Topic Archives: Intelsat (I)

December 17, 2020 / Travis Johnson, Stock Gumshoe

JR Butts ad says “Corporate executives of a small satellite company just went all-in on their own stock” — what is it?

The first version of this article was published on February 21, 2020. We’re still getting questions about it, the ad is still running and appears unchanged, and we’ve updated the article to catch up to speed and check on the current prospects. This is from an email I received from J.R. Butts, pointing at a […]

June 1, 2020 / Travis Johnson, Stock Gumshoe

What’s this “Apple-Fi” Business from Ray Blanco?

The inbox is overflowing with story requests today, but we’re going to start things off with the most-requested teaser pitch of the last few days, Ray Blanco’s “Apple Fi” ad for Technology Profits Confidential ($49/yr). At first I thought this was just another rewording of his older “Halo-Fi” pitch, which was about the OneWeb satellite […]

December 26, 2018 / Travis Johnson, Stock Gumshoe

Best Teaser Stocks of the Year

We have a couple traditions here at Stock Gumshoe… we call out one of the worst teaser stock ideas around Thanksgiving and identify the “Turkey of the Year,” and then, as the year comes to a close and holiday merriment washes all around us, we call attention to the best teaser stocks of the year. […]

September 18, 2018 / Travis Johnson, Stock Gumshoe

Ray Blanco’s “Halo-Fi” — What’s his teased “Death to Cable” stock?

“On October 1st, This Weird Rooftop Pod Will Deliver the Death Blow to ‘The Big 3’ Cable Companies… With One Clean Shot” That’s the opener of the latest ad for Ray Blanco’s Technology Profits Confidential, which is selling subscriptions with the promise that you can get rich and shut down America’s most hated companies at […]

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bruce book on Manward’s “Pre-IPO Opportunity of our Lifetimes” / Feb 10, 3:05pm

Well, then, let me ask you, Mr. "Ends with a Q" - Since Intelsat is now in Chapter 11 (not 13) and has earnings coming o...

ytse on Manward’s “Pre-IPO Opportunity of our Lifetimes” / Feb 10, 2:00pm

Dear Travis, I know this SPAC, NPA, pretty well but I pass this one because too many competitions and requires a ton o...

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Ray Blanco’s The Destruction of Telecom. “Apple-Fi” , “5G killer”. sevenfiguresolutions, Technology Profits Confidential teaser. / May 29, 1:10pm

Well, Blanco's been touting Softbank for years for their satellite aspirations. A google search of satellite companies g...

Travis Johnson, Stock Gumshoe on Ray Blanco’s “Halo-Fi” — What’s his teased “Death to Cable” stock? / Jan 6, 2:12pm

The "first to use" rights to the spectrum? I'm not sure what the legal status is of any of that, but ...

mike on Ray Blanco’s “Halo-Fi” — What’s his teased “Death to Cable” stock? / Oct 2, 3:38pm

One Web Softbank Qualcomm EADSY Intelsat...

Roon Dog on Ray Blanco’s “Halo-Fi” — What’s his teased “Death to Cable” stock? / May 9, 4:41pm

I so appreciate the legwork that you put into the stories behind these overblown ads. I'm getting pretty sick of all th...

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Halo-Fi / Jan 2, 10:30am

No, OneWeb had a deal to be bought by Intelsat in 2017 but it didn't go through. OneWeb is still private, with backing ...

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Halo-Fi / Jan 2, 9:05am

It was bought by intelsat...

Travis Johnson, Stock Gumshoe on Stutman’s “New 5G technology will soon be available to every American household” Pitch / Oct 11, 10:23am

That's a term popularized by Ray Blanco's ad copywriters -- some satellite stocks have done incredibly this year, mostly...