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Aloha! HAPPY MLK DAY ! ! The TSX and ASX are open. My top PPE mover ZEN(ZEN.V +3.3%) was up again this morning on news of expanded contracts and manufacturing. Go HERE to read. Gain 1100%+ and still holding as I believe the upside is more as more contracts and wider covid-19 product range expands based on proprietary formulas. Another graphene play with plenty of patents is GGG.V but their applications are more on commercial applications like HVAC for offices and airlines. Definitely behind ZEN on secured contracts but in the making! Gain 80%! BITCOIN I kind of take this… Read more »
Thank you, Bob…. it’s a whole new world of possibilities….I hope we all can contribute to discovering them.
daddyo-dawg71
January 17, 2021 10:58 am
Posted this as a reply to baz22 earlier but I’ll also will throw it out to the rest of the community since I’m sure others may have researched this area of interest as well. Thoughts? “Yes, baz22, thanks for the crispr background. It will truly continue to change the world in ways we can’t imagine and hopefully all for the better! I also think EDIT, BEAM, CRSP and NTLA should be long-term core holds in anyone’s investment account. I was wondering in your gene editing search, have you researched (or have an opinion on) other companies that utilize different proprietary… Read more »
Reports the actual price increase of the 500 items on which most Americans spend their after-tax money. No gimmicks, no alterations, no seasonal adjustments; just real prices.
Shines a spotlight on the inaccuracy of the CPI, which is destroying the economic and emotional fiber of our country.
Shows how our dependence on the CPI is killing our middle class and why citizens increasingly are depending upon government entitlement programs to bail them out.
Nevertheless, inflation indexing affects us financially in many ways, and must be a part of the conversation.
About financial data that is considered relevant and material to our decisions, it is all gamed to the point of being largely unusable. Sad but true, and could be a reason blockchain is now an essential technology.
Agreed about CPI data. We have talked about this for years.
The US Dollar index also is a fiction.
Maybe if the incoming cabinet is somewhat more in touch with reality, these important changes might be forthcoming.
Last edited 1 day ago by Bill Cara
Pierre
January 16, 2021 3:58 pm
This is a dated video ~6 months ago that I just found now. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dy4hfJR55W4 CRSP First heard a while ago from bazz22 but did not invest in it (ouch missed it when it was in $30s). This is an interesting interview of Jennifer Doudna (Nobel prize winner for CRISPR gene editing work).by Cathy Wood.
Crispr, Editas or Intellia, you will be investing in companies that have 75 % of the foundational crispr patents ( plant and animal ) in the world, and will continue to grow for a long, long time. I said here, many years ago, that these are your new Apple’s and Microsoft’s . The best thing is the benefit humanity will receive from their advances… Dont feel bad.. I held CRSP at $ 16 but got shook out by the endless BS articles about crispr technology.. That was year 1, but have been in, big time, since 2018…. I will hold… Read more »
CRSP looks like a blow off top, does it not? When it doubled long ago, I sold half, so I am calm about it. Was waivering, but it does feel like they very well could be like an apple or microsoft. Just hold forever.
