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July 6, 2008 / Travis Johnson, Stock Gumshoe

“Grab the Biggest Oil Dividend of 2008”

I’ve written a few times in the past about the tempting teasers sent out by the folks at the Stansberry & Associates Dividend Grabber service … indeed, just the name of the newsletter itself is enough to dampen the lips — grabbing dividends, mmmm … Unfortunately, it doesn’t quite work out every time. The first […]

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mcrunkleton on Ferris’ “The Hands-Down, No. 1 Pick of My Career” Pitch / Jul 11, 9:03pm

Dear Travis, I received a long promo today offering Stansberry's Credit Opportunities for "held price" at $1.500. What i...

sct2ali on Ferris’ “The Hands-Down, No. 1 Pick of My Career” Pitch / Mar 10, 2:18pm

Mark: that's an unfair comparison, I think. Contrary to his image, Barnum actually did a lot to help people. Highly r...

stockgumchew on Ferris’ “The Hands-Down, No. 1 Pick of My Career” Pitch / Mar 5, 7:39pm

LOL "Secretive" Analyst. Dan Ferris has been hosting the Stansberry Investor Hour Podcast since last November when Porte...

R K LAKHOTIA on Solving Curzio’s “One Bank to Hand Investors $60B” Tease / Nov 19, 2:32am

GE massive debt will sink the ship. Porter Stansberry has long back declared that GE could be the next Enron. Why regret...

jkc on “By March 19, 2019 Donald Trump Could ‘Reboot’ the U.S. Dollar” sez Jim Rickards / Sep 18, 1:46pm

stansbury & rickards have been completely wrong going on 20 years now. On almost everything. The only guy more inc...

Hugh R. on “By March 19, 2019 Donald Trump Could ‘Reboot’ the U.S. Dollar” sez Jim Rickards / Sep 17, 1:21pm

In defense of Stansberry, he has always been pretty good with math and something will have to be done about the student ...

Graham Coleman on “If I had to pick one stock…. World’s No. 1 Stock When Gold Booms” teased by Dan Ferris / Aug 29, 4:09am

Aussie G Uncle Porter Stansberry was telling his followers some years back that "The End of America" was nigh and cha...

pair on Stansberry’s Investment Advisory / Jun 21, 11:41pm

I first heard Porter Stansberry many years ago at an investor conference. At the time I had made a big chunk of change b...

Larry on Porter’s “Stock that still makes us smile” / Jun 7, 12:08pm

Porter is a very intelligent, candid, sometimes brash person, although humble in other ways. The Stansberry Advisory I h...

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Steve Sjuggerud’s Two Stocks That Nearly Every Wall Street Firm Will be Forced to Buy at 3:59pm on May 31 / May 22, 10:58am

One possibility was provided by Sjug when asked a surprise question by Porter Stansberry during a Stansberry webinar on ...

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I D Coin from Stansberry / Apr 16, 8:32pm

I don’t know what Porter Stansberry is touting but Italy has an ID coin called Civic Coin symbol CVC which is about .3...

glomerulus on “If I had to pick one stock…. World’s No. 1 Stock When Gold Booms” teased by Dan Ferris / Apr 14, 8:11am

Being a subscriber to the Stansberry products, I can say 100% that it is indeed Sprott. I bought some shares a month or ...

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Death of Credit Cards / Apr 12, 4:30pm

I think our credit cards will go on this coin with all of our licenses, passport, Birth Certificate, drivers, marriage, ...

mobilecc on “If I had to pick one stock…. World’s No. 1 Stock When Gold Booms” teased by Dan Ferris / Apr 11, 6:31pm

I've followed Stansberry newsletters for years (can't stand their constant stream of teaser spam either) and had some su...

sct2ali on “Stock Market Coupons” — what’s up with Rahemtulla’s “Stop Paying Full Price on Your Stocks” pitch… / Apr 9, 7:17pm

Won't be a surprise to Travis, or most readers, but Porter Stansberry explained it to me best when he wrote a number of ...

Travis Johnson, Stock Gumshoe on “If I had to pick one stock…. World’s No. 1 Stock When Gold Booms” teased by Dan Ferris / Apr 3, 1:46pm

I don't think I've ever heard that accusation (that Stansberry picked Enron mid-collapse, right before the SEC opened an...

diva1 on “If I had to pick one stock…. World’s No. 1 Stock When Gold Booms” teased by Dan Ferris / Apr 1, 1:22am

Porter Stansberry has made money for me. I regret the times I didn't listen to him (buying Fannie and Freddie as an exam...

