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The Ugly Shoe That Keeps Winning š

Editorās Note: Jeff Brown is the former tech executive who picked Nvidia in 2016 before it jumped 37,000% higher. Heās now recommending another AI stock thatās the same size Nvidia was 10 years ago. He calls it āElon Muskās One Stock Retirement Planā because he believes Elon Musk is about to create massive demand for this companyās patented technology. Click here to see the details or read more below.
Dear Reader,
I just found what I believe is the perfect tech stockā¦
It checks all the boxes I look for in potential home runsā¦
#1- Itās a leader in a tech breakthrough that could change the worldā¦
Its patented tech can produce intelligence up to 1,000 times FASTER than regular AI.
#2- This AI breakthrough is protected by 150 patentsā¦
Meaning no other company can do what they do.
With Wall Street projecting sales to more than triple in the coming year.
#4- Itās a relatively small company, unknown to most peopleā¦
Which means thereās a ton of upside potential.
Before it exploded 37,800% higher...
And while I canāt guarantee youāll become a millionaire...
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And last but not leastā¦
#5 It has a catalyst on November 11 that could send shares skyrocketing.
We have so much to look forward to,
Jeff Brown,
Founder & CEO, Brownstone Research
P.S. I call this opportunity āElon Muskās One Stock Retirement Plan.ā
Why?
Because Elon Musk just made two moves that I believe will create massive demand for this companyās patented technology.
And I believe if you buy shares of this company BEFORE the upcoming announcement from its executive teamā¦

š The Ugly Shoe That Keeps Winning

Hereās one that defies all fashion sense. $CROX Crocs, the company behind those famously ugly foam clogs, recently jumped over 6% after Barclays upgraded the stock and raised its price target. And get this: the stock is already up roughly 44% this year. Turns out those goofy shoes with holes in them keep making people money.
So why has the stock been on such a tear in 2026? It comes down to one word: doubt, and the lack of it. Coming into the year, Wall Street was deeply skeptical of Crocs. Everyone assumed the clog craze had peaked and the stock was a slow-motion fade. So the bar was set very low. Then Crocs did something simple but powerful: it kept beating expectations. Back in February, the company posted strong results and guided for 2026 earnings well above what analysts expected. That one upbeat forecast lit the fuse, and the stock has been climbing ever since as the āitās dyingā story quietly fell apart.
Hereās what makes this latest upgrade different. For a while, Crocs was stuck in āturnaroundā mode, meaning investors treated it as a risky rebound bet trying to fix itself. Barclays basically declared that chapter over. The core Crocs brand is growing again both overseas and in North America, and even its struggling second brand, HEYDUDE (bought for $2.5 billion a few years back), is expected to return to growth soon. In plain English, Wall Street is starting to treat Crocs like a steady grower, not a question mark. And that shift in how a stock is viewed is often what powers a big move.
It also helps that Crocs is wildly profitable. These shoes cost very little to make and sell for real money, so the company gushes cash, pays down debt, and buys back its own stock. Thatās a quietly powerful combo.

š The Bull Case:
š° Itās genuinely cheap. Crocs trades at about 10 times earnings, a bargain price for a brand this profitable.
š Growth is broadening. International sales are climbing, and North America just turned the corner.
š A squeeze could add fuel. A big chunk of the stock is bet against, so good news can force those bets to unwind and push shares higher.
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š The Bear Case:
š HEYDUDE is still unproven. That brand has been a drag, and āexpected to growā is not the same as growing.
š¢ Fashion is fickle. Crocs lives and dies by staying trendy, and trends have a nasty habit of ending.
š The easy money got made. After a 44% run, the stock sits near its highs, so the bargain isnāt quite as juicy as it was.
The Munch Take: We have to respect it. A company selling plastic clogs with holes in them is quietly crushing the market, trading cheap, and growing again. Thatās exactly the kind of unloved, underestimated business we love poking around, the one everybody wrote off that keeps proving the doubters wrong. The 10x earnings price tag is genuinely attractive for a brand with this much cash flow, and the collab machine (those sold-out team-ups with big brands) keeps the hype alive. Hereās our honest caveat though. Crocs is still a fashion stock at heart, and fashion is one bad season away from a face-plant. The shoes are hot now, but ānowā is doing a lot of work in that sentence. Weād put Crocs on the watchlist as a cheap, improving name worth tracking, just know youāre betting people keep wanting the ugly shoe. So far, against all odds and all taste, they do. Never bet against ugly when ugly makes this much money.
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