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“Hyper-Fi” — Oxford Club “Guarantees” Stock will Rise at least $3

What's the solution to the latest Oxford Club tease?

By Travis Johnson, Stock Gumshoe, September 2, 2015

Several readers are asking about this one today, so we’re republishing this article from February 2 below. The ad in question is mostly unchanged, mostly what they’ve done is update the numbers slightly (first they teased a $10 stock, then a $12 stock, then $10 again, now $12 again… it’s been a volatile six months)… but the company teased is still the same, and it’s up slightly from when Oxford Club first pitched it but they are now laying it on thicker with email versions of the ad saying “But if you had to look at just one stock today, it should be this one…” and “We’re guaranteeing you this stock will gain another $3 a share.”

They did report earnings that moved the stock a bit… their first quarter missed expectations and bumped the stock down, the second quarter beat expectations and moved the stock back up at the end of July, and since then it’s been tied to the general gyrations of the market (so it’s down a bit more, recently). Beyond that, you’re on your own — the following article from 2/2/15 has not been updated or revised.

This one caught the attention of several readers over the weekend, with lots of those 4,000% and 5,000% attention-getting numbers that make you dream of yachts and private planes… and, as luck would have it, one of our fantastic readers sent in a quick nicely-rounded look at it along with his solution, so I can share that with you in a moment, trying to make this speedy so we can get it out before we lose power as Winter Storm Linus blankets us with snow.

Heh heh. Sorry, that blanket pun is courtesy of Mrs. Gumshoe. We’re all stuck here together in a weather lockdown on Gumshoe Mountain and getting a little punchy. I’m guessing it it will be a while before the plows can even make it to our driveway… and presumably the plow drivers are all a little hung-over from celebrating the Super Bowl last night.

So what’s that ad? It’s from the Oxford Club in an ad for their basic membership and subscription to The Communique, and they’re talking up the crisis of “too much data” …

“‘Hyper-Fi’

“The Only Solution to the Devastating $1.5 Trillion Wi-Fi Shortage Coming to the Internet

“Only one company owns a monopoly on this patented technology

“Research proves the demand for this market will soon surge 5,400%

“Here’s why I calculate this $10 stock will will see revenues rise 4,445% along with it.”

The “overwhelmed wireless networks” spiel has certainly been used before, to justify everything from the cell tower companies (AMT and the like) to Qualcomm (QCOM) to various technology stocks that claim an edge on speeding up the internet or the mobile networks, or the devices that connect to these networks. It seems very unlikely that there’s one solution, or that one standard developed by a little company will dominate the solution… but, well, hope springs eternal. S

Some more hype and clues if you’re playing along at home:

“… by 2020, research shows each person will own at minimum 50 Internet-connected gadgets… maybe even more!

“The GSM Association estimates connecting nearly 25 billion devices by 2020, while Cisco and Ericsson think we will hit 50 billion….

“The current wireless system can’t handle it all.

“And very soon, we’re going to run out of capacity.

“You may have experienced some of the early consequences already…

  • Not being able to make a phone call when you’re at a sporting event or airport…
  • Internet that comes to a grinding halt when you get more than two computers on one network…
  • Interruptions and dropped signals when you are watching videos online…
  • Picking up someone else’s radio in your car…

Or when, just for example, you’re chugging away at work on a snow day and the rest of the house us full of people watching Netflix streams on mobile devices.

So what’s the solution? Well, of course there we come to our “one small company” ….

“A humble company out of California has created – and perhaps more importantly, patented – a type of supersignal…

“It’s a next-level version of Wi-Fi we like to call ‘Hyper-Fi.’

“And what it does is quite remarkable…

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“Think of it like the difference between a TV antenna and cable.

“With a TV antenna, there are all kinds of distortions. Signals get crossed. Energy outlets like microwaves warp the reception. Everything has to be perfect for it to work right.

“With cable, you get your own direct signal that ensures a constant, clear signal.

“Hyper-Fi works the same way. It uses a focused ‘dynamic’ beam to give users a powerful signal unlike anything offered in the current wireless world. It’s like having an ‘invisible wire’ going straight to your device.”

