Stock Gumshoe

Today we have the pleasure of yet another ad that includes a made-up name that sounds official …

This time, it’s the “100-F Document” — something that is filed in Washington, D.C. that will give you inside information into a company’s troubles, and let you bet against the company before it makes headlines.

And it’s all part of an ad from Dan Amoss for his Strategic Short Report newsletter — we’ve looked at these before, when we dug into what he called the “Paddle Strategy” for profiting in a bear market. To tell the truth, this ad is actually quite similar to that previous one, though I’ve not heard a lot from Dan Amoss in the interim (that Paddle Strategy campaign was back in January).

So what are we looking for?

Here’s the lead-in to the ad:

“Hidden Government ‘100-F Documents’ That Let You Predict Which Stocks Will Go up or Down

“Discover how one small group of Americans uses government-mandated “100-F Documents” to easily predict gains or losses for any household-name stock in America…

“On at least 58 different dates, each year…

“And how you can now use these same “secret” documents to post returns as high as 400–600% over the weeks ahead”

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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 »

We can’t help it, can we? When the market goes up, we look for 800% returns on microcap rockets, when the market goes down, we panic and wonder how we can be like those Wall Street fat cats who seem to do well no matter where the market moves.

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