Updates on a bunch of our holdings... plus two add-on buys

Who are the stocks that will take the mantle from Apple, Microsoft, Amazon et al? Thinkolator answers await for the "Next Magnificent 7" of smaller growth stocks being hinted at in Motley Fool's Market Pass promos.

Who's Motley Fool Stock Advisor touting as the next big AI beneficiary, also teased as "Microsoft's AI Secret Weapon?"

Who's been pitching what? Here's the rundown of everything we've seen and covered in the AI space since things got crazy a year ago... from the obvious to the truly unusual

Updates following earnings for many of our Real Money Portfolio companies, particularly in tech and insurance

Tease says "This startup has every single ingredient... and you can still grab your shares for dirt cheap"

"Sleeping Giants," "Microcap Moonshots" and more from the world of Motley Fool artificial intelligence teaser picks

Big tech earnings, fantastic insurance results, and more from the Real Money Portfoliio

Who does Motley Fool Stock Advisor tease "will win control of the $200+ billion social media ad industry?"

Who's teased as "the Canadian underdog battling billionaires for the advertising mother lode?"

Answering some questions about a Motley Fool Stock Advisor teaser ad

Earningspalooza of updates from big tech, insurance and others (GOOG, AMZN, ROKU, EQT, NET, AMT, MKL, KNSL, GSHD, BRO, WRB), plus one buy in the Real Money Portfolio

Ad for Secret Stock Files says a "tiny, publicly-traded defense contractor will be supplying the linchpin technology behind the Retinal Matrix revolution."

This was always penciled in as the big week for this quarterly earnings season — earnings from so many of the mega-cap technology stocks that are the most widely-held companies in the world and have been the biggest drivers of stock market performance in recent years, plus another Fed announcement on interest rates. Whatever would […]

A look at a "Death of Diesel" Teaser, Plus Thoughts on TTD, PAR, ROKU and more... and a new watchlist stock for the Real Money Portfolio

Earnings season is finally really here, and perhaps that will bring the focus back down to earth… maybe for a few weeks we’ll stop obsessing about the big picture and the trajectory of future interest rate increases, trying to read the tea leaves to guess when the Federal Reserve will stop raising rates… and start […]

Ooops, they did it again! Snap (SNAP), owner of the Snapchat messaging app and the most important company in online advertising, posted another horrible, no good, very bad earnings report, and fell 25% after hours, again. Not only does this signal the end of our way of life, but it also means that advertising is […]

What's being teased as a robotics play by Empire Stock Investor? They say the presentation is coming October 6... we have some Thinkolator answers for you today.

A hodgepodge of stories and updates... plus the start of earnings season for the Real Money Portfolio, and one "buy the dip" purchase

Very bad news for one holding, but a couple worthwhile nibbles as I return from vacation

A holiday weekend miscellany for our dear Irregulars

Updated thoughts and price targets for some of our favorites, including AMZN, GOOG, EA, BR, WCC, AMD, MKL and more...

What are the five "metaverse" picks teased in ads for Empire Stock Investor?

Earningspalooza brings us updates on RPRX, PAR, PUBM, TTD, BOMN, DFH, BRK-B, STEM, U, AMD and more...

Checking in on Alphabet, Shopify, Goosehead, Brown & Brown, Medical Properties Trust and many others as quarterly updates begin to flow into the Real Money Portfolio

One partial sell and one incremental buy, plus a few updates and answers to reader question

A few minor updates and three add-on buys in the Real Money Portfolio

What's being teased by the Motley Fool's new Everlasting: SaaS Superstars service?

What's Christian DeHaemer's Bull and Bust Report teasing as the June 16 "End of Bitcoin" announcement and a 6,600% (or 10,000%) winner from that news?

Reducing some leverage in some names, and buying a little more equity in others in our latest Real Money Portfolioupdate -- with updates on CHWY, SFIX, YSAC, ROKU, VSBLTY and dozens more...

What's the urgency of this "huge announcement" from Motley Fool Canada's Iain Butler?

A hodgepodge for you today, including one new buy as well as updates on RPRX, ROKU, SFIX, TDOC, OKTA, GAN, CCI, SPLK, FSLY and more...

