a lot from all three.

This isn’t a puff piece. I’m going to tell you who they are, what they’re good at, what they produce, and who each one is best suited for. Think of it as my honest take after years of reading the newsletter space.

Let’s get into it.