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Travis Johnson
Publisher
Stock Gumshoe
Description
Um, that’s the site you’re on right now — sleuthing out and tracking teaser picks, and discussing it all, that’s us. Clearly, reviews of this site on this site are probably biased. We also have a paid membership option (the Stock Gumshoe Irregulars — you can review that separately if you like).
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…”your info has saved me countless shekels, especially with the con artists over at Agora.”…YES…aren’t those turds rather annoying? I feel like screaming “get out of my inbox!”
Travis, you are a gem, and your data is GOOD. Really GOOD. I have actually made some very nice trades based on the sleuthing done here. I genuinely look forward to my weekly perusals of your site.
An incredible gem that I found by accident. Thank you SOOOO much for your honest and reasonable service. It’s great, saved untold dollars lately othewise spent with the rip-off crowd. Now I check with Gumshoe first before I do anything!
Please keep up the great job!
A couple years ago, when I career transitioned in middle age to financial services as a registered rep. with a broker-dealer wirehouse, Stock Gumshoe was recommended by a retired former colleague; he’s always informed, curious and a gifted scientist-writer, still with us at 88. Travis J. is the tip of the spear…..for those of us who want answers and are willing to dig. I’ll join the SG “irregulars” so to support what looks like his altruistic mission.
Skeptic’s above words may be lengthy, yet they illustrate frustration and passionate belief that only you can guide your investing destiny amidst a vast sea of carnivorous creatures feeding on the uninformed. Sure it’s now a big global market, but our epicenter is and will remain Wall Street, with its banking oligarchy aligned with the government. I lived in NYC. The Street is quite fascinating. It’s been said – just follow the money.
Be heartened – the internet and its tools will continue to level the investing playing field. The financial advisory business is in total disarray as it restructures toward fatter margins, leaving the great unwashed to fend for themselves. I was there and am now independent. Some parting words from Sy Sims, the NY suit merchant, who said: “Come to Syms, where the educated consumer is our best customer”. Be educated and prosper!
So many reviewers is mighty nice. I’ve been an “irregular” long before the term was adopted.I enjoyed the writing and was willing to pay. Are all you reviewers “irregulars?”4.95 a monthy or 49.95 a year thru paypal.
I also wish Travis would be more definitive and say thos looks like a good investment. Also would sure like to know the farmer personally.
So many reviewers is mighty nice. I’ve been an “irregular” long before the term was adopted.I enjoyed the writing and was willing to pay. Are all you reviewers “irregulars?”4.50 a monthy or 49.00 a year thru paypal.
I also wish Travis would be more definitive and say thos looks like a good investment. Also would sure like to know the farmer personally.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: this newsletter has saved me a fortune in advisories I didn’t bother buying (due to readers’ negative reviews) as well as teasers I didn’t buy (due to the Gumshoe’s expert analysis and his explanation of “minor” details that were not revealed in the teaser). Further, it has turned me on to some very valuable ideas and newsletters that have helped my portfolio immensely (in particular the Canadian trusts and MLPs recommended by Roger Conrad in his various KCI published newsletters). Add to this the Gumshoe’s humorous writing style, honesty, and overall good vibes–not to mention the ridiculously low price for the value given–and, well, I just want to say (once again) a Great Big THANK YOU to the Gumshoe and his marvelous Thinkolator!! Everyone who benefits from this newsletter owes it to him and the community to pay the small subscription price to support the service.
this site will make any investor want to head for the hills for cover instead of investing……the gumshoe is great at popping the hype balloon for most investments but if there are any home runs out there or serious potential for one the gumshoe site could be a little more positive.a little enthusiasm for a decent looking investment would help.
STOCK GUMSHOE is Excellent… I’m considering cancelling other subscriptions that I have. Its a great check/balance on other info available.
Gumshoe is Excellent!! Great resource. I just sent my other review but forgot to “assign a rating”. As you can see, they are tops!
In my galery:Buffet,Templeton,thikolator and a very few others.I don,t think as many others that your site only help investors, probably you are of more help to proactive editors to realize about the damage ratio to subscribers Vs income or winners picks.
