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Post by kadee79 on Nov 27, 2020 21:08:24 GMT -5
Hit the exchange today... stockanalysis.com/stocks/qs/Batteries...think they have a contract with VW, but did NOT research that, so not sure. |
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Post by kadee79 on Nov 28, 2020 13:29:06 GMT -5
Ok, something weird is going on with MSN - Money....where I have my "watch list". When I enter QS, which is Quantum Scape Corp....it comes up on my list as Kensington Capitol Acquisition Corp who's stock symbol is KCAC. Even when I click on the prompt of Quantumscape, it still changes as soon as it hits my list.
I sent a feed back to MSN that it needs fixed. Has anyone ever had a problem like that before?
I also went to Yahoo financial and started a list there...it works fine there. OS comes up as Quantumscape.
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Post by clarkrl2 on Nov 28, 2020 13:54:10 GMT -5
Their data provider probably hasn't updated their data base.
It looks like Quantum Scape has a lot of notable backers including VW and Bill Gates.
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Post by Opti on Nov 28, 2020 14:45:10 GMT -5
Ok, something weird is going on with MSN - Money....where I have my "watch list". When I enter QS, which is Quantum Scape Corp....it comes up on my list as Kensington Capitol Acquisition Corp who's stock symbol is KCAC. Even when I click on the prompt of Quantumscape, it still changes as soon as it hits my list. I sent a feed back to MSN that it needs fixed. Has anyone ever had a problem like that before? I also went to Yahoo financial and started a list there...it works fine there. OS comes up as Quantumscape. KCAC has made Quantumscape part of its portfolio. It is expected from what little I read is the tech of Qiantumscape won't pay off until 2025, if it hasn't been passed by then. Its a long play, in any event. |
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kadee79
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Post by kadee79 on Nov 28, 2020 16:22:57 GMT -5
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Post by kadee79 on Dec 9, 2020 20:55:21 GMT -5
stockanalysis.com/stocks/qs/But it has dropped over $4 in 'after hours'.....still would have been a nice tidy sum to sell today if bought on first day!
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Post by djAdvocate on Jan 13, 2021 23:24:49 GMT -5
this is a very competitive field.
I am actually more drawn to the materials side on this,
so I am buying the recyclers. I own all three of these.
the first is my top holding currently:
AMYZF
FOJCY
UMICY
AMY is the most speculative and interesting. price target is $0.50+
Fortum is the most conservative, solid, and undervalued.
Umicore is inbetween.
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Post by clarkrl2 on Apr 19, 2021 12:27:26 GMT -5
The trend lines today indicate QS may be heading lower. The formation is a declining wedge or pennant. The lower line is at $20 and if it goes below $20 I think I would take a shot at this as a speculation. The last I heard they are pre-production but they have a lot of impressive backing. I don't have any idea how long you would have to hold it to profit (if ever) but it is likely a feast or famine type speculative play. Just my opinion, I have no expertise in this field.
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Post by djAdvocate on May 15, 2021 20:14:51 GMT -5
like I say, the battery market is very competitive.
but this sector is also in a wide downturn right now.
eventually that is going to break.
it is just a matter of when.
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Post by djAdvocate on May 15, 2021 20:17:02 GMT -5
this is a very competitive field. I am actually more drawn to the materials side on this, so I am buying the recyclers. I own all three of these. the first is my top holding currently: AMYZF FOJCY UMICY AMY is the most speculative and interesting. price target is $0.50+ Fortum is the most conservative, solid, and undervalued. Umicore is inbetween. update: AMY went to $2. I think it will go back there, but it is in a LONG downturn right now. |
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Post by Rukh O'Rorke on May 22, 2021 19:04:48 GMT -5
this is a very competitive field. I am actually more drawn to the materials side on this, so I am buying the recyclers. I own all three of these. the first is my top holding currently: AMYZF FOJCY UMICY AMY is the most speculative and interesting. price target is $0.50+ Fortum is the most conservative, solid, and undervalued. Umicore is inbetween. update: AMY went to $2. I think it will go back there, but it is in a LONG downturn right now. I really like their mission statement! Very important work. how do you get comfortable investing in companies that have so little research/fundamental information out there? |
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Post by djAdvocate on May 23, 2021 13:04:59 GMT -5
update: AMY went to $2. I think it will go back there, but it is in a LONG downturn right now. I really like their mission statement! Very important work. how do you get comfortable investing in companies that have so little research/fundamental information out there? well, in this case, it was a fluke.
