June 1st, 2008   by StockGumshoe
This teaser starts out with a promising … um, promise:
“We just uncovered one of the largest opportunities we’ve ever seen. One of the fat cat financial firms on Wall Street just received some bad news. By June 17, it could be forced by law to reveal some really embarrassing data. That’s not what’s so exciting…
“It’s the fact that we have a hidden way for you to possibly make up to three times your money by year-end. To get in on this opportunity, you have to read the report below…”
How could you not read on after that? There’s a reason these copywriters get paid well. The ad is for Dan Amoss’ Strategic Short Report, which we’ve looked at before, back in January when they first started teasing us with their “paddle strategy” for profiting in down markets.
And during times like these the ads look extraordinarily compelling — when we’re Read the rest of this entry »
May 2nd, 2008   by StockGumshoe
Just a quick note, since I’ve had quite a few folks write in with questions about this “Tier-2 Equities” teaser for J. Wayne Burritt’s investing newsletter, Easy Money Options.
I don’t know what Burritt’s track record might be, and the track record of options services should always be taken with a grain of salt, but it is clear that all he’s teasing in his ad is the general idea of trading options. He doesn’t note any particular top secret strategies he might have, nor specifically tease any particular options that he likes right now, just talks up this idea of “Tier Two Equities” in a way that makes them sound much more mysterious than what they really are — which is, of Read the rest of this entry »
April 10th, 2008   by StockGumshoe
This is a new email that people have been sending my way over the past few hours, but for those of you who’ve been around Gumshoedom for a while it will probably sound familiar.
The ad is for Jeff Clark’s Advanced Income service from Stansberry & Associates, and it touts two special reports that describe options trading strategies that he uses to make money for his subscribers.
The first is “Quick Draws”, which are a way of pulling lump sums of income out of stocks on a regular basis. By the description, this must be exactly the same call-selling strategy that he’s Read the rest of this entry »
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