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I am not sure how this thread will fly. On my laptop, I have Windows 10. Every time Microsoft issues an update, the sound on Yahoo Finance and YouTube videos, and I am sure there are others, fails. I am tired of reloading speaker drivers and spending a few hours trying to fix it. I […]

I have accounts at TD Ameritrade and Fidelity and was disappointed with the news of the proposed merger of TD Ameritrade with Charles Schwab, TD’s website and trading platform, in my opinion, are excellent. I have never had any problems with my account or trading executions. I was wondering how others feel about this. If […]

I have had it up to here with all this discussion about ’the wall’ . Here is my proposal: Why not have an assessment to pay for the wall. There are 15 million taxpayers that earn over $100,000 per year. An assessment of $400 each for taxpayers in this category times 15 million equals 6 […]

Not many clues; which company is this? The best biotech investors consistently reap gigantic profits by recognizing true potential earlier and more accurately than anyone else. Let me cut right to the chase. There is a product in development that will revolutionize not just how we treat a common chronic illness, but potentially the entire […]

I just cannot understand why people have debit cards? With a credit card purchase, you get a minimum extra 30 days to pay. A debit card is paid immediately via a direct link to your bank account; how secure is that? Now there is another disadvantage coming from the Target breach ; ”JPMorgan Chase & […]

Today I watched a CNBC video with famous investor Leon Cooperman as a guest. He was asked ’what is he buying?’. Two of the new names he mentioned were ”Monetize” a mobile wallet company, and ”Technique” an LNG construction company. They didn’t give the stock symbols, so I had to do some gumshoeing to figure […]

A writer on Seeking Alpha (name not given) was going to take his profits on GOOG and buy VXX in this article, dated March 7,2013. http://seekingalpha.com/article/1257061-i-took-profits-on-google-should-you?source=yahoo Since I own GOOG, I was curious about VXX. This is the S & P 500 VIX short-term futures ETN (exchange traded note) issued by Barclays iPath on January […]

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On Friday File: Berkshire Valuation, "Mystery" Insurance, and a new Energy position

Hi dmgordon; So it seems as though you feel that the SOMA balance is a leading indicator and is telling us that the market is heading lower[...]

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On Friday File: Berkshire Valuation, "Mystery" Insurance, and a new Energy position

Hi Travis; I would be curious to know if Warren Buffett has ever expressed his opinion of crypto.[...]

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On Friday File: Berkley, Bro, Deere and more...

Hi Travis, you probably have covered this but I couldn't find the solution to this teaser from the Motley Fool' "Instead, we're writing you today to talk to you about a California-based company that is pioneering a breakthrough technology that is enablin[...]

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On Answers: Extreme Value's "Biggest Private Royalty Holder in the World"

So now we know how you got the name Travis![...]

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On Answers: Prins' "AI Ultimatum" and her Favorite 26-cent Microcap AI Stock

Yes, the move happens over Labor Day weekend[...]

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On Teeka's "December 13" Pitch for the "Biden Shock of 2023"

For those of you who want to re-affirm your Crypto skepticism, I highly recommend this book by Ben McKenzie titled ‘Easy Money’.[...]

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On Friday File: Earnings Hits and Misses

Travis uses Interactive Brokershttps://www.stockgumshoe.com/2023/01/friday-file-hard-to-buy-but-worth-it-a-new-addition-to-the-lock-box-portfolio/[...]

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On Friday File: Brookfield gets more Insurance-y, plus a midyear look at teaser performance

I am always on the lookout for potential short sales. I just ran a Yahoo screener (price above 30.00, book value less than zero and net income less than zero). It returned 27 results. Naturally, most of them are up 2% and more today alone.One of them c[...]

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On Friday File: Royalties Worth a Buy?

Just a couple of questions regarding Silicon Valley Bank: If you were a short seller, how would you ‘buy to close’ if there are no shares to be bought? It seems to me that the ‘street’ has it wrong with respect to companies that have debt arran[...]

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On Friday File: Earnings Updates and Resets

Hi tantafu Travis has a previous write-up on Electronic Arts dated 2/14/2019 https://www.stockgumshoe.com/reviews/stock-advisor-canada/fools-bezos-is-dumping-970-million-into-a-bizarre-2nd-coming-of-netflix/[...]

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On Top Teasers of 2022

Hi Sigmull: how did you happen to find Madrigal (MDGL)?[...]

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On Deteased: Latest Mizrahi "Forever Battery" Stock (Plus an "Energy Storage" Idea)

Hi Linda; see comments above from ‘turbolemon’ and Travis reply on this stock.[...]

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On 30.25% Annual Yield? What's Bryan Perry pitching now?

I grew up in Quincy MA and one of the stops on the train to SouthStation, Boston was called QuincyAdams, not far from where I lived. Are you from that area?[...]

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On Revealed: "The Last Great Value Stock" at $2, like "Tesla on Steroids"

Stocks on the London exchange are quoted in pence which is 1/10 of a pound. One pound equals $1.20 US dollar. $1.20 times .82 equals $.984[...]

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On "$10 Stock Could Be Like Buying PayPal in 2002?" What's being teased for the Motley Fool's "Showdown 2022" Service?

Hi Travis, Small typo in the quick take, Wise symbol WPLCF. It's correct in the full version.[...]

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On Friday File: Money Flows to Data Centers

Travis minor typo in the ‘quick take’ or maybe it was a Freudian slip. Symbol for Sea Ltd. is noted as SEL.[...]

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On Friday File: Trump Media, Cloudflare, GAN, Match and more...

Wow Travis you must be holding your breath with most of your stocks heading to the moon! I remember the same thing happening to me back in the dot.com boom. I was looking at my monitor and I couldn’t believe it. Is today the buying climax? Where is all t[...]

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On Skousen's "Do This One Thing To Grow Your Retirement Nest Egg"

Tom; where are you seeing that? The article was written by Travis.[...]

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On De-teasing Manward's "#1 pre-IPO investment for 2021"

Marsha : I google’d one and it came up with Redwood Materials. It’s not publicly traded so i’ m not sure how you ‘can get in for $2.60’ unless there is some kind of venture capital pool being offered. https://electrek.co/2021/01/11/tesla-lose[...]

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On "Stock of the Next Decade" -- What's Kramer's "2,500 Mile Electric Car" Stock?

Hey David ; if you are going to put it in caps, you better spell it right![...]

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