I have been in junior mines for about 15 years now. junior mines have basically nothing to show on their financial statements. it is all based on ASSAYS. so, you have to know how to read assay charts and research geophysics. I know a little about that because of ANOTHER company that I was a long term investor in that did assays. so, it is a twisty path that got me into junior mines.
AMY has good assets in the ground, so I bought it. I initially paid too much for it. but when it plunged, I bought a bunch at under 5 cents. it is a long game. a patience game. but unlike equities, you don't have to concern yourself with market vagaries, ONLY with underlying "ground up" worth.
if you are like me, you realize that there is only X amount of non-renewables out there. ultimately, these things have intrinsic worth that companies and currencies don't have. and ultimately that will work out well if you are patient and selective in your investing.
to get back to AMY, they are a weird one because they have a fantastic patent. and they are thinking their way thorough it. at first, they were going to sell the recycling system. now, it appears that they are positioning themselves to manufacture cathodes using their technology. the next step is full battery production. I don't know if they can do it- it is highly speculative. but if they can do it, the margins in this business are off the scale. they can pay recycling prices which are 1 to 10 cents on the dollar and sell the manufactured product for a buck.
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Post by djAdvocate on May 23, 2021 13:07:33 GMT -5
PS- it also helps if you are a fiat currency cynic. I don't like the dollar long term. I don't really like any currency long term. and historically, this "position" has produced extremely LOW returns. but if the dollar takes a major shit, it is a great place to be. so I think of it as "insurance". low returns, even lower risk, and a hedge against absolute catastrophe. it is a good combination for middle aged, high worth individuals.
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Post by Rukh O'Rorke on May 23, 2021 13:56:16 GMT -5
PS- it also helps if you are a fiat currency cynic. I don't like the dollar long term. I don't really like any currency long term. and historically, this "position" has produced extremely LOW returns. but if the dollar takes a major shit, it is a great place to be. so I think of it as "insurance". low returns, even lower risk, and a hedge against absolute catastrophe. it is a good combination for middle aged, high worth individuals. I am very much so! Not that I didn't have worries that the gold standard might collapse to be honest! If gold was ever going to be greatly impacted by eventual tech manufacturing gold cheaply or mining asteriods and finding more than was ever on earth or so forth. scifi that may come to be. within my lifetime But it is one reason I've tended to be 100% invested in equities for the most part. I am starting to siphon off a little for I-bonds, based on a YM thread and thinking I do need something that would not be impacted by a market collapse. I'm not sure how long I can keep at the dayjob right now - so something like that would help if I decide to walk out in a bit of a huff.  Ever since I started with investing I've gone for the highest risk/reward that made sence to me. crypto doesn't make any sense to me, so I avoided that. early on I had very little to invest so getting a big return was necessary if it was ever going to amount to much. Have a lot more to put in right now than ever before, but of course, not a lot of time for it to grow. I do like companies that own land, own developed RE, etc. It's a solid base of assets to build off of rather than something that could fold into nothingness overnight with one downturn or a bad business decision. And I have a very healthy distrust of corporate governance. enron, etc. Sometimes, nothing feels solid. The pandemic has certainly increased these pessimistic outlooks! Kind of like - what's next? |
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Post by clarkrl2 on Nov 6, 2021 21:16:22 GMT -5
The results in this article seem encouraging. article |
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