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Travis Johnson, Stock Gumshoe

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Travis Johnson is an individual investor who founded Stock Gumshoe in 2007 as a way to air his dissections of overhyped marketing pitches... and to share the "secret" stocks that stock newsletters hype to get your attention and your subscription dollars. His thinking? If you already know what the "secret" stock is, you can make a much more reasonable and thoughtful decision about whether or not to commit to an expensive newsletter subscription. (And if you don't pay for the info, you'll be more free to think for yourself about whether or not the investment is worth your money.)In his charmed life he has been, among other things, a university faculty member, a fundraiser, a writer, and a world-champion ice-cream scooper. Now he runs Stock Gumshoe for you, allowing us all to discuss and dissect the latest overheated stock ideas... as well as review and talk about investment newsletters and enjoy the commentary and opinions of Stock Gumshoe's other special contributors and the discussion with our unusually attractive, erudite and polite readers. He lives with Mrs. Gumshoe and all their little Gumshoes in the wilds of Western Massachusetts.

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Here’s the lead-in to Porter’s latest ad: “Why Bill Gates, Sam Altman, and even Warren Buffet are all investing hundreds of millions of dollars into this controversial new technology. “THE A.I. KEYSTONE “Without it the artificial intelligence market will collapse” And then, after a brief lesson in classical architecture to explain just what a “keystone” […]

Sheesh, Netflix (NFLX) reports a great quarter, enthusiasm for AI remains high, and we get new record highs for almost everything again this week. Things were especially lusty for most of the big tech names, including AI darling NVIDIA (NVDA) and Alphabet (GOOGL) in our portfolio, but also Microsoft (MSFT), which just bumped up against […]

Sounds like the name of the world’s strangest law firm, right? Car accident?  Call Dino, Berk, McCormick & Acacia, justice will be served and we’ll make you rich! Maybe not.  But those are the things that caught my eye this week — that’s Dino Polska, some more mild updates on Berkshire Hathaway, a slouching dividend […]

I’m getting this Friday File out to you a little earlier than usual, because I’m bringing one of my kids to Detroit for the first Lions home playoff game in 30 years (well, I’m trying to bring him, at least… crossing my fingers that the weather allows planes to land in Detroit tomorrow). The city […]

This article was originally published on September 18, when we first saw this Teeka Tiwari ad circulating… it is still in very heavy rotation, and still has a “September 2023” date, so the ad has not been updated. What follows has also not been updated, but questions are still rolling in so hopefully this will […]

Here’s the lead-in from an ad for Nick Hodge’s Foundational Profits ($199/yr) that a few readers asked me about this week, his latest subject line for these ads was, “The Little-Known Mining Stock Everyone Wants”: “The ‘King-Maker’ of Lithium Has Already Made Me and My Readers 582% Gains “Now It’s Time to Think Even Bigger…. […]

January… ’tis the season for forecasting, and for planning… which means it’s the best time of the year to pretend you know what’s going to happen. Or better yet, to argue with other people on CNBC about what you’re sure is going to happen. And that means we should note, if for no other reason […]

Recent Author Comments

On Reveal: Brownstone's "Next NVIDIA"

Lots of promises about that from various newsletters, all of whom are selling different ideas. Which newsletter pitch are you thinking of?[...]

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On Microblog: James Altucher’s AI wealth window - $2,500 cost join his service to find out small AI stock who has partnered with NVIDIA

That was my best guess when I wrote about this pitch earlier today... and a couple readers have con[...]

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On What's Altucher's "NVIDIA Backdoor" Company -- Big News Coming on March 21?

Your reasoning is almost as clear as Altucher's![...]

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On What's Altucher's "NVIDIA Backdoor" Company -- Big News Coming on March 21?

Thanks for the confirmation![...]

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On What's Altucher's "NVIDIA Backdoor" Company -- Big News Coming on March 21?

Nowhere near matching any of the clues, so no. Have written about other teases of GSIT as a "NVIDIA Killer" in the past.[...]

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On What's Altucher's "NVIDIA Backdoor" Company -- Big News Coming on March 21?

He didn't mention a share price in the promo I watched.[...]

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On What's Altucher's "NVIDIA Backdoor" Company -- Big News Coming on March 21?

Yep, covered those three here: https://www.stockgumshoe.com/reviews/the-big-secret-on-wall-street-this-week/porters-artificial-illusion-pitch-buy-the-beneficiaries-of-ai-not-the-future-pretenders/[...]

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On Answers: Kohl's "NVIDIA Killer Could Make you 120X" Teaser

I don't know whether GSIT will "win" or not, of course, I'm NOT trying to talk you out of investing in the company, just trying to make the point that they don't "own" that space. The makers of rad-hardened chips include almost any big player in automotiv[...]

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On Microblog: George Gilder is hyping some type of new material

Could be, I guess we'll find out in the fullness of time... though it's not really an investment recommendation when nobody can invest in the company (it's still private).[...]

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On Friday File: Acquisitions, Acacia and Intuitive

Nope.[...]

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On Answers: Kohl's "NVIDIA Killer Could Make you 120X" Teaser

Sure. But there are dozens of very large chip companies who sell rad-hardened chips. No idea of anyone has a particular edge in that area.[...]

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On Answers: Kohl's "NVIDIA Killer Could Make you 120X" Teaser

That's to meet specifications for military and satellite chips. Not particularly unusual, but too expensive for chips that don't require radiation hardening.[...]

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On Friday File: Brookfield, WESCO, Pershing and China

Have not looked at ADBE in a very long time. My impression is that they're an exceptional company trading at a pretty extreme valuation.[...]

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On Friday File: Acquisitions, Acacia and Intuitive

I'd say "slim", but never say never.[...]

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On More Advertising for the Lock Box

Will be interesting to see. They're playing offense in AI, though we won't know whether they win new customers because of that for a while. I expect a lot of the value for advertisers, using TTD or DV or competing platforms, is in providing cross-platfor[...]

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On Reveal: Brownstone's "Next NVIDIA"

We write about ANET pretty regularly -- last update here: https://www.stockgumshoe.com/reviews/alpha-investor-report/detease-the-next-microsoft-earn-generational-wealth-from-the-ai-guardian/[...]

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On Microblog: TIM BOHEN “Elon’s Endgame 2024” Discover how Elon’s SHOCKING pivot to this $23 trillion market could send Tesla and 5 tiny “silent partner” companies soaring… …Bigger than space…Bigger than cars…Bigger than social media -- COMBINED

Have only looked at one of Bohen's ads in the past year or so, and it sounds like this wasn't the same one -- will look for that promo and see if he drops any clues, thanks.[...]

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On Microblog: Smci..etc

SuperMicro has been one heck of a burner, those are exactly the kind of stocks (rising analyst estimates, earnings and revenue momentum) that get graded highly by Navellier's quant systems. Did he drop any hints about the five stocks in his ad? Haven't [...]

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On Microblog: DRAKE STERLING "Gaming L1 Partners with NVIDIA: We Bought It"

I've never come across him, but I generally stay away from the crypto pitchmen -- soooo much scamminess in that group that I'd have to be far more expert on the topic to ferret it out.[...]

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On What's the "The AI 'Tollbooth’ That Could Pay for Your Retirement?" Jason Williams says it "has ChatGPT by the Balls" and teases, "Discover how to collect your cut for up to $48,800 annually…"

Thank you, Doug! Having great readers makes it a delight on my end, too.[...]

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