Unfortunately, I think Vertex just might buy CRSP, as their two companies are so intertwined in research projects, and CRSP is years away from revenues and profits.. Vertex needs Crispr’s programs for expansion .. Maybe CRSP will be left alone to grow, and split, and grow, and split, etc.. So I would not sell, blowoff or not.. gotta remember, as written, CRSP, EDIT, NTLA control foundational patents for human crispr/gene editing, and will be receiving royalties long into the future on drug approvals from other companies that develop products covered under the Big Three’s patents.. * these are patents for… Read more »
Europe is a different matter concerning the patents. The dispute was who filed first for use of crispr technology. Actually, Dr. Doudna and Dr. Charpentier perfected and patented crispr technology for plant use, and were also for human use, but had not completed the massive amount of paperwork.. during this same period, another lab in the US was doing the same work, but also figured out the Cas 9 application for humans and filed 3 weeks before Doudna and Charpentier… that lab was led by the eventual cofounder’s of Editas, Feng Zhang., and Dr. David Liu….**** wanna know a secret… Read more »
Yes, baz22, thanks for the crispr background. It will truly continue to change the world in ways we can’t imagine and hopefully all for the better! I also think EDIT, BEAM, CRSP and NTLA should be long-term core holds in anyone’s investment account. I was wondering in your gene editing search, have you researched (or have an opinion on) other companies that utilize different proprietary gene editing platforms? Most notably, Poseida Therapeutics (PSTX) – utilizes there Cas-CLOVER system https://poseida.com/wp-content/uploads/CRISPR-Congress-Poster-Cas-CLOVER-1.pdf Precision Biosciences (DTIL) – utilizes there ARCUS platform https://precisionbiosciences.com/our-approach/arcus-genome-editing/ LogicBio Therapeutics (LOGC) – utilizes there GeneRide platform https://precisionbiosciences.com/our-approach/arcus-genome-editing/ Homology Medicines (FIXX)… Read more »
I believe they will all have a place.. DTIL is interesting ( ‘ leaf ‘ editing technology ), not only in humans . But in Agriculture work.. ( They are 2 hours up the road from me )…. All of these companies’ ongoing Eukaryotic T Cell work is here to stay.. * Editas has a fantastic, Pluripotent Stem Cell program ( see: FATE ) that’s barely talked about in the media.. All should grow.
Thanks for your perspective!
Yes, being a native and current NC resident myself, I couldn’t help but be curious of DTIL and it’s prospects. Always love to see growth opportunities from the Raleigh-Durham Chapel Hill/RTP area. I grew up only 30-45 min away from there well before the explosive growth.
Great information baz22. Thank you for educating our community! Kudos to Bill for providing this great platform.
rayg
January 16, 2021 10:51 am
The GME shorts started capitulating this week as the stock made a rocket move to close the week at $35.50 after hitting a high of $43. I bought this one after Ryan Cohen and Michael Burry bought shares <$5 back in August. I bought again around $9, and subsequently Cohen increased his position to around 13% of the company. The stock was heavily shorted prior to this week’s news that Cohen and two other former CHWY execs were added to the GME board. I have yet to sell any of my position, but will see what next week brings. A… Read more »
JimG
January 16, 2021 10:41 am
The Osprey REX Bitcoin Trust (OBTC) is set to start trading over-the-counter sometime next week
“On July 22, 2020, the OCC published an interpretive letter authorizing national banks and federal savings associations regulated by the agency to custody digital assets (also referred to by the OCC as cryptocurrencies, digital currencies, or virtual currencies) on behalf of their clients”
Today I had available many hours for computer work because my TV and Internet service had suffered an area-wide outage, and I could not trade. So I wrote an article for the Help You Invest part of this website.
Alexei just reminded me that tradingview is the charting software that we had settled on for our database system program we have been developing. That is; we were developing because I decided a year ago to put a hold on the project — perhaps permanently — because of my lack of financial commitment.
I am hoping the group I am negotiating with this month is prepared to carry on.
I also use stockcharts + finviz, free versions. my trades last days mostly, so no need to subscribe. i luv stock-charts industry coverage + many of their great features so we’ll see. i can almost see you “two screen, two system set-up” there 😉. have a great week-end Bill.
It’s been no fun being without TV and Internet for over 13 hours
Thank goodness the area outage is now over
Last edited 3 days ago by Bill Cara
tobyt
January 15, 2021 12:35 pm
Just rolled my NEM 63 calls out a few weeks for a couple of $$$….had this stock/option position for over a half year….stock always seems to home back in this area from above or below…..actively positioning myself in baz’s reco HYLN….weekly options and really high premiums….currently own the stock and selling weeklies calls and puts against it….
own energy transfer ‘et’ with nice gains, “natural gas transportation pipelines and three natural gas storage.” was turning down yesterday. down another +2% today. still holding pays a 8% divi so i guess i’ll add? https://finviz.com/quote.ashx?t=ET&ty=c&ta=1&p=d
Norway.. 23 elderly people ( over 80 ) died shortly after receiving their vaccine shot.. Thirteen have had autopsies and side effects have been shown as contributing factors.