Anyhow this info (picks)from magazines, are revealed but still useles.I have found a very valuable posibility aquiring info from first hand empoverished subscribers, like Zorro style
finally we all have the oppotunity to add weight with our opinions to the balance of power.
STOCK GUMSHOE — I’m new to the whole stock thing. So I found it quite cool to read your artical where U named the little stock (INAP) that they wanted $5000 from me for. So I guess U can say I’m your newest fan & will sign up for your news letter. PS — INAP is listed on 2 differant exchanges with dirrerant info — NASDAQ & NYSE arca — Whats that all about ?
Luck was with me the night I came across Travis (…the Thinkolater at Gumshoe.) Eager for “info from those in the know,” I subscribed to The Oxford Club and one other newsletter, only to learn they’re only about hype. YIKES! Spare me. “Thank you Travis,” and, again, “thank you Travis. You have a new best friend. Moi!”
One of the most useful aspects of the Gumshoe webb site is the reviews of the various “advice” newsletters. From reading all the reviews, it would appear there are some better newsletters. I might chose to subscribe to one – once I get over my disappointment with the one I fell for.
I sandbagged on the free newsletters for a month and then decided to support Travis since it was worth the $49 a year just for the education and the occasional chuckle when you realize which stock the promoter is talking about. I have been a penny stock picker for years but it was always a tough slog to find out information on some stocks. Travis seems to have a real knack for churning through the mountains of worthless information and zeroing in on a few relevant facts. Keep up the good work.
Dear Mr. Gumshoe,
The volume of praise evident here for your esteemed self, and the formidable Thinkolator [ TM ] says it all. It has quite obviously been ***earned***. All I can add is that the man’s, (and also the fiendishly brilliant Thinkolator’s!) integrity come shining through. You must be doing something very right to be scooping up such an avalanche of unqualified praise from members new and old. Please remember to keep feeding the Thinkolator prime raw steak tartare (or whatever it eats) to keep it well nourished and in fighting trim! =:-)
Lukester
The exception to my low star ratings is the newsletter review function which is 5 stars but which you can get for free. I’ve not otherwise encountered anything interesting on the paid site, or even much beyond what is public. I’ve looked at the paid site about 4 times and find no reason to click there again. So about 10 bucks a click.
The service looks at stock teasers currently currently being hyped in mass mailings, identifying what they might be, and then leaving it up for readers to post their comments on what they think of things.
In reality, it’s almost impossible to get to the bottom of promotional stocks (and Stock Gumshoe certainly doesn’t, nor does it claim to). Scams, manipulations, misrepresentation and hype are the rule for such “projects”. The trick to investing in such stocks is getting in at the right point of the mass-mailing cycle. If that floats your boat, so be it.
The plus might be knowing the stocks Stock Gumshoe goes into are pretty much exactly those to avoid. There are vastly more stocks a person should NOT invest in than invest in. Stock Gumshoe focuses at tedious length on a pinprick of a fraction of the smelly eggs in an ocean of smelly eggs.
The service seems to be for people who take their junk mail seriously, are emotionally involved with it, and genuinely believe their path to fortune may lie in the secrets between the exclamation mark promises in bulk mailings sent out to hundreds of thousands of people.
Otherwise, it’s totally conventional deadly-dullsville with an edge of credulousness.
Travis has assembled and provides to those that are interested in doing their own investing, a nice, easy to use, informational website. Not only does he provide content, but like the genius of ebay, investing connoisseurs can share their experience’s and leave feedback. Much of the success and delight in visiting the site, is the unassuming and user friendly atmosphere which is fostered by Travis’s style of investing. Free to use, and free to contribute, if you choose.
You know the old saying, “you can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but….” Well when the people can communicate amongst themselves, you can’t fool them for long. We all get the teasers from the many newsletters hawking their latest and greatest, sure to win big! After succumbing to a few of those, we begin to realize, the soapbox sales will never end. Travis provides a forum to sort out those claims and look at the naked, unhyped position. The Gumshoe provides the answer to the inquisitive nature we all have in us. What is it this time? Am I missing something?
