SMSI — The Stock AND Safe & Found Are Building Momentum!

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On Friday, SMSI broke out of a technical channel, generating the highest-volume “up” day since its sharp run in early-June.

Despite holding my rather large position, the pullback came as no surprise. It was due and healthy. Also healthy was the latest set of reviews. As I’ve been saying for months, I WOULD NOT RELY ON THE REVIEW DATA FOR ANYTHING. It has been skewed (positively and negatively) from Day 1 and tells us little about anything.

That being said, here it is for those of you who disagree…

Frankly, my recent Special Report series is the work investors should be paying attention to. However, I find that most investors can’t be bothered to spend an hour doing research, even if it required 1,000 hours to earn the money they’re investing.

But I didn’t write it for them. I wrote it for those who wish to learn how to invest like Wall Street professionals do.

Anyways… there were plenty of new (and REAL) data points to examine over the weekend.

One bit of great research came from Spence Watson, who has been a regular contributor on the chat boards here on my blog site. There, he said:

I signed up a few weeks ago during the $15 promo and I brought a new phone in. The first thing as soon as you activate, Sprint will pre-load 5 or 6 icons. One of the icons is S&F when you click on it, it takes you to google play to download.

I’ve also gotten several push notifications, at least one directly for S&F. I got one yesterday that said Apps you will love. When you click it, it takes you to a page of about a dozen apps with descriptions and then you download those as a bundle.

I also was seeing S&F every time I opened Chrome on my phone. The home page is a Sprint catch-all page that’s actually pretty good so I’ve left it rather than putting another home page. The icon went away after I signed up for S&F so I assume it reads your phone for apps when it opens.

Its also very prominent on Sprint Spot which is a kill time app of viral videos, DIY, etc. Several ads placed there. Finally I think that I’ve seen it in My Sprint which is where you go to play your bill. Think. Its not there now so I could be wrong about that.

No txt messages. However, I have it installed and I’ve only been on Sprint for 10 days. I’m looking for it so I see it at least once a day. Your average person won’t register that they’ve seen it so often. But the rule of marketing is you have to make 7 contacts before you ask for the sell so I’m sure the average Sprint customer is getting those 7 contacts.

I also noted that Safe & Found is now being advertised in Puerto Rico, suggesting that the app may now support two of the three most-spoken languages on Earth (and the top 2 in America):

SAN JUAN, PR – July 2, 2018 The school is finished and the summer is here, the children are excited. With summer come the much anticipated “freedom” for teenagers: hang out in the neighborhood pool with their friends, go for a walk in their car and of course, spend long moments on the screen of the phone or tablet.

While most parents are looking for children to have fun during their vacations and experience a bit of the independence of their age, it is also important to know that they are safe at all times.

With Safe & Found, a new Sprint application that provides real-time location updates, powerful parental controls and device security features, parents can count on that peace of mind. Families can use the Safe & Found application to set up alerts when their children arrive at a destination or if they have ventured out of a designated security zone.

The application can also block inappropriate web content and applications, restrict calls to reliable numbers only, and manage the amount of time children spend in certain applications.

Sprint offers the first month of Safe & Found free to new and existing customers. Once the free trial version expires, you can continue to use Safe & Found on the Sprint network for only $ 6.99 per month with coverage on up to five devices.

In addition, Sprint offers the best price in the Unlimited service industry.Safe & Found is available for iOS and Android devices.

For more information: https://safeandfound.sprint.com.

 

Finally, I saved the best for last.

This came from the smartest SMSI chat board I frequent (aside from the one here, of course!). The transcription is courtesy of Siri, so excuse me if it’s a little off:

 

In case you can’t read the text, here it is:

An update to an earlier post, I stopped at my local sprint store — it’s been three weeks since I was there and they in fact do have posters up and are actively converting existing clients.

Spoke to the manager who had in-depth knowledge of the product (and, in fact, is using it on his personal device to track his children), as well as an assistant manager who is an expert on iPhones was able to show me how, between Safe & Found and Apple’s internal product, I can accomplish almost everything I’m looking to do.

They’ve had great success with conversions. They say the majority of people they’ve converted her keeping it past the 30 day free trial and they are converting them in the store.

So, it’s been a big change of direction here in the first store that I checked in my local market from three weeks ago, based upon the marketing and the knowledge and the actual data of conversions.

So, good news… and I will check in a couple additional stores over the holiday coming up here soon.

In short, while it’s just one data point, it helps to validate the conclusions of my Special Report series. Sprint is taking the Safe & Found seriously. They’re methodically rolling it out and seeing great success in the stores as they get up, running, and educated on the product.

Bottom Line: I’m maintaining my earnings estimates for SMSI, but am feeling more and more bullish about the story. The stock seems to be done consolidating and earnings are coming up in a few weeks, so it’s hard not to feel great about my investment in SMSI.

Here’s the current chart:

…along with its rapidly rising usage rank:

Here’s to a great end to the week… and an even better month ahead. Cheers!

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More Research:

• The Quick Investor’s Guide To SMSI
• Tracking Sprint’s Safe & Found Roll-Out On Twitter
• Videocast: AEHR 10-Q, MoviePass Update
• Does SMSI Stand For “Smart Money Speeding In”?
• MoviePass Projected To Burn $600M In 2018
• Sprint Finally Rolling Out SMSI’s Safe & Found Nationwide!
• AEHR Grows 175% — Beats On The Top & Bottom Line (Buying More)
• SMSI 10-Q Released — Strategies For Trading The Stock
• Lose 33% In 9 Months To Make 1,000% In 15?
• GAIA vs. MoviePass: CAC Shows Which One Is A True Mini-NFLX
• Buying SMSI — Today Is The Day I’ve Been Waiting For!
• SMSI: Riding A New Trend & Making Its Latest Comeback
• Mark Gomes Research

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