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June 12, 2020 / Travis Johnson, Stock Gumshoe

Friday File: The Relative Safety of Agencies

The plan for today? Figure out what other name might be associated with Nikola Tesla, and use it as the name for a new-age company. Venture funding should flow without regard to merit, and you might just be able to go straight to an IPO and buy that private island. Nikola (NKLA) is taken, thanks […]

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Travis Johnson, Stock Gumshoe on Fool’s “Small-cap Canadian stock is about to ‘catch on fire’ as it takes on The Trade Desk…” / Dec 14, 11:17am

It's a tiny stock, so all it takes is a little attention -- they've gotten some nice industry attention over the past co...

markdavis65 on Motley Fool Options / Oct 12, 2:46pm

I've had good results with MFO The service is well worth the cost. The service paid for itself in one trade. The educa...

nickyp2002 on Three Founder-Led Stocks Teased by the Motley Fool / Oct 8, 2:28am

They also have STNE on their buy list. That one is doing well for me...

Ricky on Disruption Investor / Sep 18, 1:50am

Becareful with all these subscription services recommending to you what stocks to buy. I have tried so many of it such a...

JackInTheBox on What’s “Motley Fool’s Double Down Stock” Pitched by Tom Gardner? / Sep 7, 4:54pm

Is this a Tom Stock? or had David Gardner been on this boat too?...

steveflick on What’s being pitched by Motley Fool’s IPO Trailblazers? Two Good Answers (and a Guess) / Sep 2, 12:08pm

I like the spreadsheet of companies that have a market cap above $25 billion and accompanying info. Thanks for your ...

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motley fool / Aug 10, 11:31am

Yet more of their evergreen tease of Universal Display (OLED) -- they've been running more or less the same ad for about...

bwa123 on Gone Fishin’ / Aug 4, 6:05pm

On a different note. Is anyone aware of this company being the Motley Fool? Their teaser: What most people don't kn...

David Turner on Fool’s “Ticking Time Bomb for Cable TV” pitch / Jul 18, 5:16pm

Well, I guess them boys knew what they were talking about. The stock is now around $400. You skeptics ain't saying no...

Aimless on What are “Stock Rental Royalties?” / Jul 14, 11:24pm

Great introduction to the world of options investing Travis. It's not without it's risks. I used to subscribe to The Mo...

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Motley Fool Rare Triple Down Alert / Jun 11, 4:07pm

This is a repeat they've shared many times over the years, pitching Markel (which I also have owned for a long time, tho...

viktor69 on Will “The Edge Eat The Cloud?” What’s being teased by IPO Insider? / May 22, 11:52am

Apparently David Garner has a new buy recommendation: Globus Medical (GMED)...

kingdomwar on Will “The Edge Eat The Cloud?” What’s being teased by IPO Insider? / May 21, 9:44pm

M. Fool when defining differences: NET offers more service, like domain hosting, website optimization, firewall, etc. ...

lancew on “A Rocket-Fueled Opportunity at Big Gains” / May 3, 6:58am

Travis do you know Motley fool 2019/20 blast off portfolio picks or these moonshot stock picks thanks...

alachua on What’s Whitney Tilson’s “TaaS?” He says “It could put up to an extra $5,600 back in your pocket each year” / Apr 18, 5:04pm

What about MOTLEY FOOLS DOUBLE DOWN STOCK???...

alachua on What’s Whitney Tilson’s “TaaS?” He says “It could put up to an extra $5,600 back in your pocket each year” / Apr 18, 5:02pm

THANK YOU TRAVIS ! EXACTLY WAT I WAS THINKING ABOUT WHITNEY TILSON ......brag ra, brag HIS SUCCESSES, NOT FOR OURS! KE...

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Is Motley Fool recommending Insego for Stock Advisor / Apr 15, 3:24pm

The stock they pretty regularly tease they've bought "$523,111" worth of is Arista Networks, FYI (I've covered that seve...

