Just a quick note that this morning a limit order that I’ve had sitting in my account for a while triggered, and as a result I boosted my holdings in Berkshire Hathaway by about 20% (yes, I’m a small investor so these are the B shares — BRK.B in most quote systems). The company is […]
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September 20, 2011
Richard Band’s “Perfect Storm” income stream stock
I haven’t written much, if at all, about Richard Band over the years, but he’s certainly a been a fixture in the investment newsletter landscape for quite a long time (I think the letters been running for 30 years or so) … so when I saw his latest teaser pitch I thought I oughtta give […]
September 18, 2011
September Idea of the Month: Cutting into the World’s Steadiest Asset Class
Sometimes when the economy is worrisome, the markets tumultuous, and no “story” stocks get you particularly excited about near-term catalysts, it’s time to focus on beaten down asset classes that you can buy for cheaper prices — it may not be the low for these assets, of course (and it probably ain’t, I’m not that […]
September 15, 2011
Global Resource Hunter’s “Buy List”
I hope you can forgive your friendly neighborhood Gumshoe for being a bit addle-brained, but I can’t seem to keep track in my head of the vast numbers of natural resources and commodities-focused newsletters that have sprung up (or been renamed) over the last year or two. I think this one is new, it’s called […]
September 14, 2011
Could the “Fourth Element” Make You a Fortune?
Byron King is pitching another teensy weensy rare metals stock for his Energy & Scarcity Investor newsletter from Agora, only this time it’s not the rare earth metals but a really light metal that he calls the “Fourth Element.” Which brings to mind several of the periodic table-focused teasers of years past, though particularly the […]
September 12, 2011
“Deception, Inc.” — profiting from the “World’s Largest Con Game”
Here’s the latest pitch from the White Cap Research folks … and yes, they did apparently find a 3-for-1 deal at their local hyperbole store: “Costlier than Madoff … More Scandalous Than Watergate … Harder to Detect Than Al Qaeda. “DECEPTION, INC. “Inside the World’s Greatest Con Game “Where governments and banks are mutual conspirators… […]
September 9, 2011
Profit from “Little Emperors” (or promoted Chinese ag stocks?)
Happy Friday! Here’s the pitch from Yiannis Mostrous that got me interested today: “… the population of children aged zero to 14 has decreased steadily year after year… “… yet sales of children’s products have exploded—from USD 11 billion in 2005 to USD 30 billion in 2009. “This apparent disconnect is the direct result of […]
September 8, 2011
Apple Core #3 — Stocks Apple Can’t Live Without, cont.
Yesterday we took a look at the “Apple Core” stocks, companies who have assets or products that the iPhone/iPad colossus can’t live without … and I promised that I’d catch up today and get into Apple Core #3, the one teased stock I didn’t get to in our initial sleutification work (if you missed that […]
September 7, 2011
“Three little-known companies Apple can’t live without…” part one
It’s been a few weeks since we had a heated teaser roll in from the Motley Fool, so today we’ll welcome the Foolies back to the fold — this time it’s an ad for their flagship Stock Advisor newsletter edited by Tom and Dave Gardner, and it’s all about profiting from the “Mobile Media Gold […]
September 6, 2011
“Rare Substance Hidden in the Forest of Southern Sweden”
Well, a week’s hiatus for your friendly neighborhood Stock Gumshoe and the world remains in more or less the same mostly-negative feedback loop — more bank worries, more Euro panic, gold prices back above $1,900 again, more iPhone 5 hints and speculation … I guess part of me is relieved that the financial world is […]
We’ll be skipping almost all publishing next week, including the Friday File, as Stock Gumshoe closes down for a few days for vacation and redesign prep on the new and improved StockGumshoe.com — so I’ll try to make this one good enough to last a couple weeks for you! The new site, in case you’re […]
Here’s the latest pitch from Chris Mayer for his Mayer’s Special Situations newsletter: “It’s the ONE resource more precious than oil, natural gas or gold. Without it, China’s growth — and the world’s — will likely come to a screeching halt. “Read on to discover the ONE tiny penny stock that has the breakthrough technology […]
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Posted on September 22, 2011
Posted on September 15, 2011
That may be the push behind the offering, then -- from what I saw the filing on Sept. 12 was for a maximum of $8 million: [...]
Posted on September 15, 2011
That "Last stock you'll ever need" bit from Patrick Cox is about Star Scientific (CIGX), the pitch has been circulating in that form for several months and he's touted CIGX for quite a while -- extremely volatile stock. Article her[...]
Posted on September 15, 2011
Yes, OI has indeed been outstanding during much of the last decade -- good picks and a great tailwind from increasing commodity prices (most of the time). I don't know the track record for King's Energy and Scarcity, which is a much more expensi[...]
Posted on September 14, 2011
Can't blame you for feeling that way, Geoff -- but it's human nature, that 1% of the time that something is real (or real-ish) keeps folks receptive to the promise of sudden wealth. Hope and greed are hardwired in -- as is, of course, the tenden[...]
Posted on September 14, 2011
We certainly weren't promoting Stans Energy, though it was being touted by Byron King over the Winter -- my last comments about it are here: h[...]
Posted on September 12, 2011
Good point -- lots of their volume comes through the API for their trading system, so presumably from the algorithmic rapid traders, so if the regulators succeed in putting brakes on that business the exchanges and folks like Icap could potentially see a h[...]
Posted on September 12, 2011
Thanks for the comments, advantedges and Jennifer -- I research what seems interesting and follow the thread as far back as I can, sometimes the teases turn out to be nearly as promising as the marketer implies, sometimes the story is very different ... an[...]
Posted on September 12, 2011
Doesn't sound like me -- but if you are bullish on the dollar there are some ETFs that will give you exposure to the dollar vs. an index of other currencies. One is the Dollar Bull ETF from Powershares, info at http://www.invescopowershares.com/products/o[...]
Posted on September 6, 2011
I'm not recommending anything -- those older picks of Robinson's were from July 2010, not 2011, so they're all up nicely from his first recommendation though they're certainly down over the last several months. [...]
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Well put! [...]