What are you buying today?

[Spekulatius]

3 hours ago, Marco Van Basten said:

Do you know why the short thesis in GTLB so high (8.4%)?  What is WYL?  (I cannot seem to find it.)  Thank you.

I meant WLY (Wiley) and corrected it in my post. I have no idea about GTLB short interest. I seems the shorts have been correct so far, but I think the crash after the earnings looks a bit overblown.

 

I have a watchlist of tech stocks where I think the business has quite a bit of growth left and some staying power and  that have come down to reasonable valuations. GTLB and BILL are on the shortlist , but I have not bought the latter yet. Had quite a few misses, but also quick substantial winners and some huge winners (ZS) playing in this sandbox.

Edited June 14, 2025 by Spekulatius

[Marco Van Basten]

3 hours ago, Spekulatius said:

I meant WLY (Wiley) and corrected it in my post. I have no idea about GTLB short interest. I seems the shorts have been correct so far, but I think the crash after the earnings looks a bit overblown.

 

I have a watchlist of tech stocks where I think the business has quite a bit of growth left and some staying power and  that have come down to reasonable valuations. GTLB and BILL are on the shortlist , but I have not bought the latter yet. Had quite a few misses, but also quick substantial winners and some huge winners (ZS) playing in this sandbox.

Why do you like Wiley?   Thank you.

[Spekulatius]

8 minutes ago, Marco Van Basten said:

Why do you like Wiley?   Thank you.

Essentially the thesis:

https://valueinvestorsclub.com/idea/WILEY_JOHN_and_SONS_%26nbsp%3B-CL_A/8261156191
 

Unique business, not many peers.

[Paarslaars]

More ALTBG today in one account, hoping my broker of another account van add SWC and H100 to their offer, so I can sell my ALTBG shared on that one for these.

[Dave86ch]

44 minutes ago, Paarslaars said:

More ALTBG today in one account, hoping my broker of another account van add SWC and H100 to their offer, so I can sell my ALTBG shared on that one for these.

 

Why selling ALTBG?

[Paarslaars]

1 hour ago, Dave86ch said:

 

Why selling ALTBG?

I'm not selling overall. I'm buying in one account and selling in another.

The account I own ALTBG in currently, only has ALTBG in it.  

I want to add positions in H100 & SWC and this broker historically has been most cooperative in adding smaller companies to their offer, that is why I am trying to buy them in that account.

 

My ALTBG position is +/- 10% at the moment, one of my highest conviction positions next to Metaplanet, MSTR and Nintendo.

[Dave86ch]

29 minutes ago, Paarslaars said:

I'm not selling overall. I'm buying in one account and selling in another.

The account I own ALTBG in currently, only has ALTBG in it.  

I want to add positions in H100 & SWC and this broker historically has been most cooperative in adding smaller companies to their offer, that is why I am trying to buy them in that account.

 

My ALTBG position is +/- 10% at the moment, one of my highest conviction positions next to Metaplanet, MSTR and Nintendo.

 

Got it. The CEO of ALTBG has the right attitude to succeed. Unfortunately, my broker prevents me from buying Japanese stocks.

 

[Paarslaars]

15 minutes ago, Dave86ch said:

 

Got it. The CEO of ALTBG has the right attitude to succeed. Unfortunately, my broker prevents me from buying Japanese stocks.

 

Metaplanet is also trading OTC now under the ticker MTPLF.

[Saluki]

Since I stopped working in January, "a few shares" is a lot less than it was before, but in the past week I bought a few shares of BYDDY and will probably nibble at it slowly. I think with Tesla suffering and the Chinese government telling the big 3 domestic EV makers that they don't want a price war, the margin pressure will let up, and it's trading a rich price for a car company like GM, but a decent price compared to Tesla, and it's got better battery tech and hasn't entered the biggest EV market (USA) yet, so it's got room to grow. 

