Before I get started today with our Friday File I do want to do a couple things: First, to thank you for your continuing patience as we try to fix lingering technical problems after our site was taken down by attack two weeks ago. None of our data has been compromised, but a small percentage […]
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Cabot’s “Your Wealth in the Coming Era of Universal Connectivity”
I’ve been resisting writing about this stock that Cabot is teasing for almost a year for their Small-Cap Confidential newsletter (edited by Thomas Garrity) — I started getting very similar teaser ads from them last July, as best I can tell, and the ad has continued to roll on, with minor variations, almost constantly since […]
3 Comments Read MoreDavid Gardner’s Next “Spiffy-Pop” Investment?
Have you seen the newest ad from the Motley Fool? It’s similar in many ways to lots of their other teaser ads — it’s loooooong, it includes lots of quotes from outside sources to buttress their claim that they are the one publisher looking out for the small investor, and it teases an investment idea […]
4 Comments Read MoreWhat is Chris Mayer’s New “Golden Staircase” Tiny Gold Mining Stock?
I hate to pick on Chris Mayer too much, as he seems a nice enough fella and has teased some useful investing ideas in the past — but so many of my readers are asking about this “Golden Staircase” stock that I felt compelled to sniff it out for you … And, yes, to listen […]
7 Comments Read MoreThink Like a Rich Guy and Buy “Intrinsic Art”
The latest newsletter to head our way via a big and mysterious marketing pitch is called The Palm Beach Letter, signed by a guy named Mark Ford — who is apparently the same dude as Michael Masterson, who has for a long time been a big name in copywriting and self-help “work from home” marketing […]
16 Comments Read MoreApril Idea of the Month: Shopping Centers and Dividend Growth
This time around I thought I’d get into some more detail for you on a stock I’ve written about before, and which I own personally — but I think it’s underappreciated given its potential for inflation protection and dividend growth. April’s Idea of the Month is shares of Retail Opportunity Investments Corp (ROIC). That ROIC […]
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There are lots of different “story” pitches you can make about a stock, but one of the most compelling ones is the “next big thing” that will destroy a product that we already know and love, and that is extraordinarily profitable. And, not coincidentally, a product made by the company that has the most popular […]
5 Comments Read More“The New El Dorado” (Chris Mayer)
Well, it looks like our tech problems are solved for now … fingers crossed — so I’m republishing what I sent out via email while StockGumshoe.com was down (and yes, if you’re not onboard with the Stock Gumshoe Daily Update, which is free, you missed out!) What follows is all about a little(ish) gold stock, […]
3 Comments Read MoreBonus: Please Don’t Buy This Coffee Stock …
You already know that I try to avoid stocks that are being actively promoted — but I write about them on occasion, and so many folks have emailed about this one in recent weeks that I thought I’d share a very quick note about it. The ad has come in most often from John Bell […]
4 Comments Read More“‘George Soros tip-off’ led me to the $1.26 Aussie stock…”
Adding ROIC Common to My Portfolio
I just picked up some shares of Retail Opportunity Investments Corp. (ROIC) for my personal account — as you might remember from my earlier article identifying this teaser target from about a month ago, I already owned warrants on the shares (which have taken a beating lately). In recent days I’ve had what I thought […]
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Energy Buys — Sleeper and Scam?
This week, with oil prices again going crazy on Libya and with a continued interest in natural gas among investors, I thought I’d share a few thoughts on two energy stocks I’ve just purchased — one addition to an existing position, which I continue to really like as a “sleeper” gas and oil stock, and […]
4 Comments Read MoreDouble Your Money in 2011 Guaranteed … Again (Shipping)
The Cabot folks have apparently taken a liking to the “double your money this year” promise as their version of a “money back guarantee” — no, they don’t make up the difference, but they promise you a refund if the pick doesn’t double. A better deal than most newsletters as far as refund policy goes […]
12 Comments Read More“$51 Billion Worth of Soviet Oil” Revisited
“The Small Exploration Company Bankrolled by the Big Gold Players”
It’s shaping up to be Ian Wyatt week here at Stock Gumshoe — yesterday I took a look at a veiled hint of a Polish natural gas stock, and today we’re looking at a tease that looks like it may have started a couple months back but has been recently re-invigorated (and I haven’t researched […]
8 Comments Read More“All the Way to Poland to Find the Most Exciting and Profitable Gas Stock of 2011”
Today’s tease is from Ian Wyatt, who has his name on so many newsletters that I don’t know how he finds time to sleep, let alone watch Dancing with the Stars like any good red-blooded American (kidding! if there’s one thing I don’t want to see on TV, it’s reality). The letter he’s pitching now […]
3 Comments Read MoreSome Gold for the Brits, Medical Records, My Recent Buys, and yet another look at Sandstorm Gold
Today, dearest Irregulars, I’ve been a bit thwarted in my efforts to find new and intriguing investment ideas for you — that is, I’ve found some, certainly (they’re always out there), but they haven’t matched the template for what I generally like to share with my favorite readers (yes, that’s you). The first one I […]
22 Comments Read MoreBuying Some More Tech Dinosaurs
This week, in an effort to be as boring as possible, I picked up small positions in two technology dinosaurs who are likely to pay growing dividends — Cisco (CSCO) and Intel (INTC). Both companies face strong competition and some specific challenges — most prominently Intel with their challenges in building an effective mobile chip […]
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