QRon on Motley Fool Options / Feb 19, 2:54pm

@Elgordo wrote: "... doing covered stock exposes you to possible large losses." Actually, covered calls are one of the l...

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According to Motley Fool, there is 1 company “that Netflix really fears (it’s not HBO)”, any ideas? / Feb 10, 9:44am

I haven't seen any teases for this "Netflix Killer" that include any clues, but I'd be surprised if it's not yet another...

julian_satran on Friday File: Annual Review Part 3 (plus PANIC, SPCE and more) / Feb 9, 4:57am

What is the Netflix Killer mentioned by Motley Fool?...

frankjp on Motley Fool Issues Rare “Home Run Buy” Alert / Feb 6, 6:34pm

Travis mentioned that stocks that both Motley Fool brothers agreed on (only happened 23 times total) have been extremely...

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CEO Bets $624 Million on TV’s “Ticking Time Bomb” / Oct 21, 6:36pm

This has been teased before https://www.stockgumshoe.com/reviews/motley-fool-rule-breakers/fools-the-tiny-black-box-that...

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ever here if rhis comoany touted by the Motley Fool? / Sep 24, 9:51am

That's almost certainly a rejiggering of some older Motley Fool teases about Tencent. Haven't covered that specific ad,...

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NFLX, still being pushed by Motley Fool? / Jul 22, 11:27am

I've never been able to justify owning it (to my detriment), but haven't seen the Motley Fool promote it in teaser ads i...

musta9 on Motley Fool’s “Dawn of the T288 Era” — What are those Secret AR Stocks hinted at by Eric Bleeker? / Jun 13, 5:06pm

Hi Travis, are you sure about IIVI being the recommendation? I ask because the video presentation says that the stocks t...

Travis Johnson, Stock Gumshoe on Friday File: Buying Growth, Thinking about Retail, Tariffs and Panic / Jun 10, 9:44am

Don't think I've looked at that one in years, though if I remember it was the first "Internet of things" stock pitched b...

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What is Matt McCall’s, Investment Opportunities, of Investor Place, Pot Stock teaser to buy April 4th IPO / Jun 4, 7:50pm

Your narrative speaks of a speculative gain which did not materialize because the name of the stock was not provided to ...

scotte on What’s Alex Green’s “Next American Mega-Brand” Stock? / Jun 4, 4:49am

PLNT is also a Motley Fool recommendation....

eleanor on Friday File: India, China, the Big Picture for 5G, and a bit of Selling / May 25, 10:03am

My bad. Somehow I thought you owned MMYT. I bought a small position anticipating the potential. So far it has not worked...

chaszz on Motley Fool Issues Rare “Home Run Buy” Alert / May 25, 9:59am

Maddogne, if you are a Motley Fool member, does the Tradestops warning come at a decisively quicker time than an email f...

crazypalms on Market Update / May 25, 8:14am

Good to see many favorable reviews here. Do they also have stock picks (like Motley fool Stock advisor) or just Call an...

Laurie S on Jason Bond Picks / May 23, 10:02pm

I subscribe to Motley Fool Rule Breakers and previously their Stock Advisor. Nearly all of the core stocks I bought at ...

Carl M Welch on Is there a “$2,363 Retirement Royalty Check” Waiting for you? / May 22, 1:27pm

Thanks for reminding me that these special dividends rarely work out. Some years ago, Motley fool hyped FCX for a speci...

Eileen on “FORBIDDEN! The Profit Exploding Investment Brokers Refuse to Tell You About” / May 21, 9:50am

"1 (Still Small) CA-Based Company Is Exploding". I rec'd this in an email from "The Motley Fool" today, May 21, 2019. ...

Raja on “Strong Buy Alert” teased by Motley Fool Canada — next “Forty Dollar Frank” Stock? / May 18, 9:13pm

Markel get 21% when rated by the Nasdaq Guru analysis using Motley Fool methology!...