Last edited 3 days ago by baz22
Robucks
January 15, 2021 8:33 am
TORONTO, Jan. 14, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Wesdome Gold Mines Ltd. (TSX: WDO) (“Wesdome” or the “Company”) today announces fourth quarter (“Q4”) and full year 2020 production results and 2021 guidance. All figures are in Canadian dollars unless otherwise stated. Production from the Eagle River Complex in Q4 2020 totaled 20,006 ounces of gold, putting full year 2020 production at 90,278 ounces, meeting the low end of our unadjusted 2020 production guidance. 2020 Highlights: Eagle River gold production of 196,441 tonnes at a head grade of 14.2 grams per tonne and a recovery rate of 97.7% producing 87,560 ounces, 1%… Read more »
Cannabis and Oil & Gas opened our eyes today kudos to skyler for pointing this out in the morning. Within minutes of the open, he was all over APHA. A few minutes later, he alerted us to O&G. Kinda hard to make money after the rocketship was already in space, but if you had been prepared for the APHA launch, you could have made your year in an hour. I later in the day pointed out that I have been in CLVR since Jan 4 at $8.39. An hour or so after mentioning it at $10.50, CLVR hit $11.07 and… Read more »
Twist Bioscience Corporation (Nasdaq: TWST), a company enabling customers to succeed through its offering of high-quality synthetic DNA using its silicon platform, today announced that it has started shipping its new synthetic RNA reference controls, which includes the new variant strain of SARS-CoV-2 identified in the United Kingdom. With this new strain (B1.1.7 lineage, variant under investigation VUI-202012/01), which contains multiple mutations in the spike protein and other areas of the viral genome, some of the RT-PCR probes used widely in COVID-19 testing no longer detect the S gene that codes for the spike protein. This can lead to false… Read more »
BNGO is doing amazing work on ‘ long read ‘ DNA base pairs. with their optical genome mapping system ( OGM ) called ‘ Ssphyr ‘ … Results are superior to even giant ILUM.. With Dystrophin being the largest gene in the human body, perhaps Sarepta, Editas, Crispr, and others doing DMD and Muscular Dystrophy work will give BNGO a call…. When I mailed Bill last year to let him know I was buying PSNL at $ 12.00, PSNL had just signed a contract with Sarepta ….. just saying… BNGO, TWST, NVTA, PSNL .. 👍
Hi Baz….I have been sitting on two of your mentions for awhile now…alphabetically they are next to each other in my portfolio….as of today BNGO is up 426% and BOXL up 46%……………..my grandaughters small covered call account is now up 41% in the 2 months 4 days it has been open Newest trade was buying a little of the XNET you mentioned and selling the $5 calls against it…thanks as usual
TWST is up about +45% this YTD. Interesting. I saw it in my large Biotech watchlist moving up constantly and maybe should have considered it for the new Cara 100.
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An important decision: The return to prudent investing and protecting capital
https://www.billcara.com/help-you-invest/an-important-decision/
Yellen says U.S. must ‘act big’ on next coronavirus relief package (cnbc.com)
gm. 21 for 21 🤔
https://www.kiplinger.com/investing/stocks/601879/21-best-stocks-to-buy-for-2021
Aloha! HAPPY MLK DAY ! ! The TSX and ASX are open. My top PPE mover ZEN(ZEN.V +3.3%) was up again this morning on news of expanded contracts and manufacturing. Go HERE to read. Gain 1100%+ and still holding as I believe the upside is more as more contracts and wider covid-19 product range expands based on proprietary formulas. Another graphene play with plenty of patents is GGG.V but their applications are more on commercial applications like HVAC for offices and airlines. Definitely behind ZEN on secured contracts but in the making! Gain 80%! BITCOIN I kind of take this… Read more »
Kaimu…I did go back to Nvax Friday.. results should be this month..
Sunday evening $gold sale:
https://twitter.com/TFMetals/status/1350975212733526018
Thanks to everyone for interest in biotech.. new ideas are needed to continue growth…
Baz , thank you for showing the vision and potential of Biotech .
