Early in my brokerage career (1977) I literally sat ten feet from a 68-year old broker, who, on news that a company he knew well, declared bankruptcy. He immediately liquidated everything he owned (which amounted to around $4 million dollars) and bought the stock and bonds of the bankrupt company. His logic in doing so was the railroad which he was buying into was a company he knew well and had traded for 30 years. The $3.00 stock and nickel on the dollar priced bonds he bought, had in his estimation, $150 per share in land value. Bankruptcy would free up the land value. Three-years later, his $4 million was many multiples higher. The company did not liquidate but because of the land value, reorganized. The $3.00 stock was trading at $150 per share and the bonds returned to full value and he was owed the back interest on the bonds. As 27 year-old new broker, it made an impression on me. That is how you make money in the market. Know your company. Trade the stock so you are ready for anything! It’s not a perfect world, however. You will still lose money on some deals. But over time … you will do well and occasionally get very “lucky.”

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In this LOTM Note:

• Information on what is driving Bitcoin’s Price.
• Why select Miners are being bought and other are being sold short
• What in might meat for other Alt-coins.

I have attached a 16 minute video that describes what is helping drive the price of bitcoin. Of course it is not as simple as price go up. There are games and strategies being put on by large players (Hedge funds) what involve Convertible bonds the shorting to hedge or arbitrage those convertible bonds – who benefits and who is held back by these strategies. Instead of writing it is best to just listen to the sixteen minute video. Speed up the presentation if you are short on time.

Please see this video it you are involved in crypto or Bitcoin miners. It is not all bad or all good. It is important for you to know what is playing Continue reading →

Doomberg Post Election Update.
What’s the REAL Election Impact on Our Future? w/ Doomberg published Thursday November 7, 2024
Major Themes – End of Climate Change, Pro-Made in America, Bad for Pharma & Solar, Deregulation trend strong, Trump is an Inflationary force – Inflation hedges should do well. US$ should weaken over time. Economic war with China ok but Trump does not want Kinetic war with China. Trump bullish on Nuclear power. Hardest thing to do in Washinton is fire a government employee so difficult to streamline government. 57 minutes.

Tom Lee on CNBC
Small caps could outperform by more than 100% in the next few years, says Fundstrat’s Tom Lee, published Friday, November 8, 2024. Lee: Respect this move. Lee’s targets S&P 500 – $6700. Bitcoin – six figures by year-end possible in 2024 with 2025 & $150,000 being possible. Small-caps outperform Large-caps by 100% over the next two to three years. Tom Lee is one of the current Continue reading →

Why Bitcoin, Crypto & Blockchain?

• In the last 13 years, the Bitcoin index (in EUR) had a compound annual growth rate of 103.42%,

Shared in this report are Ten crypto/blockchain ETFs. Each has a different objective and investment profile. Some are passively managed, and some are actively managed. Some are concentrated and focused and some modeled after specific indexes. The focuses cross through blockchain applications, AI data centers, crypto miners and crypto surrogates.

The performance range for the last twelve-months, ranges from a low of plus 54% to a high of plus 123%. Multiple ETFs in this sector were above 100% annual return. This industry is still in its early stage of application and growth. It is volatile so expect wide price moves. One can use a trading strategy or an investment approach. If choosing the investment approach with a long-term capital gain holding period goal, applying dollar-cost averaging for risk management is a way to level the volatility and still capitalize on the above average growth of Crypto and Blockchain. Continue reading →

BRICS Nations To Adopt Bitcoin For Global Trade: VanEck Exec

LOTM: It is hard to know if this is RUMOR or Advanced Intel.

In an appearance on CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” Matthew Sigel, Head of Digital Assets Research at investment firm VanEck, forecasted a significant shift in global trade dynamics with the potential adoption of Bitcoin by BRICS nations. Sigel’s insights come amid growing fiscal policy concerns in the United States and increasing efforts by emerging economies to circumvent traditional financial systems.

“We think once the election result is finalized, Moody’s is going to downgrade US sovereign debt, and that could be a catalyst for Bitcoin,” Sigel stated. He emphasized BTC’s unique properties, noting, “Bitcoin is a chameleon. It’s hard to predict what it’s correlated with. Because of the 21 million and fixed amount out there, it’s a non-US asset.” Continue reading →

• Account I – Single stock account. This simply means we might go down to one single stock position on our path to compounding to One Million$ value. Currently this “game” has four positions. The timeline goal is one double a year.
• Account II – Multi-position Account but targeting Three industries at this time. Precious Metals / Crypto-Blockchain / Fintech – a variation in theme is our new position in ORGN which is a specialty chemical company focused on replacing oil based plastics with organic material (wood chips) based plastics.

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I’d like to talk a bit about “my” description of what is happening in the market and LOTM related accounts.

What we do, is Hunt for Doubles

In broad terms, LOTM looks for stocks that profile as having the probability/possibility to double in price and do so within our desired time frame. Generally, we look for ideas that can double in six months to three-years. If I were perfect, and you know I am not, a double in three years would be 33% simple return if annualized. That’s pretty good.

In the hunt for doubles, we like a long-term capital gain when we sell so we look in the out of favor areas. We don’t mind being early because we want to own it twelve months or longer to get a favorable tax treatment. Continue reading →

OK, now I am a bit nervous. I am seeing many headlines in the algo directed world of YouTube and News flow that are saying what LOTM has been doing. Too much weight on one side of our canoe. When the market is this bullish with my thinking, my contrarian brain gets very nervous. Never-the-less, I tend to get in positions too early and leave too early in investment positions. So, I am riding the wave of optimism in the news flow and hope it continues.

HEADLINE THEMES TODAY:

• Precious metals is “the” place to be – especially Silver.
• Bitcoin, crypto, is the technology to be invested in (basically for the same reason some are buying precious metals.)
• Trump is surging in the polls! – A Trump election being very good for Bitcoin. 

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