The Profiteer on Four more “Buyout Frenzy” Pot Stocks (Crow’s Nest marijuana de-teasing, part two) / May 8, 2:47pm

Agreed Dortelli. It seems that some of these companies were started by guys who were probably unfit and/ or untrained fo...

Nikki on What’s being hinted at as Ray Blanco’s “1 Stock for a Life-Changing Marijuana Payday?” / Apr 29, 3:19pm

What does Motley Fool recommend?...

chefgoogs on Jason Bond Picks / Apr 29, 9:44am

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Amy on What’s Being teased as “Project Iris: The $5 Stock Behind Apple’s Top Secret Device?” / Apr 21, 1:39pm

Is this topic of Project iris still relevant in April 2019? Just saw Motley Fool came out with an article about an Apple...

Marie on Alex Green’s “No. 1 Stock in 2019” — $3 “Single Stock Retirement Plan” trading under a “Secret Name” / Apr 17, 12:05am

I'm sick of the same story he's used to tease everyone for over a year there is no company is my opinion .He just wants ...

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Just try to find a phone #. Motley Fool is becoming a marketing scam but a bit smarter about flying under the legal rad...

JackInTheBox on Friday File: Mini Panics over Growth, a New Royalty Company, and a few Portfolio Updates / Apr 7, 11:22pm

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Odilia Garcia on Motley Fool Stock Advisor / Apr 1, 10:02pm

I have joined several times to the Motley fool stock advisers. I am exhausted looking for stocks, so I get frustrated ...

rodger27 on Motley Fool’s “Small company with a $147 billion opportunity” De-teased / Mar 30, 9:53am

I have been a motley fool subscriber from almost day one and I have done very well - mostly due to Netflix - I am up 5,0...

Nuzzpop on What’s being hinted at as Ray Blanco’s “1 Stock for a Life-Changing Marijuana Payday?” / Mar 25, 1:47pm

Is this the same marijuana stock that Motley Fool is teases...

crazypalms on Motley Fool Stock Advisor / Mar 23, 4:28am

Solid work from Motley fool, SA is their best and most valuable newsletter. Bad part - they re-recommend same picks so...

money tree on Motley Fool’s “Small company with a $147 billion opportunity” De-teased / Mar 20, 1:20am

Sorry if I'm stepping on your toes- but I'm so surprised someone would write what you wrote I've got to share my truth: ...

smalley57 on Friday File: IIPR Dividend Hike, Boeing Panic, OKTA, DOCU and more… / Mar 18, 3:30pm

I’m very new to the world of newsletters and opinion pieces. And very new to investing. I’m interested in the cannab...

Travis Johnson, Stock Gumshoe on Motley Fool’s “Small company with a $147 billion opportunity” De-teased / Mar 18, 1:40pm

Don't know the current portfolios, but in the past they were hugely influenced by a few mega-winners (Marvel/Disney, Net...

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Motley Fool Canada’s Latest – a new industry that will be worth $19.9 TRILLION in just six years / Mar 15, 4:43pm

Those AI pitches from Motley Fool Canada have mostly been about BlackBerry or OpenText -- covered here: https://www.stoc...

Patricia on What’s “Tom Gardner’s favorite marijuana stock?” / Feb 17, 9:28am

Picking stocks is like that old joke about the plumber who gives the client a $100. Bill. The customer becomes infuriate...

surefire423 on What’s Mampilly’s “1 Pot Company” with revenue “expected to surge 3,988%?” / Feb 12, 5:49pm

I was wondering if VIVO.T might fit. They purchased a company in B.C. that has revenue in the $15 mil neighborhood.The M...

Travis Johnson, Stock Gumshoe on What’s Mampilly’s “1 Pot Company” with revenue “expected to surge 3,988%?” / Feb 12, 12:15pm

It's a new industry, and there will likely be dramatic winners and losers over the next five or ten years -- I would ima...