 

Added a  few shares to very some very small cap stuff (like $100mm and below), namely Virtra, OPTEX and PETS. A few shares of a small defense co and a small software co (like below $30mm) but I still have some resting bids out so I don't want to name them but if you even breathe on the ticker the price moves 

 

I've also been toying with some tax efficient (for me) buying and selling. STNG is down way too much, but I was reluctant to sell last year and pay even more taxes, but now that it's $40 instead of $80 and I think it will come back, I sold some shares in my taxable account (long term gains) and bought the same amount in my IRA, so if it comes back soon, the next gains are tax free. I did the opposite with a few shares of ISSC which were up 50% in a few months. Sold the small position in my IRA and bought it in my taxable account, so I lock in the quick 50% gain, still let the position ride in my taxable account, but can sell and take a loss if it goes the other way. 

[CorpRaider]

Oxy Warrants

[longlake95]

some BLDR.

[sleepydragon]

ASTS stock + also sold ASTS puts

[Paarslaars]

On 6/16/2025 at 1:08 PM, Dave86ch said:

 

Got it. The CEO of ALTBG has the right attitude to succeed. Unfortunately, my broker prevents me from buying Japanese stocks.

 

Unfortunately my broker won't add SWC & H100 to their offer so I'll just keep the extra ALTBG then I guess.  

[Rainier]

On 6/10/2025 at 11:02 AM, Paarslaars said:

Yeah another copy cat, I'm up 100% in two days...

 

Others I hold (3350 and ALTBG) also hitting ATHs.

 

These small BTC treasuries will do very well during the bull run while MSTR is trying to protect itself for when the bear run comes. 

Do you view SMLR as being in the same category as these others?

[formthirteen]

OTCM, DEO, BF-B, LULU. Momentum might not be on my side.

[Paarslaars]

8 hours ago, Rainier said:

Do you view SMLR as being in the same category as these others?

I have been meaning to look closer into SMLR but haven't gotten around to it. They are the cheapest one at the moment in my opinion. I need to figure out if the market is wrong here or I am missing something...

Edited June 18, 2025 by Paarslaars

[dealraker]

17 hours ago, formthirteen said:

OTCM, DEO, BF-B, LULU. Momentum might not be on my side.

Interestingly the one alcohol co I'm most positive on isn't discussed.  I've mentioned it twice, but that only brings the same lame politically biased insults...

...and of course more profits!  

 

It was in a different part of the cycle than the rest in the last couple of years.  Being a bit silly here and don't take me too seriously.  But it was what it was, clearly in a position to be bought.  

[DooDiligence]

9 minutes ago, dealraker said:

Interestingly the one alcohol co I'm most positive on isn't discussed.  I've mentioned it twice, but that only brings the same lame politically biased insults...

...and of course more profits!  

 

It was in a different part of the cycle than the rest in the last couple of years.  Being a bit silly here and don't take me too seriously.  But it was what it was, clearly in a position to be bought.  

 

 

[Whensthepaintdry?]

Pernod? 

[Blake Hampton]

^ BUD

[Blake Hampton]

^ I think

[Spekulatius]

I think ABEV in Brazil is pretty good ( I own it) and it has recovered from its lows. Internationally, beer has done better than in the US, I think.

 

Back on topic , I added a bit more ACVA yesterday. 

Edited June 18, 2025 by Spekulatius

[Malmqky]

Friend has been trying to convince me to buy EPIX for a while now, and I just saw a write-up on VIC so figured it was a sign to dip my toes in. Looking for a ~20% return by the end of September via liquidation. Not a world beater, but a good IRR and I think the shareholder base will prevent management from doing something stupid like a reverse merger. We'll see how it works out.

Edited June 18, 2025 by Malmqky

[pricingpower]

22 minutes ago, Malmqky said:

buy EPIX

Interesting there was a VIC writeup but it didn't mention EPIX is a PFIC which comes with tax filing complications / worse treatment if done outside a retirement account for US investors, harder than some of the other biotech liquidations.  SIOX took a surprisingly long time to distribute cash (think it was ~8mo after special meeting?) presumably because of resolving foreign subs.

[Malmqky]

1 minute ago, pricingpower said:

Interesting there was a VIC writeup but it didn't mention EPIX is a PFIC which comes with tax filing complications / worse treatment if done outside a retirement account for US investors, harder than some of the other biotech liquidations.  SIOX took a surprisingly long time to distribute cash (think it was ~8mo after special meeting?) presumably because of resolving foreign subs.

 

Bought in an IRA

 

I expected this to wrap-up a few months ago actually, so hoping September is conservative enough.