The most-requested teaser to start this fresh new year is probably the Blue Gas/Tesla Killer one from Jimmy Mengel, in an ad for The Crow’s Nest ($99/yr) — and today I’m finally getting to it. If you’re keeping track, we first saw these “Blue Gas” iterations of the ad around December 18 (though different “Tesla […]
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Each year I go through all of the stocks that I either own personally or have brought to the attention of the Irregulars (there’s quite a bit of overlap on those lists), and I make sure to update my thoughts and opinion on that stock in an organized and, hopefully, disciplined way — that helps […]
Westport Innovations (WPRT) was a great story five years ago with great potential, and it remains a compelling “story stock” that continues to appeal to storytelling newsletter writers and suck in investors today — that’s why we’ve had it on the watchlist for many years, since it was one of our “Idea of the Month” […]
We’re well on our way to piling another foot of snow here atop Gumshoe Mountain, so I’ll keep today’s missive brief — there’s sledding to do, after all, and little Gumshoes out of school and craving amusement. I was skimming through a recent teaser pitch by Andy Obermueller for his Game-Changing Stocks letter, and it’s […]
Just as I catch up on some of the favorite stocks in the Gumshoe universe at least once each year, so too I need to check in with all of our watchlist companies — but first, a trade to note for you: Among the non-watchlist stocks that I own or have covered recently, I’m tempted […]
We’ve gotten a bunch of questions recently about this pitch from Nathan Slaughter about gas to liquids technology and the “death of OPEC,” so I’m sharing an excerpt from the Friday File article about this teaser that we published a little over three weeks ago for the Irregulars. Don’t worry, it’s the meat of the […]
Natural gas has to be the least favorite commodity in the United States right now — it’s dirt cheap even after it recovered from recent lows below two dollars, local communities in some areas are harrumphing about earthquakes and water pollution in the areas where hydrofracking is producing this cheap gas, and the gas developers […]
The gang from Insiders Strategy Group, (which used to be called Taipan), are pushing folks to sign up for a subscription to Unconventional Wealth, (which used to be called Safe Haven Investor), and as part of that push they’re teasing us that they’ve identified a secret that they refer to as “Form 590” that will […]
Christian DeHaemer appears to have gotten a bit of a reputation in the great Gumshoe Universe — readers started asking me about this pitch before I’d even seen it, which is rare, indeed. And perhaps they’re not to be blamed — he and his colleagues over at Angel Publishing (Nick Hodge, et al) have been […]
I’ve spent the past couple weeks going over my updated opinions on all of the past “Idea of the Month” stocks (or at least, those that haven’t already been dropped from coverage over the years), and I promised to put them all in one big list in order of likingness (yes, I know it’s not […]
Today I’m filling in the updated thoughts on all the other stocks that are still in our semi-active universe of “Idea of the Month” picks from past years (ie, we haven’t dropped them for reaching a price target, or being dumb mistakes that have been crushed). These are, as with the rest of the updates […]
We’re preparing to shut down Gumshoe HQ for a week or so — one vestige of my former life in academia is a strong belief that no one should work between Christmas and New Year’s Day, so we will not be publishing anything new until next year (don’t worry, we’ll still keep an eye on […]
Hyperbole is the coin of the realm in teaserdom, of course, but even so — when you headline your emails with a phrase like “best you can buy,” your friendly neighborhood Gumshoe is going to take notice. And some of his favorite readers are, too, if my inbox is any indication. So it goes today […]
Well, the copywriters over the Motley Fool seem to have been working overtime to churn out ads for the Motley Fool Stock Advisor … so I guess the lights will stay on late into the night at Gumshoe HQ, too. What is it they’re pitching now, and why does it have so many of my […]
Before I get into the point of today’s Friday File, I want to welcome the newcomers to the Stock Gumshoe Irregulars, and to especially thank those who joined up during our charity membership drive just before Christmas — we managed to raise a total of just over $2,600 for our two charities, and I was […]
Here’s the pitch for the ad I’m looking at this morning: “At the equivalent of $1.50 per gallon, the ‘fuel of the future’ is over 50% cheaper than diesel. And it’s many times safer, cleaner, and more environmentally friendly… “But what only a few people know — the rich, connected people, like Pickens and Soros […]
Well, it’s the beginning of a new year and time for introspection — so I thought I’d revisit some of the older ideas I’ve profiled for the Idea of the Month, and list all of the Ideas in my order of preference today. So first, the list — if I were buying today from the […]
Last week I promised that I would be writing a special note of some kind just for the Stock Gumshoe Irregulars each Friday — I’ll be calling this feature the Friday File, and it will include whatever I think might be interesting to share with you each week, whether it’s a new stock teaser unraveling […]
This past year of writing for the Gumshoe faithful has been a wonderful one for me, but not so much for the returns of the stocks that I singled out for extra attention here for the loyal Stock Gumshoe Irregulars. As I’ve noted before, starting this additional little service for my contributors has served mostly, […]
I cleared out my holdings in Westport Innovations today — during a very weak market for alternative energy stocks of most sorts it’s hard to sell anything in this sector, but I am very concerned about funding for the big ports Clean Trucks program that stands out as the single most important driver for Westport’s […]
