Mega-Brands, Big Boxes, Weed-tirement & Permian Profits -- Stock Gumshoe Weekend Update

We got started on Monday (as usual) with a deciphering of the latest Oxford Cluib pitch -- they're talking up the next "Mega-brand" in a stock that they found using a "Wall Street hot list" that they imply is top-secret... not so fast, we like to uncover "secrets" andyou can see the Thinkolator answers here.

From there we moved on to "Secret Permian Profits" -- apparently Keith Kohl's got the goods on a company that has found billions of barrels of oil right next to the Permian... and is about to auction it off to the highest bidder. What's the story behind the tease? Justclick here for our take.

Hilary Kramer is touting a "Big Box that Amazon Can't Crush" in ads for her GameChangers service... she says the growth is 5X Amazon's, and the price is right for it to explode higher as it expands... but it turns out there's something really funky about this one, and a case of unusually bad timing. Is that enough to change our thinking about the stock? Sate your curiosity here.

And we quickly revisited the "fluorescent sand" story on Friday for the folks who keep asking -- so if you missed that one, that's an error easily corrected with but one click.

And finally, as is my wont, I finished up the week with our Friday File for the Irregulars -- this time I actually had some transactions to report on from the Real Money Portfolio, as well as some interesting quarterly earnings updates for some of our more volatile holdings. My favorite folks can check that out with a click below...