We’ve written about the “next Cisco” before — last time, it was DivX and it was being teased by Brian Hicks … not terribly successful, so far. This time, however, we’re looking at another older teaser that’s made the rounds many times — I’ve seen it going back to at least March. And since this […]
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“BDCs: Private Lending, Secret to 16% Gains”
These things tend to run in cycles — here we are with yet another Motley Fool teaser, after chatting up rule makers yesterday. Today, it’s the Motley Fool Income Investor newsletter that’s being teased, by editor James Early … and it’s still on sale, for $119, for what that’s worth (“normally” $199, though it was […]
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This one’s a little bit different, since the Motley Fool is selling not a subscription necessarily, but a special report called “The NEW Rule Makers: 5 Power Stocks You’ll Never Want to Sell.” Rule Makers is an old term from the Motley Fool lexicon, they’re the ideal evolution from the “Rule Breakers” that Dave Gardner […]
1 Comment Read More“Drilling Down, Part Two”
OK, so last time we were together I was talking about Elliott Gue’s four bargain oil drilling stocks, teased in an email late last week. If you’re just catching up with us now, that post is available here. For the rest of you, let’s move right along and look at the other two companies teased […]
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This one comes in from Elliott Gue at the Energy Strategist … he’s got four bargains for you to buy, though of course he’d first like to see a $399 subscription payment. And hey, if you’re looking for a newsletter about energy stocks maybe that’s fine for you. From the two teasers I’ve seen from […]
1 Comment Read More“Phipps Stock Market — a Miracle of Wall Street”
Apologies for those who were unable to get in to the site this morning — some technical problems with my host really messed things up. I hope to be able to fix it soon so that doesn’t happen again. Anyway, on with the work at hand: This teaser has been circulating for a few months, […]
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That’s the mysterious tagline of a recent email I got from the S&A Gold Report from Matt Badiali. He’s teasing us with the name of his favorite commodity penny stock, all we have to do is start a subscription for $99 … … or, read on, and listen to your friendly neighborhood Gumshoe for free. […]
10 Comments Read More“Recession-Proof Swiss Medical Company”
Here we have another email ad for the Skousen Hedge Fund Trader, which has steered us toward both good and bad ideas lately (at least, good or bad if we’re looking at short term performance — which isn’t necessarily what Skousen is aiming for). This one sounds pretty appealing when we have markets moving like […]
1 Comment Read MoreThe Week of Our Discontent
Well, how’s everyone doin’ out there? That week was so ugly you would have thought the Gumshoe was on vacation again (that’s usually when the market decides to give me a wedgie). But no, I was here, at my trusty keyboard, watching the bloodbath (and recovery, and more bloodbath, etc.) I think this volatility is […]
4 Comments Read More“Like Buying Standard Oil at its Birth”
If you want to get my goat, just start your teaser, “If you could own but one stock for the rest of your life, this would be it!” Come on people, something a little more original, please! Well, this fella is selling his service by essentially promising that this stock will turn you into a […]
2 Comments Read More“Like Dell in 1990 … Now is the Time to Get in”
I’m finding that sleuthing out stock picks is a healthy way to indulge in my stock market addiction on days like this, when I would otherwise be throwing money at what look to me like serious bargains, only to watch them fall a further 10 or 20% in the minutes following my purchase. So in […]
11 Comments Read More“The Secret Real Estate Rocket”
When the Motley Fool Hidden Gems newsletter sends out a teaser email, I always pay attention — not only because I was a subscriber to that service a few years ago and generally liked the newsletter, but because it has recently ranked as the best newsletter in the country, according to Hulbert … and that’s […]
1 Comment Read MoreNavellier’s “Earth Movers and Cargo Gods”
Just a quick note on a few companies Navellier is teasing in an email I got over the weekend — the email is a speedy reaction to the Minnesota bridge collapse, which is a little ghoulish but certainly not something that Navellier is alone in doing. Lots of folks urging investments in infrastructure plays to […]
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This pick comes in from one of my favorite readers, a loyal Stock Gumshoe Irregular who calls himself “Streetsifter” — he’s submitted solutions to a few teasers in the past that have been spot-on, and this one appears no different. The following is mostly his words: An Ann Sosnowksi pick (Lynas) still holds the top […]
3 Comments Read More“Part D Compensation — 550% gains, nine years of monthly checks”
This one comes in from Stansberry and Associates, as an ad for Porter Stansberry’s Investment Advisory — if you subscribe, they’ll send you the special report: “Part D Compensation”— Monthly Checks for the Next 9 Years. Now, Stansberry and his folks love to come up with new terms and phrases to describe the investment strategies […]
1 Comment Read More“World’s Greatest Growth Stock”
This is one I’m surprised I never got around to doing before — but I just had it sent to me again, and I know I’ve been seeing it fairly consistently since mid-May or so, so I might as well give it a quick writeup here. It was actually teased in the same ad as […]
6 Comments Read MoreAnd the Oscar for Worst Timing from a Newsletter Goes to …
As we endure the subprime contagion and all that appears to imply — snakes raining from the heavens, baffled bankers panhandling on the streets with signs saying “will mark to model for food,” and the decline of all stock markets everywhere forever and ever, it’s interesting (though perhaps cruel) to note the newsletter advisers who […]
4 Comments Read More“Wealth Care — The Next da Vinci”
This one comes in promising to find us the “next Intuitive Surgical” — and as an ISRG shareholder sitting on 100%+ gains, that really strikes a chord with me. Sounds like it’s worth a sleuthing moment or two. Intuitive Surgical, for those who don’t know, is the company that makes and sells the da Vinci, […]
4 Comments Read More“Tier Two Cities: Unstoppable Growth”
This teaser email comes in from Bill Mann at Motley Fool Global Gains … and as with all such reports from the Fool, this one is a bit like reading Tolstoy, by the time you get to the end you can’t quite remember why you started. But even though his missives are long-winded, Mann has […]
4 Comments Read More“Number One Tier Two Monster”
So if you’re reading this one first, you missed out on the explanation … if you want the full story (and another lovely Gumshoe read) start with my other writeup that feeds from this same email ad, for Bill Mann’s Global Gains service over at the Motley Fool. This is the second teased stock from […]
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