Barron’s had a feature article today on Markel Corp., essentially saying what the Motley Fool teaser emails have been saying for years: that this is a potential successor to Berkshire Hathaway as the next great insurance stock. We’ve seen dozens of stocks touted as the “next Berkshire Hathaway,” of course, but this one has been […]
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Woman With Westport
I meant to commend an article to you a few days ago … and I forgot. So here it is. Longtime Gumshoe reader WomanWithPortfolio wrote a good piece on a company that I also own shares of, Westport Innovations, and that was brought to my attention originally by a teaser ad for the Alternative Energy […]
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Eddie Lampert has to come up with new apologies every quarter, it seems. Sears Holdings, which I wrote extensively about when the Motley Fool was teasing it as their best value investment, continues to fall. Disappointing earnings have brought the shares down to $85, after the Fool touted them as hugely undervalued and Lampert as […]
2 Comments Read More“Colorado Oil Jackpot: 2 cents to $2” Badiali
This one is from Matt Badiali at the S&A Oil Report, which we’ve seen a few times already. It teases a couple little companies, but first starts us out with a long-winded teaser about the idea of investing in penny oil stocks. That’s really all the “Colorado Oil Jackpot” is — the concept that in […]
18 Comments Read MoreSecond “Energy Crisis Pick?” Not so much. Argh.
I wrote last night about the energy crisis pick that was being teased as a beneficiary of the “Dallas Step Change Resolution,” and, if you’ll recall, I ran out of steam (and words) before getting to the second company that was teased in that ad. The ad was for Mike Burnick’s Market Shock Trader, and […]
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This email had has been circulating for a few days, and the “hook” of the ad was the annual meeting of ExxonMobil. You probably heard all about that meeting, if you watched CNBC at all or read any business news. The Rockefeller family, descendants of the founder of Standard Oi (predecessor of ExxonMobil), and still […]
6 Comments Read MoreSeadrill upgraded, shares still down
Seadrill was upgraded again, this time by HSBC to a price target of 210 Krone (still an “overweight” for them, their previous price target was 175 … current price is about 160). Stock still dipped a few percentage points in Norway, almost all right at the end of their trading day when NY was open […]
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Apparently today is Georges Yared day here at StockGumshoe.com … a few months ago I’ve barely heard of him, and here we are inundated with two different email campaigns from him. Must be adding piles of GameChangers subscribers right and left, I suppose … more power to him. This particular service of his just launched […]
10 Comments Read More“The Next Visa” Georges Yared
A quick note for those of you who have not been following this company closely, and might not have noticed that Georges Yared is touting the same stock for GameChangers that Marc Lichtenfeld has been touting for his Access Group. Georges has ramped up his advertising this year, first pushing Visa and then pushing several […]
11 Comments Read MoreGumshoe stocks on a tear …
Akeena Solar (AKNS), Eromanga Hydrocarbons (ERH.AX, ERHYF), and Beacon Power (BCON) are all on a tear this week. Akeena Solar got a big upgrade, with an analyst prediction that the shares would double. They’d have to, to get back to where they were when they were in January, but so far it’s working — up […]
1 Comment Read MoreSeadrill earnings beat, stock dips
Seadrill released earnings yesterday morning and held their quarterly conference call, as expected. The earnings were, according to most, better than the average analyst estimates, but the shares have dipped somewhat following earnings and are now trading in the $33 range (they were at $36 when I released my “best idea of the month” writeup […]
2 Comments Read More“China Stocks Rebounding” Tony Sagami
This one didn’t come in on an email ad, but it’s a teaser for a couple companies nonetheless … and you know how your friendly neighborhood Stock Gumshoe just looooves a teaser! Tony Sagami runs a newsletter called Asia Stock Alert for Martin Weiss at Money and Markets, and we’ve looked at him before — […]
22 Comments Read MoreABB Grain — Good results
ABB Grain reported excellent results in Australia today — shares are up about 8%. I own this company because of the potential for a long-term recovery from drought conditions that have severely hampered grain volumes in that country (ABB Grain is primarily a malter and a grain distributor), but also because of the potential for […]
Leave a comment Read MoreAdding to Vostok Nafta at $24.65
I added to my Vostok Nafta holdings today, bringing my overall cost basis to $22.50 in these shares. This is a Swedish closed end fund, essentially, that invests in Russia — trades in Stockholm at VNIL and on the pink sheets at VNHIF. I remain somewhat cautious about Russia, but some of the investment prospects […]
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We sleuthed out a teaser about Trico Marine many moons ago — actually, almost exactly a year ago, on May 16, 2007. It was a recommendation by Andrew Mickey at Breakaway Investor, and on the whole it has been “dead money” since then, the share price is right about where it was a year ago, […]
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A few of you might remember when a Motley Fool article got turned into a naked teaser for one of their newsletters (usually the articles have more to them than that). It was by Tim Beyers, who I like and who has written some great stuff over the years, but it was essentially just an […]
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Interesting short article from Forbes today featured one stock I own, Westport Innovations. Westport Innovations was teased by the Alternative Energy Speculator in their “Clean Air Cash-Outs” piece, the original Stock Gumshoe writeup is here. The Forbes article is here, the section on Westport reads: “Westport Innovations, listed in Toronto, has partnered with enginemaker Cummins […]
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In honor of the holiday weekend, the Gumshoe is essentially taking a holiday, too. I hope the Americans among you have a great break, if you get one, and that you have a chance to honor the service and memory of so many who have served our country. But in case you’re looking for some […]
16 Comments Read MoreSeadrill Upgraded, too
I noted in my original post that Seadrill had been downgraded by a couple analysts, causing the drop by a few percent today at the time of NY’s open. There was also at least one upgrade, I’ve since learned — there’s an article about it here if you’re interested. Deutsche Bank upgraded them, with a […]
Leave a comment Read MoreSeadrill — Bought at $36.05
I picked up a few more shares of Seadrill earlier this week at $36.05. I have held shares in this company for just over two years, buying several times between $14 and today’s $36. My average cost is now $22.50 per share, not counting the recent small dividend (their first). I could go into much […]
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