This Halloween, I think I’d like to dress up as an otter. Seriously, don’t otters always look like they’re having more fun than most animals? all that sliding, and laying on your back supping on sea anemones … aaaahhh, much more relaxing than watching CNBC. Otter Tail (OTTR), however, has not been having fun. At […]
4 Comments Read MoreOctober Idea of the Month: Otter Tail
Adding Otter Tail to personal portfolio
As you’ll see from my “Idea of the Month” for October, also published today, I think Otter Tail is attractively valued and, though it’s in the midst of a terrible year, should be able to perform quite well in the next few years … and plus, they’ve got a nice little regulated utility at the […]
Leave a comment Read More“The Greatest Economic Conspiracy in History”
“After 98 years of secrecy, the greatest economic conspiracy in history is finally unfolding.” “Learn how you could turn $5,000 into $100,000 (or more) by 2009 with this safe and simple profit/protection plan…” That’s how this latest ad opens, with the threat that the 98-year-old “Jeckyl Island Project” economic conspiracy will ruin your retirement — […]
30 Comments Read More“Seven Days to Buy this Five-Bagger” Navellier
Louis Navellier is again astride two horses that have driven his marketing for much of this year: Alternative energy, and the election. He’s telling us that he has a pick for his Emerging Growth newsletter that will benefit greatly from the presumed Obama presidency, largely because of the dramatic funding that should come through for […]
16 Comments Read MoreSold Westport
I cleared out my holdings in Westport Innovations today — during a very weak market for alternative energy stocks of most sorts it’s hard to sell anything in this sector, but I am very concerned about funding for the big ports Clean Trucks program that stands out as the single most important driver for Westport’s […]
Leave a comment Read More“Retirement Recovery Insurance uses 100-F Documents”
Dan Amoss has added a new twist to the “100-F” teaser that I wrote about here a couple months ago, so I’m adding a new twist as well. He’s now calling this “Retirement Recovery Insurance,” and using examples of folks like laid-off auto workers who are using this strategy to make more money than they […]
8 Comments Read More“Groundbreaking Firm Defies the Crunch — Takes Market By Storm” Fleet Street
Your friendly neighborhood Stock Gumshoe tends to focus on US-based investment newsletters and the hype they generate, but that’s not because this phenomenon is restricted to our fair shores. Newsletters and advisories proliferate around the world, even if the center of newsletter land continues to be the area within 100 miles or so of my […]
9 Comments Read MoreBeginning a little tax loss selling…
Today, as the market continues to bounce around like an incontinent poodle, I’ve started the long process of clearing out some holdings to take some tax losses before the end of the year. The first is my holding in HDFC Bank, the big Indian home mortgage and national consumer bank. They have generally been a […]
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Today’s ad that will receive the Gumshoe treatment is for Steve Christ (no relation, I assume) and his Wealth Advisory newsletter … and yes, like so many others these days, it is focused on words like “safety” and “guaranteed.” Exactly the tonic that the panicked investor demands. Now, this particular newsletter will only run you […]
13 Comments Read More“The New Silk Road” Motley Fool
The folks at the Fool have issued another novel, this time in service of their Stock Advisor newsletter. In a loooong sales letter, they’re offering up an investment idea that they call “The New Silk Road” that will, one hopes, bring riches to US investors in the same way that the original silk road built […]
32 Comments Read More“Treasury’s Gold Glitch: Make Money AFTER Gold Rises” Sjuggerud
"Secret Currency ... Outlawed for 41 years… Now LEGAL Again. This Unique Gold Investment Launched the Largest Family Fortune the World has Ever Seen..."
81 Comments Read More“Don’t Let this 10-Bagger Pass You By” Phase 1 Investor
I haven’t written much about Rob Fannon and his Phase 1 Investor newsletter lately — this is the high end newsletter published by the folks at Stansberry and Associates, it’ll run you about $4,500 a year, and it’s largely focused on biotech companies. So is their advice worth more than the advice from less expensive […]
20 Comments Read More“Bonded Trusts — Bailout Loophole Creates Massive Windfall”
Today’s investment teaser ad comes to us from the fine folks at Stansberry & Associates — this time it’s from Tom Dyson, for his 12% Letter … which, as you might imagine, is aimed at dividend income. And it is, at least, more honestly named than the “25% Cash Machine” that another publishing house offers […]
26 Comments Read MoreIdeas Aplenty: A Navellier Smorgasbord
OK, so my ancestry is mostly Swedish, and I can’t help but think of a smorgasbord when I see the latest email out from Louis Navellier for his Blue Chip Growth newsletter. If you don’t know what a smorgasbord is, it’s basically a big buffet layout of Swedish foods, often served at holidays. And like […]
19 Comments Read MoreContest Tracking
The Gumshoe Contest that we held last weekend will go through Election day — the start date was Friday, October 10, using that day’s close … the end date will be U.S. Election day, also using the close. Below is the spreadsheet, it will update automatically with delayed quotes so you can stop back often […]
13 Comments Read MoreBig Cummins Westport Order
Westport announced that they’ve gotten a huge order for buses that use the Cummins Westport natural gas engine — over 3,000 buses, which will give a nice bump to CWI revenue, some of which will trickle through to Westport. In truth, however, the real story of growth for Westport remains the California ports — the […]
Leave a comment Read More“Power Plays — Cash in on the Wind-Energy Revolution” Motley Fool
Ah, another book-length teaser from the Motley Fool … just the thing to dig in my Gumshoe teeth after a few days of odd posts about the Gumshoe contest and Social Security payouts. Back to stocks! Today our teaser is for the Fool’s Hidden Gems service, which according to Hulbert has been their worst-performing service […]
41 Comments Read MoreBuying more Hanfeng
Hanfeng Evergreen has taken a severe beating over the last month or two, as the fears of global crisis took all the air out of their sails. First Chinese small caps fell because of a flight to safety and fear of lagging growth, then fertilizer companies started to tumble, and then all China stocks collapsed […]
2 Comments Read More“SSA-521: How to Boost Your Social Security Payments By $1,033 Per Month.”
This is actually an odd little teaser that a few readers sent in to me recently — including one who offered a solution that is actually correct (forgot to ask for permission, so I won’t mention the name). Smart readers here, as always. What we get here, in exchange for subscribing to Steve Sjuggerud’s True […]
101 Comments Read MoreCrazy Morning after Gumshoe Contest
The entrants to the Stock Gumshoe Weekend Contest kept their fingers crossed this morning as they watched the markets continue to bounce off of Friday’s lows — many of them picked the big morning bouncers — including GM, APWR, and several other morning rockets. If you’ll remember, the contest had two parts: First, who provided […]
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