“3 Kings of Cloud Computing” Motley Fool

August 17th, 2008   by StockGumshoe

This one has drummed up a fair amount of interest from the mighty horde of Gumshoe readers, I’ve been seeing it for a couple weeks now and it appears to still be actively pushed as I type.

So … you might like to know the names of these three cloud computing giants, no? Read on then, fair readers.

The Motley Fool is a company I have some fondness for, but they do drive me to drink with the absurd length of their typical email ads — even someone like me, with a pathological fondness for email hype, can sometimes be pushed past the breaking point. Thankfully, I don’t mind being driven to drink on occasion — much better than driving oneself.

So dig in we shall. Read the rest of this entry »

Motley Fool: “10X Bigger than the Internet: 4 Alternative Energy Plays”

March 2nd, 2008   by StockGumshoe

This one has caused quite a stir among the vast and mighty Gumshoe readership, if my steady deluge of email is any indication. Everybody loves growth stocks, especially when nothing else seems to be growing, and everyone thinks alternative energy will be the next billionaire-maker — the Fool compares the current situation in alternative energy to the California gold rush, the Model T assembly line, and the Internet … good stuff, indeed (though those big financial earthquakes tend to create Read the rest of this entry »

Year’s Best: "The NEXT Google: The Global Digital Marketing Powerhouse"

December 25th, 2007   by StockGumshoe

Continuing the rundown of the best teaser picks of the year, this one comes from the Motley Fool, specifically from their Rule Breakers newsletter, and it is the only one of the “next Google” stocks that I’ve seen teased that has gotten even close to a double so far. It reached a 141% gain that then got locked into stone when Microsoft completed their buyout of this web advertising company. Great company … can’t buy it, but it might help out Microsoft in the long run. What follows is the original post from April.

Another nice stock teaser from the Motley Fool, this time for their Rule Breakers growth stock investing service. And thank God, it’s not one of those Read the rest of this entry »