Perry's 30.25% yield to buy before 8/12 -- Stock Gumshoe Daily Update

Miss anything last week?

We started with a look at Lou Basenese's pitch for an "Area 52" stock with a "quantum breakthrough" -- the quantum stuff is silly in this case, and Lou said you had to be in before August 3, so perhaps a new version of the ad will come soon... the stock did rise on its quarterly update last week, but there was really no big news... so perhaps you've stll got time? My take is here.

Lots of readers have asked about Nomi Prins' recent emails, talking up the big institutional investments that have been made in her favorite "more efficient gas pump" stock -- my take on that story is here.

We also took a look at a Ray Blanco/James Altucher pitch that's been around for a month or so -- with a promise of a big new catalyst "any day now"... Thinkolator results here for that one.

And I closed it out, as usual with the Friday File. The markets have been recovering a bit as we all try to figure out what interest rates will look like next year, and when the economy might come out of what is presumably a recession, but none of that rates much of our attention — not because they aren’t important questions, but because we can’t really know the answers. I’ll continue to focus on companies that are doing appealing things and should be worth holding through these kinds of cycles — click below to see which of our holdings got new "buy" prices or a change in opinion after their quarterly updates.