Friday, December 4, 2020

Harbor's Dark Takeover

In 2011, the "development stage" Harbor BioSciences HRBR lost 3.8M which was an improvement over the $6.6M lost in 2010 and $15.6M lost in 2009.  Not pretty and with a market cap of only $6.5M, not inspiring.  Amun LLC came along with a cash infusion of $2.8M to save the day if only shareholders will approve the following conditions:

  • must perform reverse/forward split to get below 300 shareholder cutoff for de-registration
  • must file to de-register from the SEC
  • must give 3 board seats to Amun
  • must approve a provision to preserve Net Operating Losses (NOLs)
  • money will be forfeited if "At any time following the Deregistration, the Company makes any filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“ SEC ”) pursuant to Sections 13 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act on a voluntary basis"

Wow.  Amun wanted the NOLs and to disappear.  The transaction was approved and HRBR stopped communicating after putting out one last 10k in Jan 2012.  

After 8 years of muted darkness Harbor Diversified (HRBR) put out an 8k in Apr 2020 with one of my favorite lines ever: 

as of January 1, 2020, which is the first day of the Company’s current fiscal year, the Company determined it no longer met the eligibility criteria under Rule 12h-3 of the Exchange Act to suspend its reporting obligations under Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act. As a result, the Company determined it is required to file the Annual Report

Shareholders made them file again!  So amazing and here's an article.  I don't know the details but it seems they were taken to court and forced to come back to the light.  Whoever did this is my hero.  They've since put out a 10k showing $69M cash, $78M book value, and $263M annual revenue.  They earned $4.2M in the latest 10Q.  The market cap is currently $12M...sound interesting?

Thursday, November 5, 2020

Avoiding the Crowd Podcast

A couple days ago I was a guest on the Avoiding the Crowd podcast with Maj Soueidan of GeoInvesting.   It was a ton of fun!  We talked about a lot of stocks I own and my process and the otc/dark space.  Great talking with someone who knows all these little stocks.  

Monday, September 7, 2020

CEMI: Potential, Hope, and Hype

I like to buy the forgotten, lonely, and broken then sell the exuberant and frothy.  As a once treasured stock tarnishes the masses move on to the next shiny toy, leaving destruction in their wake.  That's when I get excited.  I try to find what has been tossed aside, knowing that if the sun hits just right the sparkle may bring them back.

Chembio Diagnostics, Inc (CEMI) is a medical diagnostic test developer.  On Mar 16, 2020 the stock closed at $2.36, it's lowest point in 9 years.  Four days later CEMI announced a $4M order for a COVID-19 test.  Eleven days after that CEMI launched their DPP COVID-19 test, triggering the highest volume day ever.  The stock peaked at $15.89 a month later.    

Alas it was not meant to be as the FDA rejected their test on June 17 and the stock instantly gapped down from $10 to $4.  What a change of heart.  

CEMI is not giving up.  On July 6 they announced a US FDA contract to develop a COVID point-of-care antigen system.  They also announced they are revising the system and will seek EUA approval from the FDA for their system.  The question is what happens if they get that FDA clearance.

Tuesday, June 9, 2020

Financially Free Podcast

Last week I was interviewed on the Financially Free Podcast by Ney Torres which you can listen to here.

We mostly discussed my process and how I look at stocks.  Used some examples HYDI, TCCO, and others.

Tuesday, April 28, 2020

5 Years

5 years ago today I started this blog.  I can't believe it's been so long.  It has been the most amazing ride!

To anyone out there considering writing, please do.  Jump in full force.  I have improved more than I ever thought possible and so much is due to writing this blog.  It has improved my process, my speed, and my understanding.

I appreciate everyone reading this.  Love the comments and emails.  Thank you so much.  This blog lights up my heart

Saturday, April 18, 2020

NoName Annual Performance 2019-2020

Another incredible year!  I'm up 94.9%, giving me a CAGR of 52.5% since I started investing 7 years ago.  
    
****update Feb 21, 2021****
I made a calculation mistake when first writing this post.  My real return is 94.9%, not 85.3% which means my CAGR is really 52.5%, not 51.4%.  See comment at end of post for explanation.

You can read more on my performance in past annual posts here.

Thursday, February 27, 2020

Stansberry Investor Hour Podcast

A couple weeks ago I was interviewed on the Stansberry Investor Hour Podcast.  My episode went live today and you can listen here.  They even put up a bio page with my picture, so fancy!

It was a lot of fun.  We talked about my investment process, dark stocks, low liquidity, etc.  Dove in a little bit on our old friend SIMA.

Saturday, February 15, 2020

Buying the DYNT Chart

Sometimes you need little more than a chart.

Monday, January 6, 2020

STRI Isn't Done Yet

Almost 3 years ago I wrote up STRI with the stock was at $0.18 and a market cap of $3.5M.  It was a net-net with about $15M in cash.  The stock doubled in two years then dropped all the way to $0.07 before recovering to the low teens.  Latest closing price is $0.12.

The story now is much the same.  We have a small company struggling to stay alive and I'm still waiting for the turnaround.  I read every filing with excitement.  "Maybe today is the day" I tell myself.  They closed operations in China.  They are leaving India.  The Malaysian facility was sold.  They started into a new business in Europe while cutting costs to keep the lights on.

I stick around for the potential amongst the carnage.  Three weeks ago they announced the sale of their old Malaysian facility was completed for over twice the market cap.  A $5M per quarter contract was announced which would be a 300% increase!

Wednesday, January 1, 2020

DIY Investing Podcast

Recently I was interviewed by Trey Henninger on the DIY Investing Podcast.  You can listen to it here.  I had a lot of fun on this one and I am getting more comfortable.  We talked about my investing process, HEMA, DEWY, and a crazy story with CLSI.