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Storage of Electricity – #Batteries & BIG image / Mar 26, 5:42am

I've read the free Porter Stansberry NL's for years. He has warned about the serious debt (that he believes/believed wo...

jim on “If I had to pick one stock…. World’s No. 1 Stock When Gold Booms” teased by Dan Ferris / Feb 27, 6:22pm

I gave up believing ANYTHING that Porter Stansberry says. In September/ October of 2001, he was touting ENRON as " Th...

Robert on True Wealth / Feb 6, 5:38am

I've been reading True Wealth for a little more than 3 years (since Dec 2014) . Steve Sjuggerud has had a very good trac...

jwjamieson323 on Friday File: Bitcoin, Volatile Week, Two Sells and a Buy / Jan 27, 11:40am

So now Porter Stansberry is pushing his new book "American Jubilee" and predicting a near-term total debt forgiveness in...

Kurt D. Bausch on Extreme Value / Nov 27, 2:28pm

As a Stansberry Alliance member for the past 7 years, I would rank Dan right up there with Dr. Eifrig, Steve Sjuggerud a...

dixiebud on “By March 19, 2019 Donald Trump Could ‘Reboot’ the U.S. Dollar” sez Jim Rickards / Nov 19, 9:17am

Thank you for covering this topic. It sounds much like the one from Porter Stansberry about eliminating debt for the poo...

JayBee on “By March 19, 2019 Donald Trump Could ‘Reboot’ the U.S. Dollar” sez Jim Rickards / Nov 7, 8:52pm

I don’t know about $10,000 per ounce gold, but Porter Stansberry was talking about the Metropolitan Man and minting a ...

Ronnie Silva on written by reader

What is this “1-tap app” company Stansberry is touting? / Sep 12, 3:28am

I already own PLPM, and I know they allow payments in many currencies, but never heard them say anything like One Tap! S...

Nvhorseman on Profits Unlimited’s “$7 Tech Stock” and the “strange industry expected to surge 8,000%” / Aug 21, 8:18pm

I was pretty "hot" on this Paul Manpilly's pitch until I started to research it. I have to admit you were the first arti...

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What is this “1-tap app” company Stansberry is touting? / Aug 7, 11:47pm

I think you mean Porter Stansberry hated bitcoin. I never heard Steve Sjuggerud say anything about bitcoin but then agai...

R K Lakhotia on What’s Stansberry’s “Dirty 30” All About? / Jul 24, 3:03am

Of all the popular investment letters, Porter Stansberry is by far the best. His publications provide the ideas but you ...

jag3186 on Friday File Hodgepodge: India, Gold and Stop Losses / Jul 1, 5:34pm

Dear Travis, What's your take on Steve Sjuggerud's "melt-up" theory. He says the end of the bull market is coming with...

Ron Morris on DailyWealth Trader / Apr 25, 11:00am

I'm 80 years old and go back to the first financial newsletter ever published, Richard Russell, Howard Ruff, etc. Stan...

Cleveland on Profits Unlimited / Apr 4, 8:43pm

Why is everyone a guest???? No one knows who Paul Mampilly is here. No one cares either. Well those who want to learn ab...

takeprofits on Mampilly’s “Untapped Ocean of Energy Found Under All 50 States” / Mar 18, 3:03pm

Just proves once again that there are more than 2 sides to every story. Never ceases to amaze me at the different reacti...

masterp on Mampilly’s “Untapped Ocean of Energy Found Under All 50 States” / Mar 8, 2:25am

Appreciate the insights on this guy!! I wish I would of found this site before the others. I think Porter Stansberry i...

dealerdeb1 on December Idea of the Month: What to Buy During Complacency? / Dec 12, 7:58am

IS this the stock that Porter Stansberry and associates are touting now as the best ALTERNATE to buying Gold?...

polo 9 on Examining Sjuggerud’s “Limited Time 2nd Chance to Get Rich with ‘292-C’ Shares” Pitch / Oct 1, 4:16pm

This is an interesting and highly invaluable discussion, as I often gain the best intel from intelligent opinions from i...

Jerry on Examining Sjuggerud’s “Limited Time 2nd Chance to Get Rich with ‘292-C’ Shares” Pitch / Sep 19, 6:28pm

I get Steve Sjuggerud's & others at Stansberry publications. I like them. I did also watch the China subscription p...

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Steve Sjuggerud’s 292-C shares teaser (China Opportunities) / Sep 18, 11:26am

good tip. I have subscribed to suggerudes/ stansberry cheap letter " true Wealth" for $ 79 year and I get good ideas ...

wmikemarshall on “The Reason Why the World’s #1 Stock Picker Just Came Out of Retirement” / Aug 22, 12:06pm

Just my 2 cents. If you believe that we are in for another market crash and are buying gold related investments as I am ...