Westport announced that they’ve gotten a huge order for buses that use the Cummins Westport natural gas engine — over 3,000 buses, which will give a nice bump to CWI revenue, some of which will trickle through to Westport. In truth, however, the real story of growth for Westport remains the California ports — the […]
The shares of natural gas engine maker Westport Innovations have, as you may have noticed, gotten clobbered along with everything else in the last month or two. Because the company is not profitable, and is a somewhat speculative play on an alternative energy niche, it has fallen even more than most — speculation is a […]
I’ve written a few times about Westport Innovations (WPT in Toronto, WPRT on the Nasdaq) in the past, and I own shares at a price about 20-25% below where they’re currently trading. But I’ve been reluctant to call extra attention to them, or to single them out as a good investing idea, because of the […]
Aha! You think for a moment that the Gumshoe has returned from vacation early to jump on a hot new stock tip … but you’re wrong, my friend. I’m still not here, but my ethereal presence is calmly posting a rerun of a stock we snooped out many months ago, with a few new notes […]
You can now find Westport Innovations on the Nasdaq — they got their US listing and IPO today, so if you’ve been dying to buy this developer of alternative fuel engines but didn’t like the pink sheet or Canadian listings, you’re in luck. It’s trading under the ticker symbol WPRT, if you happened to own […]
Westport Innovations, the natural gas engine company that was teased a while back by the Alternative Energy Speculator, continues to develop. We should all be cautious, because this company has been around for a long time and gotten hyped up several times in the past before falling back down. It seems different to me this […]
I meant to commend an article to you a few days ago … and I forgot. So here it is. Longtime Gumshoe reader WomanWithPortfolio wrote a good piece on a company that I also own shares of, Westport Innovations, and that was brought to my attention originally by a teaser ad for the Alternative Energy […]
Interesting short article from Forbes today featured one stock I own, Westport Innovations. Westport Innovations was teased by the Alternative Energy Speculator in their “Clean Air Cash-Outs” piece, the original Stock Gumshoe writeup is here. The Forbes article is here, the section on Westport reads: “Westport Innovations, listed in Toronto, has partnered with enginemaker Cummins […]
Here we have another newsletter from the folks who brought us Green Chip Stocks, which has been riding herd on the wave of environmentally friendly investors with a near-constant stream of new teaser ads. This latest ad, from Jeff Siegel for the new service, talks about “clean air cash-outs”, which as I read it are […]
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They reccomended WPRT in the mid $30’s. That should tell you something...
That's not the methane the company is after (or that Vivian is talking about, I presume) -- the methane that is promisin...
WPRT Acquires Prins Autogassystem on (Fri, Dec 12, 2014) You have written a number of articles on this company in the p...
Thank You Travis Johnson from the bottom of my heart for your comprehensive and straight forward information!!! You are...
That's Westport Innovations (WPRT), I've covered it quite a few times over the years and mentioned it as the solution to...
I have Westport Innovations to thank for discovering Tesla Motors. I had been watching Westport in the Stocks app on my ...
I mentioned it in an email a week or two ago, that's the "American Prius" pitch in which he's teasing Westport Innovatio...
A company that was teased here a while ago, that not only holds patents, but provides fuel systems technologies for gase...
Hi Travis, I have 2 questions: How do I find out the ticker symbol for PNC warrants. When I type in PNC-WT, it says inv...
Sorry, above is valid but from a different teaser. The energy reference is, the maker of natural gas conversion kits, We...
I got into this with Kurzio a couple years ago when he named WPRT Westport Innovations as the first entry into what he i...
Ooops, sorry -- that's probably my mental error somewhere. Yes, Westport Innovations is the right name, though they see...
I keep seeing WPRT referred to as Westport Technologies. Unless they've changed their name in the last few minutes, it'...
I think the two are Clean Energy Fuels (CLNE) and Westport Innovations (WPRT). The former builds natural gas refueling s...
I agree with you 100% on the Fool. Frankly, I wish the Fool had never adopted WPRT into its circle of “insider” sto...
I'm a subscriber to a number of Stansberry financial advisories, and I can say with a certainty, that he is one of the m...
Along with CLNE and FSYS for "gassing up" you vehicle and perhaps the better investment is Westport Innovations - WPRT....
I bought in to Westport Innovations (WPRT) and am up 1% on my small 50 share $2k position. I look at the play as specul...
I believe you are referring to Westport Innovations, WPRT. They are somehow in bed with Shell to market LNG vehicles....
Hi Marcel, I wrote some about this a week or two ago on the free site -- the main two stocks he's touting are Golar (GLN...
I was a Fool some years back, but got bogged down in the social and political boards ("You're an idiot! ! !&qu...
Mike, WPRT is Westport Innovations. It is in Canada and has the converted kits for natural gas. There are two in th...
I want confirmation that the MF tease I got for Diesel to NG conversion engines is Westport Innovations Inc (NasdaqGS: W...
Yossef, I did mention Clean Energy Fuels (CLNE) above, and it certainly also has some potential, and the company is like...
Thanks for the comments, folks. Michael, yes I still own some shares of Lynas. Have never looked at Arafura. ...