As for the “fee” to join the irregulars, hey, I look at that as, we’re on a journey, would you like to share in some of the expense? That’s all, nothing more, nothing less, your still welcome to come along, but if you want to ride up front…maybe you could help a little with the expense.
The other feature I like is the Newsletter reviews. A place where we can all sound off about our favorite, or not so favorite newsletters. A place of fairness and justice, where the good can get their reward, and the notsogood, or those that disappoint, well at least we can chastise them some and warn others, “don’t be fooled again”.
Yep, For those reasons, I would recommend the “Gumshoe”, and give a “5-Star” rating.
Hi .
As a newbie ( and getting toooooooo close to 70 ) I just can not believe my luck that my wife found this site. Travis must be one of the RAREST commodities to be found ,only we could invest in stockgumshoe.I recently asked a question of him HOW STOCKGUMSHOE ALL CAME ABOUT. the answer was very interesting , but i guess the punch line was the best, he discribed himself as a smart arse , Well folks he is definatly smart,Unfortunatly i am completly unable to improve on any of the ratings or glowing recommendations that i read.I just hope that travis is willing and able to continue this fantastic service FOR A VERY LONG TIME.I have a question.Please could any one give me some advice on finding a good honast broker.problem is that i live in peru and unfortunatly i have not had good recommenations about peruvian brokers Long live stockgumshoe and the very best to you travis The Gringo
I too found your website a few years ago looking for financial letters. One of the few sites that also has “Canadian” content :-). Travis thanks for all the great snooping, as well as all the information you and the members provide. As a novice investor, I have learned a lot :-).Well worth your lifetime membership 🙂
Hi,
two years ago I was a complete newby in investing.
But when in March 2009 I lost 40% of my money deposited in funds recommended by my bank, I thought I have to become active myself. And I thought I was really clever in subscribing to 10 different newsletters allocating 5000 Euro to each of them buying 10 stocks for 500 Euro each. After 6 months I should see who was best and would continue with that one. Really clever.
So what happened?
The Elliott newsletter did not even post a single winner.
An Options newsletter lost up to 50%.
A commodities newsletter invested in lead and had to give up with 30% minus.
Rene Sip recommended Chinese stocks that would quintuple within 6 months. Well, they went down and when I asked him what to do now, he just recommended to be patient. When I had lost 50% I sold them all, thay are still down 30 to 40%.
The penny stocks of David Roy never made any money.
And all the Lombardi newsletters… had very poor timing. One portfolio lost ALL 10 stocks by stopp-loss in June/July 2009, but in September they bragged about their fantastic profits! With stocks they had sold 3 months ago!!!
I had to learn the hard way, because I did not know Travis and his Stock Gumshoe.
Thank god I found 2 German newsletters (I can read German) which made up for all the losses: Oxford Club Eil-Depesche and Value Investor. Investing in Gold explorers they brought back all the losses, so that I came out with a profit of 60% after one year.
So I tried another 8 newsletters for the second year which did not too bad altogether, especially the Motley Fool Small Caps and the Mining Speculator of Greg McCroach were really good.
But only when I finally found the Stock Gumshoe of Travis in November 2010, my ordeal was over. I finally learned what a teaser is and why so many stocks that I had bought, lost 50% within 1 or 2 months.
Thanks, Travis.
So, I cancelled all but 5 newletters step by step, save money and get evaluations before I lose money.
Again, you are the greatest, Travis.
Richard
Last week I joined the irregulars, and Travis has already saved me about 300 times the subscription.
I’ve been following Stans Energy (RUU) for a while, and still think it has tremendous potential in the meduim term, but last week I was amazed (and worried) to see it rising sharply in the absence of newsflow.
Travis’ newsletter explained that RUU had been tipped, so I reset my stops so as not to get burned by a pump-and-dump. I closed out my main holding today with a 370% profit, and will buy back in if the price settles down.
Travis has helped me to make several profitable investments, and to avoid several turkeys. Best of all, he entertains as he informs. Thanks!