Travis Johnson, Stock Gumshoe on written by reader

The Doug Casey Method to Investing in Gold Stocks / Aug 15, 10:17am

Doug Casey sold control of his publishing company to Porter Stansberry a year or two ago, so I imagine he's probably fol...

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Marin Katusa’s brand new newsletter; which “tiny gold company” is mentioned? / Jul 24, 6:39pm

After Reading the following , I would be leery of subscribing to Katusa's "Expensive" newsletter especially with NO RE...

Jeff on Lashmet’s “Next 100% Winner” in Alzheimer’s? / Jul 3, 11:04am

Travis, In addition to my post last week, we received an email from Porter Stansberry last Monday to be aware of anot...

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Golds next bull run? What to buy? / Jun 2, 5:37am

Hey 101, hn & btl - I bought some of those FFMGF shares for my Schwab account, but later at 35c in July. I'm quite happ...

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Golds next bull run? What to buy? / Jun 1, 9:05pm

Thanks so much. Don't know where to go to find all this stuff. I appreciate it. Also I saw where Porter Stansberry had ...

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Golds next bull run? What to buy? / May 23, 7:56pm

Hendrix, first of all I want to apologize to one and all. I so enjoy everyone and you are all such great resources of w...

Travis Johnson, Stock Gumshoe on Brunch with Markel / May 5, 1:54pm

I have not looked at the details for WRB, but the analysis from Morningstar is fairly compelling. I know Porter Stansbe...

845bayside on Stansberry’s “Metropolitan Club” plan for the Gold Bull Mania / Apr 16, 4:12am

I just switched to IRR from freebie a couple of days ago, therefor I am not sure that I am doing this correctly so far a...

Jag76115 on Stansberry’s “Metropolitan Club” plan for the Gold Bull Mania / Apr 8, 6:08pm

"The only function of economic forecasting is to make astrology look respectable", John Kenneth Galbraith. I have got e...

Jag76115 on Energy Advantage teases: “This New Fuel will Kill Big Oil… This amazing breakthrough transforms seemingly worthless pieces of land around the world into energy-producing powerhouses.” / Apr 3, 11:19am

Lot of excellent analysis from Porter Stansberry's associates but I would put Porter Stansberry himself in the same cate...

Steve Dansker on Energy Advantage teases: “This New Fuel will Kill Big Oil… This amazing breakthrough transforms seemingly worthless pieces of land around the world into energy-producing powerhouses.” / Apr 3, 10:06am

I'm interested in finding out if ANY of these newsletter recs panned out. I'm particularly wary of ANYTHING that's asso...

Mitch on “Hyper-Fi” — Oxford Club “Guarantees” Stock will Rise at least $3 / Jan 11, 8:26pm

The folks at Stansberry Research have done research which they interpret conclusively that stop losses do work and enhan...

mfdickdds on Friday File — Trump’s “Make America Great Again” Investment / Nov 4, 3:45pm

Porter Stansberry, in his latest ad points out the tremendous debt of GE. He is predicting a crash of the market due to...

Marielle B. on Explaining “Payroll Certificates” as pitched by Oxford Bond Advantage / Oct 4, 9:18pm

An October 1st article from Stansberry Investment Advisory Service, 2015, explained the high risks of holding bonds at...

Myron Martin on “The Next Royalty Company: A Low-Risk Shot at a ’10-Bagger'” (Dan Ferris) / Sep 26, 1:07pm

Have been a Stansberry subscriber for decades and Porter Stansberry and Steve Sjuggerud in particular have been pretty a...

BobD on Kent Moors’ “Polymorphic Oil” and the $2 Microcap Selling “Liquid Technology” to the Military / Sep 4, 5:30pm

My experience with Money Map Press (Moors publisher) is that this kind of BS misrepresentation is characteristic of them...

Bob Jones on Are Americans really Legally Piggybacking “Canadian Social Security?” / Aug 16, 8:02am

Look who's involved with Agora Financial: Porter Stansberry. He was fined $1.5m by the SEC for publishing fraudulent in...

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Ron Paul / Aug 4, 12:35am

I've been bombarded by e-mails spelling out doom come Sept-Oct by Ron Paul, Porter Stansberry, Rickards, and a few other...

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Jim Rickards` Impact System / Jun 5, 10:15am

I am a subscriber to IMPACT. So far, I can not say I have buyer's remorse. Latest trade suggestion was to sell the Jul...