Updated buys and sells in the Real Money Portfolio, plus notes on SE, CCI, NVDA, MPW, FSLY, NET, ROKU, BAM and more...

Latest ads for Bull and Bust Report call the coronavirus drop a "buying with both fists" opportunity in these stocks.

I’ve been knocked out by a non-coronavirus illness for the past couple days, and I have to tell you, that’s probably the best thing that could have happened for my sanity — watching the stock tickers fly by and freaking out at the constant stream of COVID-19 news is not the best way to keep […]

More thoughts on how to invest through the coronavirus panic, along with some buys and sells in the Real Money Portfolio this week

Part two of my annual look at all of the Real Money Portfolio holdings... including thoughts on Apple, Amazon, Berkshire, Facebook, Boston Omaha and Tiptree

Five Stocks teased as the "Perfect Portfolio"

Checking in on earnings and Real Money Portfolio updates -- including ANET, ATVI, OPI, MKL, SAND, SHOP, GOOG, AAPL and more...

Thanks for your kind wishes (and patience) as I took a couple weeks off with my family — we had a wonderful and relaxing getaway in a few of the jewels of the Rocky Mountains as we toured through some northern national parks, most of them blessedly devoid of cell phone service or wifi, but […]

The jobs report from ADP was frightening on Wednesday, bringing more fear that the trade war uncertainty and/or some shift in sentiment is cutting business spending, and it seems to be contributing to the rapid “narrative shift” that has happened this year — whereas we were all shocked that the Fed would even consider cutting […]

What's the current teaser pitch circulating from Motley Fool Stock Advisor?

Updated thoughts (and some portfolio moves) on Berkshire, Fairfax Financial, Markel, Apple, Alphabet, Arista, Crown Castle, Shopify, The Trade Desk and more...

Checking out a Nova-X teaser, plus updates on Nokia, Facebook, Fairfax India and more...

Updates on the Real Money Portfolio and my Big Picture Thinking for our last 2018 Friday File

There was an election on Tuesday, I hear. I voted. The counting is almost over now. Apparently the world did not end, and now we begin the campaign for the next election… everyone raise their hand who wants to vote for austerity and deficit reduction and lower spending and higher taxes and delayed Social Security […]

What am I thinking after this week's jolt ... and what are the buys and sells in the Real Money Portfolio?

I keep seeing more and more marijuana teaser ads, and yes, marijuana is an exciting sector right now with legalization in Canada and probably more incremental moves toward legalization of marijuana in the US this next election cycle… but they’re still companies that we have to analyze and understand if we’re to think of these […]

Moving the deck chairs around at the top of the Real Money Portfolio, particularly in big tech... plus some new life insurance watchlist stocks, and earnings news from Hershey, Starbucks, Qualcomm, CoreSite and so many more...

A few minor Real Money Portfolio trades, plus updates on Aptiv, Berkshire, Clean TeQ, CoreSite, eCobalt, Estre Ambiental, Facebook, Fairfax, JD.com, Kennedy-Wilson, Ligand, Match, Maverix, Medical Properties Trust, Qualcomm, Sandstorm, Shopify, Square, Skyworks, and Xylem... phew!

Plenty has happened in the past week or so, as I’ve been on the road (both vacationing in the sun and working in the rain), so what’s up with the Real Money Portfolio? On the news front we’ve gotten a lot of earnings reports since I last wrote to you — Alphabet and Facebook had […]

Adding one new stock to the Real Money Portfolio, plus some add-on buys... and updates on Boston Omaha, NVIDIA, Alphabet, Facebook, and more...

What's True Wealth China Opportunities pitching for 100-200% gains in the next couple years, with "de facto government backing"

Ian Wyatt is pitching a “pre-IPO” opportunity in Spotify, the music-streaming business that is going public on the NYSE tomorrow… so what’s the story? Can you “get in early?” Should you want to? What’s this all about, anyway? We’ve gotten quite a few questions slipped under the door here at Gumshoe HQ about this one, […]

Two buys in the Real Money Portfolio, plus thoughts on Naspers, NVIDIA, IIPR, Fairfax India, Berkshire and General Electric, among others...

