"As close to a perfect investment … as I’m going to get"

March 12th, 2008   by StockGumshoe

We’ve passed the one year anniversary of the Gumshoe’s first writing in this space with little fanfare, I’m afraid. It’s OK, I know you meant to send flowers. It’s the thought that counts.

And it was actually when I was going back through my old stuff and trying to figure out exactly what day I did start publishing (it was March 8, by the way — a day when I posted solutions to two teasers, one that I think will be a great long term investment, though it had a bad year in the end … and one that is the worst Gumshoe stock of all time: a terrible stock that still might go to zero, representing a company that did not, surprisingly enough, ride Taylor Hicks’ stardom to a Nasdaq listing or fame or fortune, and that has now gone so far as to apparently give up their fight and completely change the focus of their business).

But what caught my eye was Read the rest of this entry »

Sjuggerud: “The Secret Currency”

March 11th, 2008   by StockGumshoe

I’ve had dozens of readers send this one along, most with a long line of question marks. The teaser has been around for a while (a couple years, as far as I can tell), but it continues to spark interest — especially with the dollar at ridiculous lows, inflation fears bubbling, and gold near $1,000 an ounce (yeeks!)

The teaser has a few clues for us about what this “secret Read the rest of this entry »

“Virtual Florida Retirement — Tax-Free Income!”

January 18th, 2008   by StockGumshoe

“And collect up to $3,000 a month in TAX FREE income starting as early as Feb. 13, 2008.”

That’s how a recent email teaser ad from Stansberry and Associates for Steve Sjuggerud’s True Wealth newsletter opens — and this kind of investment is always very appealing for folks when stocks are in crisis mode, as appears to be the case today. So, this one seems Read the rest of this entry »