Topic Archives: Sharps Compliance (SMED)

September 23, 2013 / Travis Johnson, Stock Gumshoe

“3 Undiscovered Stocks That Could Explode This Year!” from Penny Stock All-Stars

With a name like “Penny Stock All-Stars“, you’d probably guess that you’re looking at a company that looks for huge gainers in tiny companies — and if you’re a relatively sober and thoughtful investor, you’ll also be pretty sure that this means that even a good newsletter in this category is likely to have a […]

January 28, 2011 / Travis Johnson, Stock Gumshoe

Catchup, part two: Buys, sells, holds and “I dunno’s”

A couple weeks ago I started my annual navel-gazing exercise of looking back at past “idea of the month” stock (and other investment) suggestions — that first look covered the first year or so of these more formalized ideas for the Stock Gumshoe Irregulars, from 2008 to mid-2009, and now we’ll try to catch up. […]

February 19, 2010 / Travis Johnson, Stock Gumshoe

February Idea of the Month: A Value Trap That Can Grow

Investors always worry about the so-called “value trap,” a company that looks cheap but will forever remain cheap, luring investors in with a low PE ratio and miring them in the muck for years as they wait for others to see the “value” — sometimes we’ll also see “dividend traps,” where stocks entice investors with […]

December 7, 2009 / Travis Johnson, Stock Gumshoe

“$10 Garbage Stock to Quadruple Again” Navellier

After not looking at a Louis Navellier ad for quite a while, here I run across several fun ones in just a couple weeks — we saw his promise of remarkable momentum and a double from his favorite handgun stock, Smith & Wesson, about a month ago (hasn’t happened … yet, to be charitable). And […]