And…

“As the lone holder of this patented technology, this company has more customers coming in than it can handle.”

So that sounds kinda exciting. How about a few more specific clues to get us to the name of the stock?

“… we calculate the wireless market is going to swell to $1.5 trillion by 2020.

“For the moment, Cisco gets the lion’s share of that figure.

“But it doesn’t have the patented Hyper-Fi technology this company owns.

“Consider… the company behind Hyper-Fi only went public in 2012. And it’s already nipping at Cisco’s heels….

“… this is a $900 million company… with about $330 million in revenue….

“In the most recent quarter, net income soared 151%. Gross margins are near 70%.

“And quarterly earnings growth is already up a mind-blowing 6,135% year over year.

“And yet the stock still trades for only $10 because it is just getting off the ground floor with this technology.”

Now, yes, the Thinkolator can get a solution to this one for you too — but an alert reader sent in his own summary of the stock over the weekend, and I checked and he’s right about the stock, so I’ll let him sum it up for you since I haven’t researched the company yet… this following in italics comes from a reader, Tom, who’s been with us since the very beginning of Stock Gumshoe (that was way back in 2007, if you’re curious):

IT APPEARS this is Ruckus Wireless, Inc.(RKUS), which meets the criteria IPO 2012, (near) $10/sh., market cap $891M ~ $900M. The company is a carrier-class Wi-Fi access provider, as seen Yahoo! http://finance.yahoo.com/q/pr?s=RKUS+Profile

Caught my curiosity, so did some digging and thought I’d pass it along. Couldn’t match up the astounding earnings growth referenced, though growth appears solidly above value having a very low PEG, with 2014 earnings average estimate of $0.44 (which provides for a PE of 24) and 2015 of $0.60 (December), giving it a growth rate of 36 (0.6/0.44-1)*100, or valuation 50% below growth. So in 1 year will it be 50% higher, or ~$15/sh.?

Zacks gives it a 2 “buy”.

GuruFocus does not seem to support the Yahoo data, suggesting to me a lower value.

If RKUS is in a range, it is currently at the bottom of it and so would be worth looking for a buy entry. Looking back more than a year, RKUS tends to move up 2 to 3 weeks prior to earnings, then pull back. It has already moved up the last 2 weeks. The earnings are due out in 2 more, on 2/10/15.

Back to Travis now — Tom’s right about it being Ruckus that’s touted by the Oxford Club folks… it is posting those numbers, it is a fairly young company, it trades for about 25X current-year earnings and analysts think it’ll grow earnings at 15-20% in the future… and it has beaten earnings estimates handily for four quarters in a row but still has a pretty moribund share price, so I have no idea what will happen when they report earnings a week from tomorrow.

And back to September now — the stock hasn’t beaten estimates four quarters in a row anymore — the last three quarters have included one beat and two “in line,” the stock is still at about 25% 2015 earnings and about 20% 2016 earnings estimates, analyst expectations are for a dip in sales and earnings this year followed by a resurgence of growth next year. I’ve left the original comments appended to this updated article, so you can see what your fellow readers have been thinking about Ruckus and its prospects.

For disclosure’s sale, I now personally own some long-dated call options on RKUS — I won’t sell them within a week of the republished date of this teaser solution.

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charlier1955
February 2, 2015 12:31 pm

Great story stock…. however all i see are insider sales of stocks going back over a year… not a single buy…. http://www.insider-monitor.com/trading/cik1294016.html

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nL123
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March 7, 2015 8:23 am
Reply to  charlier1955

What is the U. S. Patent Number and who owns it?

thinairmony
September 29, 2015 10:56 pm
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I just wanted to add that it is becoming a problem . And will become trouble some. Movies dropping and reloading in homes , smart phone calls being dropped, ect. This is becoming more and more a reality and only get worse as demand increases, General FAQs | USPTO – United States Patent and Trademark Office
http://www.uspto.gov/learning-and-resources/general-faqs
For applications filed on or after June 8, 1995, utility and plant patents are granted for a term which begins with the date of the grant and usually ends 20 years from the date you first applied for the patent subject to the payment of appropriate maintenance fees for a utility . They got the patent and as the problem gets worse demand for hyper-fi will increase and demand will go through the roof. And patents last.20 years as you see above from USPTO. So sit around content now. But the air waves will fill up before you know it. Think about it. Ground floor at $13.00 a stock . $1,3000 divided by $13.00= 100 shares. Hold for 5 yrs stock hits $80.00 x 100= $8,000 not bad!

