Is The Motley Fool subscription worth the price?

No, their inducting 'fool's school' steps were excellent for beginners

their own mutual funds however mostly underperformed, tsssss ....

Hi there,

Just to add on to Leonard's point, I feel that as someone who is new to investing, it is not advisable to spend on subscriptions to these sources - primarily because there is so many fundamentals about investing that one needs to learn before actually learning what stocks to buy (based on these subscriptions' recommendations).

Moreover, there are a multitude of free articles (not everything) online like SeekingAlpha, MarketWatch, Zacks that you can exploit instead of commiting to paying for one.

Other ways in which you can supplement your knowledge would be to read news sources such as MorningStar, CNBC and even listen to Bloomberg Radio.