Stock Gumshoe

This ad comes in from the good folks at Breakaway Investor, which has jettisoned its old editor and is now run by Christian DeHaemer. Breakaway Investor under Andrew Mickey was extremely active in the teaser game, sending out email ads very aggressively, and it appears that’s not likely to change.

Here’s the intro:

“As I write this note, several newspapers sit in front of me with headlines proclaiming that India, once the fastest growing economy in the world, is coming to a standstill.

“But that is simply not true. As you will soon see, there are pockets of hidden growth throughout India. Take automobiles, for example. With annual domestic sales of a little over 1.2 million, India is the world’s 10th largest car market and second fastest growing.”

So yes, this is all about investing in India. And the sales pitch comes with the good ‘ol guarantee that this stock will double:

“This super-safe $4.50 stock is the sleeping giant of India. Most U.S. investors think they can’t buy it, but they’re wrong.

“I guarantee it’ll post a triple-digit gain in 12 months… or your money back! (Over the next five years, you could see 10 times that amount… maybe more)”

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Does calling something an “index” automatically make it sound safe? That seems to be part of the premise for the recent swath of ads from the Oxford Club for what they’re calling their “Recession-Proof White Cap Index.”

The ad, from Louis Basenese, is about a new investment newsletter service that they’re calling the White Cap Report. They go to some length to explain that their proprietary screening system allows them to find the stocks, usually smaller capitalization stocks with high growth rates, that will be the big winners. And he claims that they will release the “index” on January 2.

I don’t know what they’re talking about in terms of “releasing” this index, but from the looks of it they’re really just selling another newsletter — this one appears to have the normal price of $150 a year, though it’s of course “on sale” right now as they try to get it off the ground.

But more importantly, for us, Louis spends a fair amount of time in the letter teasing us about some of the picks this “system” or “index” has identified. He also gives some examples of past picks that would have met this criteria, like China Life and Intuitive Surgical, so we know that they can at least identify past performers — can they do the far more difficult thing, identify stocks that will perform in the future? We’ll see.

And no need to subscribe to this new “White Cap Report” if you’re just curious about what their top picks are right now — the Gumshoe is on the case, so let’s see what they’re teasing … Read the rest of this entry »

Yesterday I spent some time looking into a couple high yield telecom companies that were being teased by the new High Yield International newsletter from Street Authority … if you missed that, it’s still here, you needn’t worry — the stocks haven’t shot up in the interim.

There are a bunch more to go through today as we apply the mighty Thinkolator to our little paragraphs of clues, so let me jump right in. What we’re looking for today are all international investments with unusually high dividend yields — today’s feature presentations will include an Australasian fund, a semiconductor company, and a shipping company.
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