A buy from the watchlist, plus thoughts on Tencent, Alphabet, Naspers, Square, Altius and Five Below

Checking in and adjusting strategy for one of my larger Real Money Portfolio holdings

A hodgepodge of updates on the Real Money Portfolio and other stories of interest -- including thoughts on Alphabet, Berkshire, Boston Omaha, Cameco, Equinox, Franco-Nevada, Ligand, Momo, Okta, Omega Healthcare, Sandstorm and more...

What's the "shocking announcement" teased for April 25 that is being used to lure subscribers to Howard Lindzon's Peloton?

Checking in on Big Tech, TTD, IIPR, PCSB, COR, IPOA, NVDA, SHOP and YTRA

A quick check on big tech pre-earnings, including some profit-taking

Fool ad hints that "Renowned investor Tom Gardner has identified a stock he thinks resembles Facebook in its early days." Let's figure out what it is....

Checking in on the real money portfolio -- one sell and two buys, plus comments on CRTO, OHI, GOOG, FB, AAPL, DLPH, BABA, DSEEX, SHOP, FFH.TO, MPW and SWKS. Phew!

What's being pitched as the stock Tom Gardner recommended on Friday?

Checking a "big data" teaser, plus portfolio updates from some royalty and streaming companies

What's Motley Fool touting in their special report: "Inside the Car of Tomorrow: How to Invest in the Self-Driving Revolution..."

This week I’m breaking up the Friday File into two parts — there was a clamor of request to cover the latest “Code of Life” teaser pitch from Michael Robinson, so I did that for you in a separate piece today… And I’ve also got some comments about recent earnings updates and some other news […]

What's Briton Ryle hinting at for The Wealth Advisory?

Checking up on NAK, MPW, OHI, DOC, CRTO, AAPL, QCOM, FB, SHOP and more...

Three Buys in the Real Money Portfolio, plus quarterly updates on a half-dozen other holdings as earnings season begins

Today I thought I’d first share a few notes I made from the presentation that Pat Dorsey made made at the MIT Sloan Investment Conference I attended a couple weeks ago, since that’s the presentation that really had the most resonance for individual investors (and led to a few ideas that might be worth considering), […]

Checking in on that "like buying Amazon" stock, plus some updates on insurance stocks in my portfolio

I sold an income investment, what are we looking for in the weeks ahead?

What's being hinted at in the pitch for Cabot Prime?

Part two of my annual review and "reset" of my portfolio

Checking in on earnings and some more attractive valuations -- DOC, MPW, OHI, VTR, CCI, BRK-B, MKL, FFH.TO, CRTO, FB, PLOW... phew!

NXP Semiconductor (NXPI) and Visteon (VC) both reported results this week, both pretty much in line with what I would have expected and pretty close to analyst estimates (Visteon earnings were well above estimates, revenue well below because analysts have a hard time getting very specific on Visteon quarters — but their big picture remains […]

Checking up on some stocks in our universe, plus a brief teaser solution

Ad hints that "We Believe Every American Will Want to Own This Stock" -- what is it?

This is not a fundamental look at any of these stocks, but just a quick update on my personal portfolio. Like you, I have many priorities in my life… and some of those priorities changed a bit over the last week or two, so we’re considering some real estate transactions that make it important for […]

Today we’re taking a quick look at a teaser ad that went around late last week, for Cabot’s Emerging Markets Investor. That’s the letter that used to be called Cabot China & Emerging Markets Report, it’s changed names to reflect the relative lack of popularity of Chinese stock picking these days but is still edited […]

What stock is Linda McDonough hinting at?

