“‘Inevitable’ disaster erases 117 years of American progress…” Motley Fool

This teaser starts, as so many of them do, by drawing a picture of the horrible future that a chosen stock can prevent …
“On a hot summer day, just after the sun reaches its highest point, it begins…
“Within minutes, cell phones go silent. Oil refineries shut down. Flights are grounded. Assembly lines grind to a [...]

“Motley Fool’s #1 Stock… overdue for more dramatic growth?”

The Foolies are really ramping up their advertising again, it seems — I haven’t had this many questions about a teaser in quite a while. The ad now is for their flagship Stock Advisor newsletter, and it teases “The Motley Fool’s #1 Stock”. Here’s how they get us started:
“While America is captivated by [...]

“Billion Dollar Blitzkrieg — 3 Unique Investment Opportunities” Motley Fool

Today, for our sleuthing pleasure, we’ll be looking at an email ad that a good number of folks have forwarded to me in just the last couple minutes — here’s how the Motley Fool entices us to start reading …

“‘Billion Dollar Blitzkrieg’
“IT’S COMING… And it could make 2010 the most profitable year of your life [...]

“The Obama Stimulus — Life-Changing Investments” Motley Fool

“The TRUTH About the Obama Stimulus…
“When Ronald Reagan signed his $750 billion stimulus plan in 1981, it snapped the U.S. out of a deep recession, ignited a high-tech revolution, and signaled the start of the greatest bull market in history…
“Today, Obama’s stimulus plan could offer even more potential for investors. Because this little-understood government spending [...]

“The One Stock You Must Buy Before Gas Prices Soar”

“In the short time it took gas prices to shoot from $1.50 to $4 a gallon, this little-known stock made investors 951% richer.
“Now Goldman Sachs says oil is going to rocket right back to $147 — and you can bet $4 gas won’t be far behind.
“This may be your last chance to get the full [...]

“The Two Titans of Business Intelligence” — Motley Fool

“How to multiply YOUR wealth with the behind-the-scenes technology Fortune 500 CEOs are quietly riding to record profits…
“Experts call it “the new science of winning.” The Economist says it’s “a golden vein.” FedEx, Capital One, Amazon, and even the Boston Red Sox can’t function without it.
“Now a team of professional opportunity-seekers has uncovered a backdoor [...]

“Number 1 Global Stock Idea for 2009″ — Motley Fool

This tease comes in an ad for the Motley Fool’s Global Gains newsletter, which has brought some interesting ideas to our attention during its relatively short life so far (though I imagine it probably had a terrible year last year — this is one of the few Motley Fool newsletters that Hulbert doesn’t track, and [...]

“America’s Hidden Resource: Poised to hand you generous profits”

This teaser ad comes in for a newsletter I’ve written about many, many times over the past couple years, the Motley Fool Stock Advisor.
And this is a good ‘ol patriotic “stand up and cheer” ad — all about how the Chinese can’t beat us when we’ve got some of the most critical technology [...]

“The Motley Fool’s Next 10-Bagger”

Few terms get as much of a rise out of investors as “10 bagger”, the term popularized by Peter Lynch that refers to a stock that increases 10 times in value — and perhaps for good reason, since these kinds of hyper growth stories, even if they take a decade or more to unfold, are [...]

Motley Fool’s “One American Brand” Could Double Within a Few Years

“ONE AMERICAN BRAND POISED TO POWER INTO THE GLOBAL MAINSTREAM!
“Every decade or so, a brand is born in America that goes up like a moon shot and becomes a recognizable symbol all over the world… Brands like Levis… Coca-Cola… Harley-Davidson… Heinz… McDonalds… GE… Budweiser… Disney… Gillette… Pepsi… The Gap… IBM… Wal-Mart… Apple… Nike… Microsoft… Intel… [...]