Pocket Nine-times your money with HCIT: “This Discreet Amsterdam ‘Rendezvous’ Will Ignite a $678 Billion Tech Explosion”

One of the fun things about serving as your friendly neighborhood Stock Gumshoe is that boredom is never a challenge — each morning I get up and check the email box, and there’s invariably some bit of balderdash in there just waiting for a look-see. And today? No different, as you’ve no doubt surmised. Today [...]

Closing out “Capone’s Legacy” … Cigars, Cigarettes, Slot Machines?

I’ve probably thrown out more chatter than anyone can tolerate about Al Capone and sin stocks, so maybe now we should just go through the three remaining “sin stock” teasers, in businesslike fashion, with a minimum of interruptions … Capone’s Legacy Stock #4 from Karim Rahemtulla … “How to Book 548% From the Slots” “This [...]

Capone’s Legacy, continued … Booze and Gambling. Mmmmm.

Well, even the AP is playing along, trotting out the tried-and-true “people drink more during recessions” article yesterday … to go along with Karim Rahemtulla’s “Capone’s Legacy” stocks. We took a brief look at Anheuser Busch yesterday, which has a slight connection to Capone because the Chicago gangster bought a summer home that had been [...]