Stock Gumshoe

I haven’t looked at an investment teaser from Christian DeHaemer’s Crisis Trader in a while, but he usually has some interesting ones — he wrote to us late last year about lifting the blockade in the gunboat basin, and for some of his other newsletters he spun tales of a secret nickel project in the Philippines, and about the tiny company that got in under the gunfire to buy the rights to Somalia’s oil.

If you’re guessing that these kinds of tiny exploration companies in energy and minerals can be very hit-or-miss … you’re right. DeHaemer has actually had one of the worst records for teaser picks in the history of the Stock Gumshoe — some of them have had quick runs up in conjunction with the newsletter ad campaign, but almost all of them then fell rather quickly. None have yet to reach his stated potential of several hundred percent gains … though to be fair, some of those “promises” were for a year or two, and I don’t think any of his picks that I’ve tracked is quite a year old yet.

Regardless — I like a good story almost as much as I like a good stock idea, so let’s see if this is either. Sometimes these little guys work out pretty well and spin a good yarn (like Centamin Egypt, subject of the “Gold of the Pharaohs” teaser from a different newsletter, or the fight against China’s rare earth minerals monopoly that brought us Lynas. I own both of those stocks, just FYI).

So what are we dealing with here? Read the rest of this entry »

This delightful ad has clearly graced many an inbox over the past few days — I know I’ve gotten it about a dozen times myself, not to mention the hundreds of Gumshoe readers who have also been kind enough to send it along.

OK, dozens. Still.

So the marketing push is on …

… but, just in case you don’t feel like shelling out $999 for a subscription to Pure Energy Trader, let’s look into this and see if we can figure out what they’re talking about. Read the rest of this entry »

This teaser came in a couple weeks ago, and a few readers have sent in suggestions about the possible solutions, so I thought a lovely Spring weekend here in Washington, D.C. would be the perfect time to take a gander at Andrew Mickey’s teaser … and lordy me, it’s a long one. At least three companies teased, all weaved into a web of fear and greed. I had to read three pages before I even found out which newsletter it was for.

And this is a lengthy one, indeed, so I think I’ll be spreading it out across a couple missives to you, dear readers.

But probably most of are are primarily interested in the number one pick here, anyway … so let’s take a gander at that one first. Read the rest of this entry »