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Adrian
March 14, 2016 9:30 pm
Reply to  thinairmony

What is the stock symbol? I’m interested in buying>

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morton
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February 2, 2015 12:33 pm

They recommended the stock and were stopped out for a loss, I believe recently.

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bmc123
bmc123
February 2, 2015 12:51 pm
Reply to  morton

Morton,
Yes, that’s right. I’m an OC member, so I’m wondering when this alert was sent out – before or after they got stopped out of it.

ron wolff
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ron wolff
June 17, 2015 1:55 pm
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The ad just came out today with their 1/2 hour plus sales pitch

Kris Tuttle
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February 2, 2015 1:31 pm

We did a research note on this one a while back. Our IV model put a $16 number on the stock so in-line with a $15 handle.

The note is here: http://ipocandy.com/2014/05/a-closer-look-at-ruckus-wireless-rkus/

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jakrum220
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February 2, 2015 1:56 pm

I purchase shares of RKUS when they first came out with the recommendation the first of January and within a week the newsletter sent out a sell notice because it had hit the stop lost. The price may now be at a lower price to consider it.

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Harley
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Harley
February 3, 2015 12:14 pm

After 10 yrs, I am no longer a member of Oxford. They suggest a trailing stop of 25% not 20%.
I disagree that 20-25% is awfully silly & shortsighted or tight. Its protects one from making a small loss become a large loss. Investing is about risk management.

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Harley
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Harley
February 3, 2015 1:41 pm

Fair enough!

gguy
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gguy
March 14, 2015 5:58 pm

Do you ever buy Puts as a risk mitigation approach?

Myron Martin
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March 16, 2015 4:39 pm

Well reasoned by Travis; If you have really done your due diligence on a company as thoroughly as you should, it is indeed ridiculous to sell a stock after just a few weeks (or even a few months) just because the market swoons by 20%, which it can do on a fairly regular basis. That is only enough to cause you to check your original premise to decide whether you missed something the first time around or should average down if your original reasons for buying is correct and you have the courage of your convictions.

Getting spooked by volatile market conditions having nothing to do with the fundamentals of a company is a common mistake of nervous investors, or at least those who act on “blind faith” in an analyst in lieu of personal research.

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Jude
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June 22, 2015 7:13 pm

Thanks for the company name. I got the promo letter too& will admit that it irritates me that some guru out there can’t give his regular readers a solid “super” good hint that would make some good moola w/o asking to spend even more on “another” piece of their info.
I know I’m not the only small investor that could really use this kind of help. Is there anyone out there that offers solid quick turnovers to help build your portfolio earnings w/o asking you to spend more for every special hint for profit. Just a poor gal trying to build up enough profit to invest much more seriously.

Bud
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November 19, 2015 5:01 pm
Reply to  Jude

ME Too

Dan N
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Dan N
January 30, 2016 9:07 am
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Fast forward to January 2016 when I got an email from Oxford club with this very same article… I read all through the promo letter expecting them to name the stock, but they didn’t…so for me it was a simple matter of googling ” hyper-fi company with patent ” and up came Ruckus…

I made a goal in 2016 to change my financial situation and opened up a brokerage account with TDameritrade… Account opened and do you know the first stock I bought ? Ruckus.

Purchased shares at $8.33… I believe this will be a hold and I’m interested to see where this will go during the course of the year and beyond !

