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May 3, 2019 / Travis Johnson, Stock Gumshoe

Yastine’s “The Next $ 1 Trillion Industry” pitch — what’s “The Most Critical Technology in the World Today?”

This ad has been around for more than a year, and I haven’t written about it… partly because the Thinkolator doesn’t have a 100% certain match (we only get a teaser solution wrong about once a year, and I want to keep that 99%+ accuracy rate). But it is an interesting one, and I started […]

February 5, 2019 / Travis Johnson, Stock Gumshoe

Stansberry’s Teased Pick for “New Arms Race” to “Save the Internet”

The latest ad pitch from the Stansberry folks, a marketing letter/presentation that’s urging you to subscribe to Stansberry Innovations Report ($49/yr at the moment), tells us that… “This Tiny Firm Could Tip the Scales in… The Battle to Save the Internet” So you can leave your subtlety by the back door today. What is this […]

September 19, 2017 / Travis Johnson, Stock Gumshoe

What’s the “Cyber-Security Stock North Korea Hates Most?”

It’s been a while since I looked at a pitch from Hilary Kramer’s GameChangers newsletter, and the topic is certainly timely as we eavesdrop on the UN General Assembly’s chatter about North Korea. Kramer’s last big pitch was for what she called a Mari-Pharma company, one that she said you would “regret for the rest […]

November 10, 2016 / Travis Johnson, Stock Gumshoe

What’s the “$12 Stock to Save the Internet?”

“Save the internet” is a red flag for me. Without the Internet, of course, Stock Gumshoe doesn’t have much of a business… which would make me very sad. And, of course, crush my jet-setting lifestyle and force me to sell my private yacht. OK, fine, so my investing acumen has not yet led me to […]

January 8, 2016 / Travis Johnson, Stock Gumshoe

Friday File: The Dark and Ugly Start of 2016

So has this recent weakness been a dip, or is it the beginning of real downward bear market or years of stagnation? Trick question. I Dunno, and neither does anyone else. But I still need to invest to grow my savings over the next 10-20 years or maybe more, so I’m still willing to buy […]

January 7, 2016 / Travis Johnson, Stock Gumshoe

Another couple stop loss triggers…

Just a quick note to let you know that I’ve personally sold my shares in Expeditors International (EXPD) and the Cybersecurity ETF (HACK) today — both because they generated stop loss alerts from Tradestops.com and I don’t have a strong opinion that they’re undervalued at this point so I didn’t hold back half of my […]

November 2, 2015 / Travis Johnson, Stock Gumshoe

Seven “Internet of Things” Companies Pitched by Jon Markman

The “Internet of Things” is sure getting a lot of attention these days — most people throw around the forecasted numbers of $17-20 trillion as the market for this new technology, in which everything is interconnected and data is collected about you and your appliances and the roads you drive on and, well, everything. Even […]

December 19, 2014 / Travis Johnson, Stock Gumshoe

Friday File — Some Final Portfolio Moves for the Year

With the way the holidays fall this year, today will likely be our final Friday File of 2014 — Stock Gumshoe all but shuts down for the Christmas and New Year’s Day holiday season (that’s one remnant of being a reformed academic — I can’t abide working during that week, sometimes the world should stop […]