Paul on What’s Mampilly’s “1 Pot Company” with revenue “expected to surge 3,988%?” / Feb 11, 9:42pm

Motley Fool just put out a bunch of weed stock recommendations. Their teaser would be a good one to gumshoe....

goldsneaker on Fool’s “The Tiny Black Box That Could Eliminate Cable” and “Cable TV’s Ticking Time Bomb” teasers / Feb 11, 3:42pm

I just saw this tease for the first time today, but evidently, it has been around for months. It is interesting the no...

Member also on Revealed: “Motley Fool’s Triple Buy Alert Looks a Lot Like Berkshire in 1992” / Feb 10, 6:34pm

Motley Fool wants people to buy because they want to dump their stock. On February 5, about the same time as the "Tripl...

caponsacchi on Solving an “Extreme Dividends” Teaser — Can you get a 100% yield on your savings? / Feb 9, 12:02am

I go to Stock Gumshoe for one overriding reason: to "cut to the chase." This is the first time (checking out the Motley...

milgauss on Motley Fool Stock Advisor / Jan 26, 2:14pm

After months of paid subscriptions with the Fool the only “fool” was me. Of my entire portfolio the only positions i...

money tree on Solving Fool’s “Betting $523,059.77 on Tom’s top pick for 2019” teaser / Jan 15, 3:12am

Nice article about ANET, thx Travis. Just a few notes since you mentioned The $8k price at Motley Fool, I think that is...

hcumberland on What’s Moors’ “Tiny $2 million startup and a $7 trillion bounty?” / Jan 14, 2:19pm

This just out from the Motley Fool folks on TELL: https://www.fool.com/investing/2019/01/12/forget-cheniere-energy-te...

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Pretty impressed with these folks. I've subscribed to quite a few other newsletters from Motley Fool to a dozen others b...

turbomom on Alex Green’s “No. 1 Stock in 2019” — $3 “Single Stock Retirement Plan” trading under a “Secret Name” / Jan 8, 8:51am

I read in motley about the 50 billion pot stock...a CEO put billions into it. Is that hydropothecary? What does gunshoe...

pxo999 on Motley Fool Marijuana Masters / Dec 27, 3:18pm

This program launched recommending immediate buys of twelve stocks, many of which had already risen by multiples of 100%...

noahfreeman on Fool’s “The Tiny Black Box That Could Eliminate Cable” and “Cable TV’s Ticking Time Bomb” teasers / Dec 27, 12:01pm

I think also #ROKU Motley fool also says a California startup.A little-known California company went public—and it’...

Sandy Scott on Motley Fool Stock Advisor / Dec 12, 9:53am

Welcome to the "I lost money using the Motley Fool Advisory Service" club!...

millerfilm on Self-proclaimed “World’s Greatest Stock Picker” teases “The $10 Company at the Center of a Revolution” … what is it? / Dec 11, 10:05pm

We know that almost all of these are snake oil. Hard to believe that many people go for these newsletters. The best know...

Britt on Self-proclaimed “World’s Greatest Stock Picker” teases “The $10 Company at the Center of a Revolution” … what is it? / Dec 11, 5:22pm

Speaking of "World's Greatest Stock Picker", thought I would mention that Motley Fool is pitching another portfolio (ano...

joenw on “Motley Fool Triples Down on ‘Millionaire-Maker’ Stock” — which one? / Dec 1, 9:22pm

Does anyone besides me think Motley Fool has way too many programs? Stock Advisor; Rulebreakers; Options; Moneymakers; ...

wazuzu17 on Motley Fool Stock Advisor / Nov 30, 10:02pm

Lots of bull hockey from Motley Fool newsletters. Wild predictions and they deluge you with come-ons like so many others...

wazuzu17 on Oxford Club / The Communique / Nov 30, 9:56pm

Lots of bull hockey from Oxford letters. Wild predictions and they deluge you with come-ons like so many others: Mampill...

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Louis Navellier’s Accelerated Profits Newsletter pitch Nov 12, 2018 / Nov 28, 1:09pm

5 Élite U.S. Stocks Set to Explode Go to Portfolio Grader- You dont hâve to be member Enter symbol of small cap s...