Thank you, Bob…. it’s a whole new world of possibilities….I hope we all can contribute to discovering them.
Posted this as a reply to baz22 earlier but I’ll also will throw it out to the rest of the community since I’m sure others may have researched this area of interest as well. Thoughts? “Yes, baz22, thanks for the crispr background. It will truly continue to change the world in ways we can’t imagine and hopefully all for the better! I also think EDIT, BEAM, CRSP and NTLA should be long-term core holds in anyone’s investment account. I was wondering in your gene editing search, have you researched (or have an opinion on) other companies that utilize different proprietary… Read more »
what about PTC? PTC Therapeutics updates on preliminary 2020 results & 2021 milestonesSA NewsMon, Jan. 11
I love this, thank you
No, Bill, Thank you! – for your tireless dedication to this community and how it’s educated us all!
I”m humbled, and as they say at a popular chicken sandwich establishment-
“My pleasure!” 😎
Hopefully, these additions can yield us more fruit? We’ll see in time.
Correction- LogicBio Therapeutics (LOGC) GeneRide platform link
https://www.logicbio.com/generide/
A better measure of inflation?
The Chapwood Index:
https://chapwoodindex.com/
Conclusions related to Chapwood Index make sense and quite frankly feel correct, but here is a rebuttal:
http://www.bondeconomics.com/2021/01/the-implausibility-of-chapwood-index.html
Nevertheless, inflation indexing affects us financially in many ways, and must be a part of the conversation.
About financial data that is considered relevant and material to our decisions, it is all gamed to the point of being largely unusable. Sad but true, and could be a reason blockchain is now an essential technology.
Agreed about CPI data. We have talked about this for years.
The US Dollar index also is a fiction.
Maybe if the incoming cabinet is somewhat more in touch with reality, these important changes might be forthcoming.
This is a dated video ~6 months ago that I just found now. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dy4hfJR55W4 CRSP First heard a while ago from bazz22 but did not invest in it (ouch missed it when it was in $30s). This is an interesting interview of Jennifer Doudna (Nobel prize winner for CRISPR gene editing work).by Cathy Wood.
Crispr, Editas or Intellia, you will be investing in companies that have 75 % of the foundational crispr patents ( plant and animal ) in the world, and will continue to grow for a long, long time. I said here, many years ago, that these are your new Apple’s and Microsoft’s . The best thing is the benefit humanity will receive from their advances… Dont feel bad.. I held CRSP at $ 16 but got shook out by the endless BS articles about crispr technology.. That was year 1, but have been in, big time, since 2018…. I will hold… Read more »
CRSP looks like a blow off top, does it not? When it doubled long ago, I sold half, so I am calm about it. Was waivering, but it does feel like they very well could be like an apple or microsoft. Just hold forever.
Unfortunately, I think Vertex just might buy CRSP, as their two companies are so intertwined in research projects, and CRSP is years away from revenues and profits.. Vertex needs Crispr’s programs for expansion .. Maybe CRSP will be left alone to grow, and split, and grow, and split, etc.. So I would not sell, blowoff or not.. gotta remember, as written, CRSP, EDIT, NTLA control foundational patents for human crispr/gene editing, and will be receiving royalties long into the future on drug approvals from other companies that develop products covered under the Big Three’s patents.. * these are patents for… Read more »
Europe is a different matter concerning the patents. The dispute was who filed first for use of crispr technology. Actually, Dr. Doudna and Dr. Charpentier perfected and patented crispr technology for plant use, and were also for human use, but had not completed the massive amount of paperwork.. during this same period, another lab in the US was doing the same work, but also figured out the Cas 9 application for humans and filed 3 weeks before Doudna and Charpentier… that lab was led by the eventual cofounder’s of Editas, Feng Zhang., and Dr. David Liu….**** wanna know a secret… Read more »
There are more than 10,000 monogenic diseases that crispr technology can address…
Yes, baz22, thanks for the crispr background. It will truly continue to change the world in ways we can’t imagine and hopefully all for the better! I also think EDIT, BEAM, CRSP and NTLA should be long-term core holds in anyone’s investment account. I was wondering in your gene editing search, have you researched (or have an opinion on) other companies that utilize different proprietary gene editing platforms? Most notably, Poseida Therapeutics (PSTX) – utilizes there Cas-CLOVER system https://poseida.com/wp-content/uploads/CRISPR-Congress-Poster-Cas-CLOVER-1.pdf Precision Biosciences (DTIL) – utilizes there ARCUS platform https://precisionbiosciences.com/our-approach/arcus-genome-editing/ LogicBio Therapeutics (LOGC) – utilizes there GeneRide platform https://precisionbiosciences.com/our-approach/arcus-genome-editing/ Homology Medicines (FIXX)… Read more »
I believe they will all have a place.. DTIL is interesting ( ‘ leaf ‘ editing technology ), not only in humans . But in Agriculture work.. ( They are 2 hours up the road from me )…. All of these companies’ ongoing Eukaryotic T Cell work is here to stay.. * Editas has a fantastic, Pluripotent Stem Cell program ( see: FATE ) that’s barely talked about in the media.. All should grow.
