Westport Says “Next Year!”… AGAIN
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...
View ArticleWhat’s the “Financial App” That Lets you “skim money from millions of banking...
Braden Copeland used to work for Porter Stansberry, co-editing his Stansberry’s Investment Advisory and working on Inside Strategist (since shuttered) that picked stocks based on insider buying....
View ArticleFriday File Hodgepodge — Iron, Graphene, Xerox and some ranting
I have to warn you up front, after reading through this before sending it out to you I’m a little worried. You might think I’m a bit “off my meds” today — I didn’t have one coherent idea to share, so I...
View Article“Master Plan for America’s Recovery on page 638 of the Holy Bible?” (Mitchell...
I should probably confess, before I get into today’s teaser sleuthification, that I don’t like organized religion. Disorganized religions are fine, because they don’t get together and try to figure out...
View ArticleHilary Kramer’s “459,900% return on investment”
This article originally appeared on June 25, 2014. It has not been updated or revised. The ad from Hilary Kramer is circulating again now and has also apparently not been updated or revised. The stock...
View ArticleSelling SodaStream
Well, it turns out that the US is indeed dragging SodaStream (SODA) down… and now it’s time for me to take a loss and sell my shares. I bought SODA and wrote about it for you following the Value...
View Article“The Defense Contractor with the Graphene Breakthrough that Will Prevent a...
Our headline today is from Dr. Kent Moors, who is pitching his series of special reports/recommendations that he calls the “Great Game”, essentially a series of ideas based on the big “chess game”...
View ArticleWhat about ‘dem Robots? (DeHaemer’s “Ride the Robot Revolution” Stocks revealed)
This article was originally published on November 13, 2013. The ad is circulating again and generating questions from readers, so we’re re-running it for you — the ad is still largely unchanged, and...
View Article“One of the Greatest Businesses We’ve Ever Found”, plus a look at Facebook...
I’m on the road with my family this holiday weekend, so I’ll get this Friday File mishmosh of thoughts out to you a bit early. There are two things I want to do… chatter a bit about online advertising...
View ArticleWhat’s the Motley Fool’s “Holy Grail investment into ‘Oil Boom 2.0?’”
The carnage in energy and oil services stocks over the last six months or so is causing a lot of contrarian investors to sit up and take notice — the combination of lower perceived demand (because of...
View ArticleWhat’s in a Name?
Cielo (CIOXY for the US ADR) is the biggest Brazilian credit card processor, they make their money primarily by adding merchants to their transaction network (leasing them the card swipe machine and...
View Article“How Has This ‘Buffett Clone’ Beaten Berkshire’s Returns by 70% Since 1998?”
I haven’t written about a teaser pitch from Nicholas Vardy in a while, and I’ve been keeping an eye out for stocks I’d like to have on my “watch list” to maybe buy if we continue to see prices fall...
View Article“Jetsons Home of the Future Opportunity #1″ from Utility Forecaster
I’m running late today and working on a few pieces that aren’t done yet, but I don’t want to leave our fabulous Gumshoe readers with nothing to think about… so let’s get a quick teaser solution out for...
View ArticleSandstorm Gold Thoughts
I’ve owned shares of Sandstorm Gold (SAND) for several years, and it was one of my larger holdings for a while, so readers ask about it with some frequency — particularly during times like these, when...
View ArticleFriday File: Should You Get Expert Help?
Most of us are self-directed investors, for good or ill — you’re probably here because you like researching or trading stocks, and I obviously feel the same. But should we be trusting ourselves to...
View Article“Three ‘raging-bulls’ to protect and grow your portfolio” from Louis Navellier
Louis Navellier has been around for far longer than most of the newsletter pundits, and his quantitative system has proven itself to be pretty good on average for long periods of time (though it also...
View Article“Hillary Clinton — Best President Ever?” (Deciphering Matt Badiali’s oil...
Matt Badiali and the folks at Stansberry Research are very skilled at using the names of politicians to inspire visceral reactions in readers and get them to read their ads or listen to their sales...
View ArticleKeith Kohl and the $1 “Petroplex” Stock
This article originally appeared on August 14, neither the article nor the ad I cover here have been updated or changed, but the ad is rolling again and generating questions from readers so we’re...
View Article“The Real Secret Behind Apple’s Biggest Success”
Ian Wyatt is pitching a stock that he says is going to surge on the demand for more wireless data that comes with each new iteration of the iPhone or Samsung Galaxy… and I didn’t look at this ad for a...
View Article“The Scientists Who Really Might Find a Cure for Cancer,” plus some thoughts...
I’ve got a few thoughts for you on some companies I follow and own, and a little follow-up on last week’s chatter about hedge funds, but first I thought you’d like a quick teaser solution for your...
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