Checking in on my largest personal holding

Checking out the teased pick from Jeff Brown's Exponential Tech Investor

Today we’re splitting the Friday File in two — the first part includes a few updates and musings on stocks and sectors that I follow, and you can see that here. The second part is this teaser solution, looking for the answer to a pitch about the “stock of the next decade” that’s being promoted […]

This article was originally published on May 23. It has not been updated or revised, other than to update my disclosure and ownership stakes. We haven’t seen many big new teaser ad pushes from the Motley Fool Stock Advisor lately. They did pretty aggressively promote David Gardner’s latest IPO recommendation over the past month or […]

What's the "Vega" stock with some NFL connection hinted at by VentureCap Strategist

I wrote a short note to you last weekend while I was attending the Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting, and as part of that I noted that I had taken some profits on several of my time-sensitive gold positions, including some warrants on Brazil Resources and call options on Sandstorm Gold, among others. I didn’t get […]

Two stocks being teased by Ray Blanco for Technology Profits Confidential

What are the Virtual Reality stocks pitched by Ray Blanco? (Part One)

We’re just about shut down here at Stock Gumshoe HQ for the market holiday today, but I do have some updated thoughts and musings for you about a few of the companies I own and write about with some regularity: Leucadia (LUK), Medical Properties Trust (MPW), and Fosun (FOSUF). And I should also update you […]

What's Street Authority's "little-known company" with a "near monopoly" on the next internet?

Checking in on my personal holdings and Irregulars suggestions

Stockman's Bubble Finance Trader thinks this stock will fall 70%, starting next week

Weekly note for the Irregulars -- mostly about my personal portfolio this time, plus a new watchlist stock.

Penny Stock Millionaire says they've "Compressed Internet Bandwidth by a Factor of 30" and that "Early Investors Could See 1,500% or MORE In Less Than TWO YEARS"

Interested in fiber optics? We’ve gotten a few questions from readers about this ad, which has been running for a month or so and teases a “fat pitch” for the year in a stock that’s related to fiber optics installation/expansion. And this is not new — today, dear readers, we’ve got a rerun… but it […]

A biotech tease and some updates for the Friday File

Stretching a bit for the May "Idea of the Month," plus some speculations

Several readers have asked what I’m thinking about Facebook (FB) following their most recent quarterly release — which was, as you’ve probably guessed, for a pretty seasonably quiet quarter. Advertising revenue tends to peak in the holiday season, no surprise there, though Facebook tends to see growth bounce back pretty quickly after it dips sequentially […]

Checking out a beaten down conglomerate, plus a couple personal buys

Solving the latest teaser pitch from Robert Wiliams' True Alpha... can you get rich from the "PayPal Mafia?"

“Free” does not necessarily mean what you think it does. Neither does “Today Only” … not if you’re wandering in woods that are infested with marketing copywriters. In this case, “Free” means “Free with-subscription-to-my-paid-newsletter-for-$100″… and I don’t know what “Today” means, but I first saw the ad from Chloe Lutts Jensen at Cabot yesterday and, […]

Taking a quick look and updating my thoughts on (almost) every stock in the "Gumshoe Universe"

Happy New Year!

Solving a Dan Ferris teaser, and sharing some thoughts on advertising stocks

Friday File solution to a FDA Trader teaser, plus updates and thoughts on MKL, GLRE, TPRE, LRE.L, CRTO, and others.

Adding a new speculative stock for our consideration.

Cabot's Stock of the Month teases another doubler

Which Dave Gardner pick is Jeremy Phillips Buying?

Looking for growth in a 2011 IPO that lost its zip

Finishing our look at those "facebook fever" stocks from Christian DeHaemer

Sniffing out Christian DeHaemer's "Network Leveraged Entities" from his teaser for "Facebook Fever: The 3 Best Ways to Profit from the IPO of the Century" -- Part One

If you remember, I’ve noted a couple times in the last few months that the stock I was using to (in part) speculate on a mania in facebook shares before and during the IPO process is Mail.ru, the Russian internet company that owns a bit over 2% of facebook shares pre-IPO. Mail.ru just announced, as […]

Oxford Club teases us with a way to "get your share of the biggest IPO in history"

As I noted a week or so ago I might do, today I picked up shares of Mail.ru, the Russian web company, for my personal account. These guys are owners of shares of the “Russian Facebook” as well as a couple other Russian social networking sites and their namesake Mail.ru, Russia’s biggest portal site. I […]

It’s been a little while since we dug into an Oxford Club promo, so this latest one that uses the eventual Facebook IPO as a hook caught my attention … in exchange for signing up for a membership in this particular club, they say you’ll “learn everything about making money from the ‘Facebook Effect.’” No, […]