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Stansberry alarming newsletter + offer? / Jun 2, 4:08pm

Well, here I go as a new Gummischuher and I may be jumping in the deep end right from the get-go. The book you are talk...

sct2ali on “Who Really Killed President Kennedy?” / May 26, 12:28pm

My only "quibble" with Travis' astute roundup is: to call people like King "journalists" is like calling the snake oil ...

sct2ali on “These guys have made nearly $14 for every $1 they’ve ever invested” / May 21, 3:42pm

John: I agree in general with your sentiment that it's best to be very careful - Porter Stansberry was after all convic...

Ronald E. Baker on Dan Ferris’ Three Picks: “The Best Resource Opportunity of My Life” / May 13, 11:34pm

Dan Ferris is the best of a bad lot. Anybody associated with Porter Stansberry is tainted from the start. One very t...

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Club House for the discussion of Religion, Politics and other Unmentionables Volume 2 / Nov 16, 10:24pm

Back to the coffee can in the back yard! Sharon, have we come full circle back to the original discussion from days ago...

ntuhrig on What’s the “Financial App” That Lets you “skim money from millions of banking transactions?” / Oct 2, 3:51pm

I got into MONIF a while ago and has been a dud all this time. Thanks for the reveal - this is really timely as I got t...

JohnM on The Next Corporate Psychopath? / Aug 22, 5:11am

They altered the transcript - here's what it looks like now: Porter Stansberry: “____ _____ _____. Oh, sell, sell, se...

Bakermre on “Living Metal… Tiny Company has Monopoly… $141,478 for a Thimbleful” / Aug 12, 3:51pm

The usual suspects, Stansberry, Agora and Oxford seem to be behind this one as well! How many slick con jobs do we hav...

elgordo on Friday File — Casey’s “Important News” flop and some updates on favorites / Aug 11, 12:24pm

On today's teaser "Bankruptcy" could you tell us the "World's Most Precious Commodity" Porter Stansberry is referring to...

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Why EVERY American Must Learn How to Hide Money From the U.S. Government / Jul 29, 1:11pm

This is one of the oft repeated themes from Mr. Porter Stansberry and his team. Short of buying a fast boat berthed at...

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Politics Rights Religion Sex and Investing & other unmentionable subjects / Jul 7, 4:13pm

The market seems wobbly today,,,Especially Biotech. Could it be more reaction to ObamaCare or are investors taking se...

theaccusersgift on “Sacramento’s ‘3-Minute’ Money Maneuver” / Jun 6, 6:14pm

The way these newsletters get a "97% success rate" is though slight-of-hand. The only way these guys "close out a trade...

Bakermre on “Warren Buffett’s New Toy” Teased by Motley Fool / May 22, 3:20pm

I too once subscribed to M. F.; not any more. They have a habit of hyping a stock, like 3D, see it rise then crash/tan...

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Thoughts from Myron—Drill Baby Drill / May 14, 3:27pm

I have no thoughts on this particular recommendation, but when it comes to Porter Stansberry, I find him intolerable bey...

Anonymous Questions on Will FT-900 Bring about the “next 9/11” in April, 2014? What is Jeff Opdyke talking about? / May 7, 10:58pm

Porter Stansberry is touting another newsletter claiming that on July 1, 2014 there will be a secret provision in H.R. 2...

Travis Johnson, Stock Gumshoe on Will FT-900 Bring about the “next 9/11” in April, 2014? What is Jeff Opdyke talking about? / May 7, 1:12pm

This is now being pitched by Opdyke again, with pretty much the same spiel, but since April has passed without calamity ...

Ronald E. Baker on Will FT-900 Bring about the “next 9/11” in April, 2014? What is Jeff Opdyke talking about? / Feb 12, 11:59pm

Porter Stansberry has gone on like this for years, much like his "Randy" mentor Doug Casey. I recall his other mentor, ...

gmanfis on $82 billion opportunity disappearing soon? (Frank Curzio’s Phase 1) / Feb 7, 11:38am

Porter Stansberry is a clown! You never know when to believe him or not. I stopped subscribing to him or any of his con...

dcinvest on “Texas Oil & Gas Royalty Trusts Are An Income Investor’s Dream And The Best Kept Secret On Wall Street” / Feb 5, 11:42am

The Permian Basin is a long term plan, meaning 10 years as a possibility. My contacts with the oil people in the Midlan...

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Is Porter Stansberry a fraud? / Jan 23, 12:48am

Jim Briggs and Travis Johnson Why isn't there a way to warn unsuspecting subscribers to the dangers of investing with p...

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Is Porter Stansberry a fraud? / Jan 22, 8:15pm

For e knee: That can't possibly be true, if you're talking about the recommendation for which Porter Stansberry was con...