Sonja on Fool’s “The Tiny Black Box That Could Eliminate Cable” and “Cable TV’s Ticking Time Bomb” teasers / Nov 16, 5:29pm

I think it's NVDIA, Travis. Maybe you should give a look into that. You could also be right and I'm definitely not an ex...

Paul on Solving Curzio’s “One Bank to Hand Investors $60B” Tease / Nov 16, 4:14am

There's an old article on the Motley Fool website that talks about how Citi has been part of the cause of every financia...

JackInTheBox on Fool’s “One Stock for the Coming Marijuana Boom” / Nov 8, 10:07pm

The Fool is pitching this stock for a long time. Tom Gardner even called it his No one suggestion period! They are up qu...

frankw17 on What are John Boehner’s “American Cannabis Summit” Stocks? / Nov 8, 3:34pm

Long $IIPR: $IIPR is up $3.29 (7.84%) today, partially on good earnings news, but I think it's also due to favorable men...

Ken on NuCable: “Company That’s About to Kill Cable Television” / Nov 6, 7:26pm

It was this pitch that suckered me into Motley Fool a few years back. I bought Discover and Scripps right away and they...

Britt on “‘Cut & Paste’ Disease From Your Body” — what’s this “Living Software” Business from Dylan Jovine? / Nov 5, 7:44pm

EDIT and CELG are Motley Fool favorites also. Lost money on CELG....

Randy R on Extreme Fortunes / Oct 20, 1:43pm

I second all that you said. PM is so much more comprehensive and I always learn something every time he sends his podcas...

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I will add that I am a long-term subscriber to the MF Pro and Options services, which have gotten a bit pricier on the l...

Joseph Pauly on “Motley Fool’s ‘Double Play’ Buy Alert on Recent IPO” / Oct 11, 6:22pm

I did a little research on another IPO from October 2017. Did Motley Fool recommend ROKU? Their numbers are similar ...

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money tree on What’s “Tom Gardner’s favorite marijuana stock?” / Oct 10, 10:26pm

I have been investing 25 years used to be a licensed broker, and also have been so very well served by the Motley Fool I...

Travis Johnson, Stock Gumshoe on What’s “Tom Gardner’s favorite marijuana stock?” / Oct 9, 5:48pm

Thanks, feedback always appreciated — it doesn’t have to be negative :) I do have a lot of respect for the Gardne...

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The Fool’s Marijuana Masters / Oct 9, 2:13pm

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Motley Fool is a service that tips stocks to its high payers first, then trickles down to the medium payers and ordinary...

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Motley Fool releases ” Forget Apple There’s a New Stock to Buy.” / Sep 30, 5:00pm

I am currently subscribed to motley fool stock advisor. I don't see any of these stocks(NXPI or BEAT) in the portfolio....

Pam Day on “Kings of Canadian Cannabis” — Michael Robinson’s “$2,000,000 By This Time Next Year” Marijuana Teaser / Sep 24, 11:50am

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What’ Motley Fool’s new double down stock. / Sep 21, 10:49am

On September 5th, Motley Fool compared Sierra Wireless with Nividia and determined Nividia to be the better buy....

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BIGGER than the Internet–m Motley Fool tease for Canada Stock Advisor of a software stock that will be a big part of $19 Trillion business / Sep 16, 12:00pm

The guy has to be Mark Henri Leonard who is worth abound 1 billion not 20 billion. Constellation is worth about $20 Bil...

Mike on What’s Tom Gardner’s “I’m Betting $523,111 on This 1 Stock” Pitch About? / Sep 15, 12:21pm

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Motley fool teaser anyone know the company? / Sep 13, 7:22am

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Motley fool teaser anyone know the company? / Sep 13, 4:11am

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I’ve been trying out a few “experts” and recently checked my Motley Fool track record from email alerts I’ve rec...

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