Thanks for your perspective!
Yes, being a native and current NC resident myself, I couldn’t help but be curious of DTIL and it’s prospects. Always love to see growth opportunities from the Raleigh-Durham Chapel Hill/RTP area. I grew up only 30-45 min away from there well before the explosive growth.
Great information baz22. Thank you for educating our community! Kudos to Bill for providing this great platform.
The GME shorts started capitulating this week as the stock made a rocket move to close the week at $35.50 after hitting a high of $43. I bought this one after Ryan Cohen and Michael Burry bought shares <$5 back in August. I bought again around $9, and subsequently Cohen increased his position to around 13% of the company. The stock was heavily shorted prior to this week’s news that Cohen and two other former CHWY execs were added to the GME board. I have yet to sell any of my position, but will see what next week brings. A… Read more »
The Osprey REX Bitcoin Trust (OBTC) is set to start trading over-the-counter sometime next week
https://www.thestreet.com/etffocus/market-intelligence/osprey-bitcoin-trust-gbtc
Fidelity has created an “Offline, vaulted deep-cold storage” for digital assets
https://www.fidelitydigitalassets.com/overview
“On July 22, 2020, the OCC published an interpretive letter authorizing national banks and federal savings associations regulated by the agency to custody digital assets (also referred to by the OCC as cryptocurrencies, digital currencies, or virtual currencies) on behalf of their clients”
https://www.fidelitydigitalassets.com/articles/occ-authorizes-cryptocurrency-custody
thank you, Jim. This is another sector I am watching.
EDIT is showing strength;
https://stockcharts.com/freecharts/candleglance.html?BPMC,EDIT,BTAI|B|0
Tools for the independent investor
Today I had available many hours for computer work because my TV and Internet service had suffered an area-wide outage, and I could not trade. So I wrote an article for the Help You Invest part of this website.
https://www.billcara.com/help-you-invest/tools-for-the-independent-investor/
Super helpful to me.
Bill, Tradingview.com another good source.
Alexei just reminded me that tradingview is the charting software that we had settled on for our database system program we have been developing. That is; we were developing because I decided a year ago to put a hold on the project — perhaps permanently — because of my lack of financial commitment.
I am hoping the group I am negotiating with this month is prepared to carry on.
I also use stockcharts + finviz, free versions. my trades last days mostly, so no need to subscribe. i luv stock-charts industry coverage + many of their great features so we’ll see. i can almost see you “two screen, two system set-up” there 😉. have a great week-end Bill.
Visual Capitalist presents how a green future depends on silver
Preaching to the converted
https://www.visualcapitalist.com/silver-series-new-energy-in-solar-and-ev/
It’s been no fun being without TV and Internet for over 13 hours
Thank goodness the area outage is now over
Just rolled my NEM 63 calls out a few weeks for a couple of $$$….had this stock/option position for over a half year….stock always seems to home back in this area from above or below…..actively positioning myself in baz’s reco HYLN….weekly options and really high premiums….currently own the stock and selling weeklies calls and puts against it….
