Collect Monthly Rent up to $4,734 Without Being a Landlord?
Sounds good, right? Sitting back and collecting a nice rent check every month — without having to be the guy who fixes the roof or calls the plumber or has to deal with tenants who skip town without...
View Article“Hyper-Fi” Teased to Drive $10 stock
Several readers are asking about this one today, so we’re republishing this article from February 2. The ad in question is unchanged, the company is still the same — though they did report earnings...
View Article“Lifetime Payouts” from Obamacare… plus some Friday File portfolio updates
I have a few updates for you this week — there was a little bit of earnings news in the Gumshoe Universe, and I did a little rebalancing in my portfolio to get cash levels up in anticipation of future...
View ArticleHow to “Earn an Oil Income Fortune from Environmentalists” (Keith Kohl)
I was waiting to see what happened to this teased stock when their annual results are released, but the questions have been piling up from readers and the company still has two weeks left before they...
View Article“How Has This ‘Buffett Clone’ Beaten Berkshire’s Returns by 70% Since 1998?”
This teaser ad from Nicholas Vardy’s Alpha Investor has been circulating at least since last October, but it appears to be getting more “life” in it these days — or, at least, we’re getting more...
View ArticleCasey’s “7 Top Gold Stocks with Vertical Potential”
This one comes in to us from Louis James at Casey International Speculator, and it’s all about gold exploration and mining stocks — mostly small ones, it appears (it is called Speculator, after all),...
View Article“The Five Stocks to Buy and Hold Forever”
I’ve heard Chris Mayer talk about his “Coffee Can” strategy before, but this new way that Agora is marketing it caught my eye: “Investing tips for the couch potato “This has got to be the laziest...
View ArticleMarch Idea of the Month: Back to Baby Berkshire?
I’m feeling a little bit old today because my fourth baby, Stock Gumshoe, just celebrated its eighth birthday. Eight years of solving teasers, sharing thoughts, and defusing marketing hype… and it’s...
View ArticleThe “Dagron Solution” and other Aussie Teasers
Here at Stock Gumshoe we like to keep our ears tuned in to teasers from all around the world, or at least the English-speaking world — the marketing techniques used by Agora, the Motley Fool, and the...
View Article“The 11% Income Stream from ‘Hidden High-Yielders’”
Of the many things that investors lust after, foremost are the idea of being in a “secret” deal that not everyone else knows about, and receiving high cash dividends from their investments. Which is...
View ArticleCan You Actually Earn “Royalties” From Amazon, Netflix and the Internet’s Top...
We have had a long line of questions about the misleading “Internet Royalties” teaser from The Wealth Advisory, so I’m going to re-share that one. My initial solution for this teaser pitch appeared at...
View ArticleWhat is Stock Gumshoe, and Who Are These Authors?
Stock Gumshoe’s primary reason for existence is to help investors think for themselves, and to avoid swallowing the hyperbole-laden investment ideas that are touted and teased by the investment...
View ArticleWhat’s “Ruby-A?” Explaining: “FDA Approves Miracle Powder, Cancer’s...
This article originally appeared on January 28, 2015, when the ad was newly released — the same ad, without any major revisions that we noticed, is being distributed widely again and generating...
View Article“Secret 770 Account”—“World’s Most Notorious Asset” Explained
This was originally published on June 3, 2013, so we’re nearing the two-year anniversary — and it continues to be one of the most-discussed topics we’ve covered during those years. The idea continues...
View ArticleHow to “Earn an Oil Income Fortune from Environmentalists” (Keith Kohl)
I was waiting to see what happened to this teased stock when their annual results are released, but the questions have been piling up from readers and the company still has two weeks left before they...
View Article“Bill Gates’ Next Big Bet” Robotics Stocks teased by Technology and Opportunity
Christian DeHaemer launched a newsletter called Technology & Opportunity about a year and a half ago, piquing investors’ interest with the idea that you can “Ride the Robot Revolution” and make...
View Article“Here’s the Most Likely Tech Stock to Earn You Windfall Profits in 2015…”
So far this year, one pundit’s pitch for the “top technology stock of 2015″ has worked out well (that was Navellier’s tout of MEI back in January) — so perhaps that inspired a few readers to send a...
View ArticleWyatt’s “2 High-Yield Dividend Payers on Buffett’s Island”
“Dozens of the world’s wealthiest are watching their income soar here… “… it’s not just because of its warm, tropical breezes and its pristine, crystal-clear waters. “And it’s not just because there’s...
View Article“Franklin IRA”— what’s the “Secret LIFETIME Income Stream Found INSIDE...
I thought this was going to be another pitch for what’s lately been teased very aggressively as invisible “770 Account” participating whole life insurance by the Palm Beach Folks… so I almost tossed...
View Article“America’s #1 Cryptocurrency”: The “Secret Currency” Pitched by Steve...
A sudden avalanche of folks have been asking about this pitch again, so I thought I’d re-share and update my thoughts on something I wrote in the Friday File for the Irregulars back in October of 2013...
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