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#1
Investment Ideas / CCXI - Chemocentryx
June 04, 2016, 11:30:23 AM
After purchasing more shares of this biotech stock this week I am now in a position to share with the message board this stock that I like so much.  I came across this company several months ago by happen chance, and thus far it has been a real winner with lots of room to run.

One reason I like this stock includes the deep pipeline of drugs that appear to have a bright future.  Take a look at some recent SEC filings and you will find that they have 5 or 6 products that appear posed to be real winners.  They also recently signed a licenses marketing agreement on just one of their promising drugs (CCX168).  The monetary compensation of this deal is $85MM upfront with total potential compensation up to $600MM. Up until this agreement was signed the market cap was just above $100MM, and had decreased significantly over the last year or two. Since this agreement occurred the stock has more than doubled.

I first bought this this stock back in early April, and have purchased it several times since then.  To conclude I like the biotech industry because of the large amount of cash companies have on hand, and the potential to earn an outstanding return on my money.  With research of the SEC filings I feel like you can sift through the winners and losers, but it does take time and lots of research.

http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=CCXI

http://www.streetinsider.com/Corporate+News/Vifor+Pharma+Licenses+Marketing+Rights+to+ChemoCentryxs+(CCXI)+CCX168/11608024.html


Mark P.



#2
General Discussion / Biotech Stocks
May 28, 2016, 12:41:19 PM
Dexter,

I wanted to get your take on the biotech industy and whether or not you like stocks in this industry as investments.  Do you have any experience investing in this industry?  I personally have a couple of biotech stocks in my portfolio and they have done quite well for me over the last few months.  I just wanted to pick your brain and see if you had any experiences or stories you would like to share.

Thanks,

Mark P.
#3
Investment Ideas / TWTR - Twitter Inc.
May 09, 2016, 12:30:26 AM
Could Twitter (TWTR) be an interesting investment pick over the next few weeks?  Here are some initial thoughts as to why I find this stock intriguing, and a potential opportunity.

-The CEO, Jack Dorsey, is currently running two publicly traded companies and splitting his time between the two companies, in addition to sitting on the Board for Disney.  Could this be affecting the stock price of TWTR?  I think so.

-Twitter's stock price recently hit it's lowest price this last week.  Could it keep going down for the next few months?  Yes, but in the long run, I believe Jack Dorsey will either take full rein over the company, or hand it over to another qualified executive of the company.

-After reading some of their quarterly earnings filing, it appears that twitter is simply not growing as fast as investors think it should, and hence the drop of the price.  The financials are slowing getting better, although they are still losing money. In the next five to seven years there is no reason Twitter cannot grow 5 to 10 times larger than it currently sits today.

-Current market capitalization is roughly $10.1B with 310 million active monthly users.  On the other hand Facebook has a market cap of $341B with 1.65 Billion users.  Should Facebook really be valued at more than 30 times what twitter is valued at?  My thought is no it shouldn't be.  While Facebook is profitable, and seems to have a business that is working tremendously for them, there is no reason that Twitter cannot do the same thing, and capitalize on its large monthly user base.

-Overall I think this could be a good investment opportunity.  Could Twitter be overtaken by another company, sort of how Myspace was overtaken by Facebook and replaced?  Possibly, but I believe if Dorsey steps down, or devotes his time solely to Twitter this company could grow exponentially. I believe that while Twitter is finding out what works for them in this ramp up stage, it could be shaky, however I think the Execs will figure it out.

Any thoughts or insights would be appreciated.  Happy Sunday.

http://www.profitconfidential.com/stock/twitter-inc-if-jack-dorsey-does-this-twitter-stock-could-skyrocket/

http://247wallst.com/technology-3/2016/05/07/square-and-twitter-need-to-dump-ceo-dorsey/

http://www.profitconfidential.com/stock/twtr-stock-why-twitter-inc-ceo-jack-dorsey-lost-340-million/


Mark