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Traydon
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September 23, 2015 8:35 am

I recall a Barron’s article a year or two back which was a roundtable of many big names addressing many market issues. Almost every participant did not use stop losses.

thinairmony
September 29, 2015 10:19 pm

General FAQs | USPTO – United States Patent and Trademark Office
http://www.uspto.gov/learning-and-resources/general-faqs
For applications filed on or after June 8, 1995, utility and plant patents are granted for a term which begins with the date of the grant and usually ends 20 years from the date you first applied for the patent subject to the payment of appropriate maintenance fees for a utility

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Mitch
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Mitch
January 11, 2016 8:26 pm

The folks at Stansberry Research have done research which they interpret conclusively that stop losses do work and enhance an investor’s performance. As I recall, Porter himself wrote the article which I read a few months ago.. They pretty much across the board suggest strongly the use of a 25% trailing stop loss, but they do adjust that to circumstances, and, as generalizations, might use up to a 50% SL for very volatile stocks such as junior mining stocks and low cap high tech. I have been reading Porter Stansberry since his days at The Fleet Street Letter. He is intelligent, thorough, inspires confidence, highly ethical, and. although he is many years my junior, I place a great deal of “stock” in the analysis and opinions of Porter and his entire crew of writers and analysts.
Though, I personally do not use stop losses (I have tried, but simply can’t find the time to keep them updated), I do see one very important function for them. They do give a precise, disciplined, “exit point” when none other is readily available. They also prevent one from following a loser all the way to the bottom, as I am ashamed to admit I have done on at least one occasion.
The folk at Stansberry would agree with position sizing as a risk management tool and Doc Eifrig, along with many others, would say that asset allocation is something close to paramount.
I did not, and do not, intend this as a commercial for Stansberry, but I was taken aback a bit by your characterization of the specific stop loss action cited above as “ridiculous”. I would have toned that down to “inappropriate” or “ill advised”. In any event, it is that single word which triggered this overly long, but hopefully, constructive response. Obviously the people at Stansberry have become my trusted teachers and advisors.
However, I hasten to add that I admire, value and trust the work and writing of” “stockgumshoe”, Travis Johnson, and his staff!
Mitch

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bmc123
March 14, 2015 7:15 am
Reply to  jakrum220

Well, the Oxford Club’s 25% trailing loss is only one of several criteria they adhere to. Overall, this works for them/their members. It’s easy to take a chance, or deviate from your rules every now and then – but then were are you? Either you stick to your guns or you don’t.

I stayed in Fortinet (FTNT) after they got stopped out of it and whereas I am well up now on my original position, it did take some time to get there. Would my money have been put to better use if I’d stopped out when they did? It may well have. I got lucky with FTNT – and I only stayed in it because I believed so strongly that (just about all) cybersecurity companies will do well as need for their products grow.

Just my 2 cents worth.

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Robert Litfin
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July 24, 2015 1:20 am
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Nice !

Opposeablethumb
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February 2, 2015 2:33 pm

Peg ratio is .19 for its sector yet the company peg is 1.4. Looks like the leader is someone else. Looks like ARUN may be better but still not the best. Full disclosure, I am not invested in this sector.

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Solyom
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Solyom
February 2, 2015 5:59 pm

My FV (fair value calculation) for this stock is $3.98/share. Its Peter Lynch calculation is is about the same. However some analysts are calculating the stock will hit $25.40/share by July 2016. Personally I am neutral on the stock but intrigued enough to put it on my watch list.

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fischershaw
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February 2, 2015 6:10 pm

Expensive equipment, but good equipment.

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pamela dat
February 2, 2015 7:33 pm

Along with some of the others,I too like Oxford Club the very best…….and have gotten rid of most of the others as a lot more credible,not just hype,but feel it best to hold off on RKUS for now as not buying much now……it is an irrational market now……

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quincy adams
February 2, 2015 8:54 pm

Looking at the stock chart, apparently the insiders got it right. They have their yachts, leaving the rest of us with flotsam.

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wkho noze
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February 3, 2015 12:27 am

cuircios farther had anewsltr was one of the first touting canadian sands

jim bhavnagri
February 3, 2015 6:56 am

If they signed a deal for wifi with Chinese railway then this should be a blockbuster. Member of Oxford club and own a few shares will hold to see what happens have ignored sell advice

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paul_ig
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February 3, 2015 9:51 am

Just heard a rumour that the west coast lot are telling their customers to sell. Pretty harsh considering how strong they were pushing this stock

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RED MON
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February 7, 2015 2:25 pm

The 2 week push up in $ prior to earnings reports, and the OC PUMP up again prior to the earnings report has all the Makings for the old Pump and Dump – great for insiders

Myron Martin
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February 8, 2015 12:04 pm

Contrarian investing sometimes requires bucking the conventional wisdom, in this case an automatic sell on a 20-25% stop loss. I am with Travis on this one. The point is that all you are doing with an automatic sell is saying the market has it right and your own “due diligence” got it wrong, so you merely end up verifying a paper loss that has already occurred anyway.

