Well, yesterday I wrote quite a bit about tobacco — so today, though my time is a bit short (getting the kiddos prepped for school is shortening the work week a bit), I thought I’d look into a sin stock sector that I like a lot more: alcohol. And the one that tickled my taste […]
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“How I Found a $17,500 Secret In A Maryland Public Library”
I always like to see what Dan Ferris is recommending for subscribers of his Extreme Value newsletter, in part because I’m personally invested in a few of his picks that have done well (Altius Minerals and Sprott Resource), and in part because I’m generally sympathetic to the notion that long-term “value” investing is the best […]
4 Comments Read MoreA Few Buys, A Tracking Update, and Finally Some Numbers for NEP
There are a few things I want to share with you this week — I’ll update you on a few purchases I made for my personal account, including several add-ons to existing positions and one new purchase, I’ll give you my quick take on my (finally) updated tracking spreadsheets for this year, and I’ll check […]
7 Comments Read MorePeter Schiff Proposes Another High-Tech High-Yielder
I wrote about one of Peter Schiff’s teaser picks a few weeks ago, and today I’m finally following up to cover the other one. For those who don’t know Schiff’s work, he runs a brokerage firm that specializes in international investing and precious metals, with a focus, historically, on helping investors buy foreign-listed stocks that […]
31 Comments Read More“Great Online Advertising Play” owned by John Paulson, and “The Only Smart Way to Profit From Solar” (Hilary Kramer)
I wrote about Hilary Kramer and her new(ish) GameChangers newsletter for the first time just a couple weeks ago — so it’s certainly too early to judge whether her teaser stocks tend to perform as she predicts (that pick, Metalico, is down about 10% from when I wrote about it … but I don’t hold […]
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