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Stansberry’s Alpha vs. Sovereign Investor’s Sigma / Aug 24, 10:09am

Funny you should ask about Stansberry. I've been doing some research about Porter Stansberry and everything I've read a...

rkatz0 on Revealed: Frank Curzio’s “150 people ONLY” Small Resource Firm for Phase 1 / Jul 26, 7:39pm

I own most of the Stansberry & Associates less expensive newsletters on a lifetime subscription which I was offered afte...

Myron Martin on Revealed: Frank Curzio’s “150 people ONLY” Small Resource Firm for Phase 1 / Jul 25, 6:33pm

Alan: You accuse me of a "personal attack"in my response to Earl, but it was not intended that way at all. He may just b...

vivian lewis on Revealed: Frank Curzio’s “150 people ONLY” Small Resource Firm for Phase 1 / Jul 25, 4:34pm

Mr. Harris, please. It was Travis our Gumshoe himself who made the comment about getting "loopy" when he was hauled up s...

Travis Johnson, Stock Gumshoe on Revealed: Frank Curzio’s “150 people ONLY” Small Resource Firm for Phase 1 / Jul 25, 4:09pm

I have no idea whether or not he was born with the name, but Frank Porter Stansberry is a real person. I also don't kno...

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PASSIVE INCOME TRADER / Jun 25, 5:59pm

Travis: I don't understand why my email was briefly published and then taken down? I wrote: Travis, I understand you...

Ventureshadow on “Say These 5 ‘Magic’ Words To Your Local Bank Teller— And You Could Walk Away With A Handful Of Silver” / May 17, 1:11pm

Eifrig's usual five magic words are "I love you Porter Stansberry!"...

Sagacious on “Don’t Buy Apple Tomorrow Morning, Buy This Instead” / Mar 31, 6:49pm

For what it's worth Porter Stansberry recommended this stock in his financial advisory a few months ago. I purchased it ...

jmoli on “The single most controversial recommendation we’ve ever made…” (Frank Curzio) / Mar 4, 4:46pm

Yep, Porter Stansberry said in his March 1, 2013 "S&A Digest": "So a good rule of thumb for part-time investors is s...

Deborah G Flynn on “The single most controversial recommendation we’ve ever made…” (Frank Curzio) / Mar 4, 2:54pm

Porter Stansberry is a fly by night slickster who is doing so well on his investments he bought a yacht.........and rent...

tburk on Retirement Millionaire / Feb 26, 12:18pm

I enjoy this newsletter from "Doc". To be honest, the monthly letters do have an investment picked each time and a revi...

William Vogt on written by reader

Porter Sansberry’s attack on our President. / Feb 24, 6:07pm

Bill: Some of what you say makes sense, but to imply that our president has acted in an unconstitutional manner is ridi...

Peter Mans on written by reader

Porter Sansberry’s attack on our President. / Feb 9, 11:33pm

I enjoy Stock Gumshoe and liked the article by Porter Stansberry about the president. Why are some people so sensitive ...

rew2 on True Income / Jan 16, 5:32pm

I'm the same reviewer who appears as "Bob" in previous reviews for this newsletter. My final update: Of the two modest...

dealerdeb1 on Top Teases of 2012! / Dec 27, 12:07pm

I need to know what Porter Stansberry is teasing with his zero taxes presentation from the Doctor who pays zero and lega...

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stansberry Alpha newsletter / Dec 22, 8:58pm

I like your website and will probably join but now is not a good time . Im toying with Porter Stansberry with his new op...

jerry pippin on Keith Schaefer’s “Freak of Nature” Resource Play / Nov 14, 4:59pm

porter stansberry is soliciting several reccos on LNG tanker ships, LNG licensed export terminal owners, LNG ifrastruc...

Rufus Caldwell on “The Safest Way to Make a Small Fortune in the Next Five Years” / Nov 5, 5:49pm

I subscribed to Sjuggerudes True Wealth but did not buy anything. I didnt sense any screaming bargains. The latest comes...

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silver eagle / Oct 29, 5:55pm

What do you folks feel about Porter Stansberry video THE SECRET BEHIND OBAMA'S THIRD TERM? It's scary.. but he offers w...

sigmull on “How Steve Jobs’ Mentor Turned a $5-Million Pipe Dream into a $340-Billion Reality” / Sep 16, 10:46am

I've liked Oxford and Porter Stansberry letters for the past 2 years though I dont take their stock advice very often. ...

SMW on “My #1 LNG Tanker Stock to Buy Now” (Energy Strategist) / Aug 13, 5:50pm

yes. Porter Stansberry did an extensive analysis in Porter Stansberry Investment Advisory several months ago, and he is ...

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