$ 51 b … $ 25 b… $ 8 b.. market cap, mrna, bntx, nvax.
own energy transfer ‘et’ with nice gains, “natural gas transportation pipelines and three natural gas storage.” was turning down yesterday. down another +2% today. still holding pays a 8% divi so i guess i’ll add?
https://finviz.com/quote.ashx?t=ET&ty=c&ta=1&p=d
marijauana stocks advancing, Bill’s clever leading. sold ‘hexo’ yesterday
on the bounce. 🤔 https://finviz.com/quote.ashx?t=CLVR&ty=c&ta=1&p=d
gm. inovio(small position) +5% don’t see any news though.
https://finviz.com/quote.ashx?t=INO
Norway.. 23 elderly people ( over 80 ) died shortly after receiving their vaccine shot.. Thirteen have had autopsies and side effects have been shown as contributing factors.
TORONTO, Jan. 14, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Wesdome Gold Mines Ltd. (TSX: WDO) (“Wesdome” or the “Company”) today announces fourth quarter (“Q4”) and full year 2020 production results and 2021 guidance. All figures are in Canadian dollars unless otherwise stated. Production from the Eagle River Complex in Q4 2020 totaled 20,006 ounces of gold, putting full year 2020 production at 90,278 ounces, meeting the low end of our unadjusted 2020 production guidance. 2020 Highlights: Eagle River gold production of 196,441 tonnes at a head grade of 14.2 grams per tonne and a recovery rate of 97.7% producing 87,560 ounces, 1%… Read more »
sorrento ~$8 up +9% today, previously mentioned by Kaimu iirc,
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/sorrento-stock-could-hit-30-013131062.html
https://finviz.com/quote.ashx?t=SRNE
Cannabis and Oil & Gas opened our eyes today kudos to skyler for pointing this out in the morning. Within minutes of the open, he was all over APHA. A few minutes later, he alerted us to O&G. Kinda hard to make money after the rocketship was already in space, but if you had been prepared for the APHA launch, you could have made your year in an hour. I later in the day pointed out that I have been in CLVR since Jan 4 at $8.39. An hour or so after mentioning it at $10.50, CLVR hit $11.07 and… Read more »
The cost of Covid-19? $16.2 Trillion
Some hoax !!
The Visual Capitalist tells the story: Almost 3 times the cost of all post 9/11 wars, and counting.
https://www.visualcapitalist.com/putting-the-cost-of-covid-19-in-perspective/
Twist Bioscience Corporation (Nasdaq: TWST), a company enabling customers to succeed through its offering of high-quality synthetic DNA using its silicon platform, today announced that it has started shipping its new synthetic RNA reference controls, which includes the new variant strain of SARS-CoV-2 identified in the United Kingdom. With this new strain (B1.1.7 lineage, variant under investigation VUI-202012/01), which contains multiple mutations in the spike protein and other areas of the viral genome, some of the RT-PCR probes used widely in COVID-19 testing no longer detect the S gene that codes for the spike protein. This can lead to false… Read more »
BNGO is doing amazing work on ‘ long read ‘ DNA base pairs. with their optical genome mapping system ( OGM ) called ‘ Ssphyr ‘ … Results are superior to even giant ILUM.. With Dystrophin being the largest gene in the human body, perhaps Sarepta, Editas, Crispr, and others doing DMD and Muscular Dystrophy work will give BNGO a call…. When I mailed Bill last year to let him know I was buying PSNL at $ 12.00, PSNL had just signed a contract with Sarepta ….. just saying… BNGO, TWST, NVTA, PSNL .. 👍
‘ Saphyr ‘
Hi Baz….I have been sitting on two of your mentions for awhile now…alphabetically they are next to each other in my portfolio….as of today BNGO is up 426% and BOXL up 46%……………..my grandaughters small covered call account is now up 41% in the 2 months 4 days it has been open Newest trade was buying a little of the XNET you mentioned and selling the $5 calls against it…thanks as usual
TWST is up about +45% this YTD. Interesting. I saw it in my large Biotech watchlist moving up constantly and maybe should have considered it for the new Cara 100.
But I never took a look at BNGO.
There is so much happening in this Biotech world.