The Primeval Portfolio — “Caveman Plays” in Water

I don’t usually write about the same editor twice in one week, but in a land where ads like this hit my mailbox every day I can’t have any hard and fast rules along those lines … and I couldn’t resist taking a look at this latest ad from Chris Mayer, and again it’s for [...]

“‘Hard Luck’ Scheele’s Discovery Could Quadruple Your Money”

Here’s how today’s ad opens:

“The biggest opportunity of the new world economy…
“‘Hard Luck’ Scheele’s Discovery Could Quadruple Your Money by July 14, 2010
“Every country in the developing world needs this 231-year-old discovery, but…
“Only 10 companies in the world have it…
“Only 3 of them are pure plays…
“Only ONE can actually deliver
“Turning every one of your dollars [...]

“The Next Franco-Nevada: Chaffee Revisited”

If anyone was in danger of forgetting the “Chaffee Royalties” teaser ad for Chris Mayer’s Special Situations newsletter, the marketers have saved you from that precarious perch — I’ve seen this ad more in the past week than in the last several months combined, so it must be taking hold once more.
Why? Well, the [...]

“Chaffee Royalty Program: Mining Profits without the costs”

The people of Gumshoedom have spoken, and they have said, “what is this Chaffee Royalty thing?”
This is one of the more heavily emailed promotions in recent weeks, an ad for Chris Mayer’s more expensive newsletter, Mayer’s Special Situations that touts a few mining royalty companies that you should own …
… companies that he’d be happy [...]