Topic Archives: McGraw Hill Education (MHED)

October 25, 2011 / Travis Johnson, Stock Gumshoe

SIPOs Continued: “New Spin-Off Profit Opportunity #2”

Shah Gilani has been pitching his new service, The Spin Trader, as a way to trade off of the long-observed tendency of spin-off stocks to outperform the market. We started looking at his picks last week, with the odd result that the first “spin-off profit opportunity” he teased was a company that is currently not […]

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Perfect Stock Caught Trading Under Secret Name / Jun 9, 9:32am

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HNHPF is the most liquid ADR, and represents two shares of Hon Hai, the parent company of the group that’s usually pop...

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Typical investment letter con. They get you in with a basic membership but then charge you astronomical fees for the bet...

Bob on Christian DeHaemer’s “Better Than the Bakken” Mexican Oil Play / Oct 10, 6:17pm

Hi Lawrence. Question: am I reading you right re: your claim that Frontier and Renaissance "are penny stocks which are ...

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“Inside Alert” …inside trading ?? / Nov 15, 8:52am

Hi, we have not seen any recent ads from them -- please forward the link or email along if you have something we can wor...

arch1 on Tropic of Palatin / Sep 24, 8:37am

Helen Thank you for a very interesting post. This explains a great deal and leaves me with many questions. I spent some ...

butitom on “Introducing My #1 Forever Stock for 2016” (Blue Chip Gems) / Feb 9, 8:02pm

Travis: Its very important for everyone to understand that Congress slipped a "fast one" through the appropriations bi...

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Club House for the discussion of Religion, Politics and other Unmentionables Volume 4 / Jun 18, 9:02pm

Tesla is a market disrupter, and has exactly the leadership it takes to break the mold. The gigafactory will slash the p...

Myron Martin on “This EXACT SAME Crisis Has Happened Twice in the History of Energy…” (Dr. Kent Moors) / Apr 26, 4:06pm

Essentially because they hold a broad range of exploration properties in the general vicinity of current discoveries. 2n...

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spinoff calander / Jun 14, 5:54pm

I only manage a few million, but I use TSR LITE from the spinoff report firm. monthly subscription. I've made excellent ...

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NOW Inc. (DNOW) / Jun 9, 9:02am

Of course I don't mind -- NOV is a small position for me too so yes, I now have a tiny position in DNOW. Spinoffs are o...

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Agora’s Newton secret profit triggers / May 1, 11:28pm

The tedius video is here. The ...

michael_v on “U.S. Navy Supplier—a Company with NO Competitors—Could Bring You Another 77% Profits in the Next 10 Months” / Oct 17, 4:25pm

I owned this for about a year after its spin from NOC. Glad to see it has done so well. It was brought to my attention...

RonKr on Spin Trader, The / Oct 20, 5:17pm

I dropped $495 on this new letter wanting to cash in on those high returns of spinoffs. The first stock recommended wa...

Gravity Switch on Hodgepodge for a Crazy Week — Two Ferris Teasers, and Two Buys / May 21, 9:46pm

Just a note to the NAV for Sprott: I think I might have double counted some of the cash balance -- since I included the...

Steve H on Catch the “V” Stocks that Disappear After 10 Days? / Sep 23, 3:40pm

If you want another somewhat dated but still valuable discussion of spin-offs and why they are worth following, try Joel...

Gravity Switch on Catch the “V” Stocks that Disappear After 10 Days? / Sep 23, 1:41pm

Ah, very good point -- once again, I made a silly error in only looking at NYSE rules. NYSE stocks use a WI for "when i...

Richway on Oxford Club / The Communique / Mar 28, 1:43am

I am also sad to say they hooked me into the Chairman's Circle, and what a waste of a lot of money. Anyone can use 25% s...

Gravity Switch on “Power Plays — Cash in on the Wind-Energy Revolution” Motley Fool / Oct 21, 4:58pm

If I remember correctly, by "special classes" of stock they just meant "small cap stocks" -- I don't think they meant an...

Gravity Switch on “Safe, Cheap, and in a Clear Uptrend” Sjuggerud / Apr 30, 9:36am

Hi Anne -- yep, this one has been around for a couple months. Originally it was teasing Altria, but that has passed so ...

Myron Martin on S&A Dividend Grabber: “500-B Shares — Double Your Money” / Apr 13, 5:47pm

I have received some spinoffs from stocks I held but I can not recall even one that has to date made me any real money. ...

Ponce Nilo on S&A Dividend Grabber: “500-B Shares — Double Your Money” / Mar 22, 7:02pm

Other than spin-offs there is a real 500-B shares of Berkshire. Buffet was worried that someone will issue an ETF-like s...

Gravity Switch on S&A Dividend Grabber: “500-B Shares — Double Your Money” / Mar 20, 9:10pm

Dollie, all those examples were companies that did these kinds of spinoffs in the past, the only current one that's pend...