To me it makes sense to view it simply as a “warning flag” in other words, take another look at the fundamentals to see whether the original reasons you bought the stock are still valid.
If a second in-depth look confirms your original assessment the market may well change its mind even though you didn’t and bounce right back up. Granted, the stocks I specialize in are more volatile than average, but I have had more stocks than I could count on two hands that have temporarily dropped as much as 50% that have still given me 100% return within a year. Excessively tight stops will increase your trading costs dramatically by taking you out of good stocks prematurely, better to have the courage of your convictions than get whip-sawed by a nervous market that relies on “tips” rather than sound fundamental research.
My “risk management” consists primarily in taking small initial positions and adding on dips and general performance of the stock over time.

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SoGiAm
February 8, 2015 12:52 pm
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Myron-VERY well elucidated. It is SO good to see you! Best2ALL!-Benjamin

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jack
jack
March 13, 2015 9:42 am
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You nailed it Myron. We would all like to take positions with bigger “bites”, saving some trading commissions and”being right on the entry point”, but it’s not as wise and prudent as scaling in with some analysis each time.

jbinsc
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February 8, 2015 3:10 pm

OC normally recommend giving a small usually volatile stock a greater stop loss. I use SmartStops to help decide the percentage to use on a stock like RKUS. I haven’t bought in yet,but curiosity will drive me to see what TradeStops says for aSmartStop. Often 40%.

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galshafat
galshafat
March 16, 2015 4:01 pm
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what is the difference between both services ?TradeStops ..SmartStop..
which one is better ?

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charleshein
March 17, 2015 4:58 pm
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SmartStop is an enhanced (premium) service that you can get with TrdeStops. I got it free when they first offered it and it seems to work pretty well. Riskier stocks get larger stop loss percentages. I kind of agree on not using TS robotically (?), but it is kind of nice to have something that’s not emotionally attached help with the decision making.

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charleshein
March 17, 2015 7:29 pm
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Oops! My bad. It’s called a Smart TS on the Tradestops site. I’m a TS Pro member which is why I get it for free.

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Alfred Neuman
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Alfred Neuman
February 12, 2015 10:42 am

Wonder if Oxford Club (or Gumshoe for that matter) ever get paid by a company to tout their stocks?

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alan cameron
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June 16, 2015 12:07 pm
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Is that E.

charlier1955
February 21, 2015 5:27 pm

The technology looks real: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rMtqRObvvU
It is simply a more efficient use of bandwidth. As a Grandpa whose system bogs down when the grand kids are all on the system. It is important to me. I am looking at the $400 router. Prices have been going up since the earnings report. It also looks like a good buyout candidate to me.

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Clark Craig
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Clark Craig
March 10, 2015 1:02 pm

Very fast reply…very informative..top notch service!………thank you!!!

alan
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March 10, 2015 1:19 pm

thanks for the insight.i have been enlightened.

vivian lewis
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vivian lewis
March 13, 2015 10:04 am

for the record, a stop loss on this kind of a stock is not only stupid. It is a sign of being manic-depressive. But given the hyped up promos these people put out maybe they are
in need of lithium.
As for whether the Agora machine talks up stocks for pay, I was quite surprised to read on these very pages that one of its senior writers and analysts, James Dale Davidson, has in the past done exactly that. I was surprised because I thought he was a straight arrow.
From which I conclude that if they did it in the past they can do it again.
So maybe the Oxford Club, another long-standing seemingly respectable part of the Bill Bonner empire is also tainted.
So while I am not working up to manic-depression I am developing paranoia now.

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Wyndell Bryant
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September 21, 2015 4:33 pm
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What is the feeling regarding Motley Fool and their recommendations? WHY is LINKEDIN a top, #1, best rated investment in the World? (in their eyes”)

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