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Lotus Technology Inc.
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I mean a lot of the driving force over the last 40 years has come from the US. A LOT of recency bias, I know…especially since 2009. But, I’m OK with this.

Managers masturbate to AI labor savings hype but for real, it’ll probably cut mid and lower management by A LOT 😂

I stay away from Whatnot as I’ve spent 5-10 hours there and rarely found any bargains PLUS THEY CHARGE SALES TAX WHICH IS A BIG NO FOR A LOT OF US IN TAX FREE STATES.

Can second this. Lost $2,500 in February of 2025 (literally around the same time of year when the tariff dip had just started), and after that I realized I had A LOT more to learn, started buying more shares with my option money, and started building positions. Sitting at 13% all time gains now even after this correction, where some of the stocks I own are down 25%-45%

A big short term issue is their current obligations coming up, they will HAVE to dilute/offer shares as part of the payment arrangement, no two ways about it, and then refinance their debt, they have a LOT of money coming due soon, and so this indicates about a 15% dilution, PLUS more debt.
Sure, it is not a bad business, and I own quite a bit, but, thats their current negative.
The neutral/uncertainty is also big, they are very reliant on current monetiziation of places, via affiliate links, which may or may not remain profitable long term, they are trying to get away from this, but it is still a big risk of displacement. Their larger growing segments of recurring revenue like optic odds, are "overpriced" many say aswell so it isn't certain those will remain popular long term/that those services will remain necessary forever.

I think they're a great cigar butt though, I don't think they will last forever, but if the business can maintain for 10 years, which I do expect, and then slowly taper off, I think it'll do well as an investment, with their debt paid off after only a few years, they will be printing money for a little while.

A LOT of people are, look at the leaderboards, it all comes down to speed.
These gaps are barely even milliseconds.
They also host on QuantVPS such is the requirement for lowest latency possible
Polymarket has tried to curb it by applying fees on crypto markets recently to stop people chasing 1-2% arbitrage

First off, EXCELLENT post. This took actual critical thinking and an understanding of the business beyond "HIMS did something shady/stupid with GLP-1's and is therefore worthless."
I was an investor that recently sold my shares. I got burned on excellent headline fundamentals and ignored too many red flags.
Even after getting burned on my position, I still think this company has a LOT going for it. They built a great brand that was synonymous with easy, customizable generic medication that you technically need a doctor for, but honestly shouldn't. Hair growth and sexual health is a great example of this, and they did such a fantastic job with the marketing and customer onboarding/prescription process that customers were happy to pay a fat premium for a customized mix of ingredients and to avoid the hassle of going through the American healthcare system.
The big problem is they got greedy. They saw the core business slowing down, and got desperate to walk in the grey zone and aggressively mass market rip-off GLP-1's in a very questionably legal way. Mix that with Andrew Dudum's antics on Twitter, their deliberately vague approach to disclosing individual segment performance on earnings calls, and then the spectacular blow up with Novo the first time and the even more embarrassing and legally harmful one more recently.
I still think a really skilled operator could right this ship, and Dudum might even eventually do it with enough time and willingness to pivot away from the stupid knock off GLP-1 business. Like a Zuckerberg situation after navigating through the Cambridge Analytica scandal. Or, a handoff like Kaelenick to khosrashawhi (probably butchered both those names) for Uber, although that won't happen due to the share structure.
To answer your question, as of right now, it's hard for me to assign numbers to the core business because of the opaque numbers and the feeling of dishonesty I get from management. If Dudum issued an apology for his actions, pivoted away from GLP-1's and more toward a general health platform with labs and screening, and started properly disclosing numbers for each segment, I'd probably be interested somewhere near half to two-thirds of today's price depending on how bad the core numbers are looking. Even without growth, 70% plus gross margins give a lot of optionality to raise margins, and it's still a subscription business at the end of the day.

This is what people need to hear. Registered Republicans support him at around 95%. 36% is overall. But when you have a sizable core group who will see no wrong, you can get away with a LOT.

I am doing it based on time.
Most recent cycle I was expecting it to peak at $150k which obviously didn't happen, but you could see roughly that it was going to dip by end of 2025 and it was risky to wait until very end especially as each cycle seems to end like a month earlier so I sold everything at $110k a few weeks before it crashed netting $1.4 mil.
You can see the low should be roughly in October, and while I'm hoping for it to drop under $50k if it doesn't by about august I'll probably just buy anyway instead of risking missing the start of the bull. I am also buying/selling in one go, this is to minimise stress (I live in the UK where $1.4 mil is A LOT compared to USA) even though it might not be the most logically sound thing to do because nothing will kill success quicker than stressing/psyching myself out.
I will keep monitoring it obviously to see if it looks like 4 year cycle is repeating or no longer true. I disagree with DCA for my case at least... at my level I can't contribute a meaningful and the increase between peaks is getting significantly worse each time.... however the percentage change between the highs/lows is staying much more constant. I also moved to a tax haven in anticipation of this sale which has helped a lot and should help a lot in future too.

Their weightings are different. AVUV overweights smaller, lower book value, more profitable companies while VTI overweights larger companies irrespective of value or profitability. That tilt matters A LOT. Like multiple percent difference per year comparing just the small cap value index.

I want to love Rivian, but I keep hearing quality nightmares. There are a LOT of them where I live.

And what happens when you sell at lower and lose even your initial investment? I know exactly what happens next: A LOT of people with many assets will exit the Netherlands

list of counties which are discussed in the news in relation to epstein files:
\-US
\-Russia
full list of countries who are mentioned A LOT in Epstein files:
\-US
\-Russia
\-Israel
\-France (Epstein spent a lot of time in Paris)
\-Turkey (Epstein-Gülen connection)
\-UK (Prince Andrew, Lord Mandelson etc. )
\-UAE (Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem)
disclaimer: this list is incomplete

This is actually an interesting thought… palantir got plenty of defense contracts. So why not clover health’s CA be mandated by CMS for use?
I think it’s because of how it would force a LOT of other insurers to vertically integrate CA in to their workflow, which could be considered far reaching, whereas that wouldn’t be true with business relations in defense contracts, I’d think. I could be wrong tho..

Well this is safer than Bitcoin. Long term investment this looks ok. Short term you may see a LOT of volatility like Bitcoin so be prepared. Others may tell you to take the safe route with VT and some bonds, it’s your money so do what you want

The bill is trash however, and gives a LOT of power to the banks.
Hence why Coinbase and Brian keep blocking it.
A bag pump in this context would be temporary and crippling long term.

Advisers like to talk in terms of "only 1%". In an environment where your portfolio returns average around 6%, that's a roughly 17% tax on your gross investment income. It can be worth it for some people in some circumstances, but it's still a LOT of money.

Im a guy with a degree in economics! Worked at a bank, with a guy who eventually became one of my best friends, he got into trading, got good enough to leave our job, created a Youtube channel which is large, etc. I started watching videos on trading, lost a LOT in the beginning, and then got to the point where I was simply just losing less, and at the losing less/ almost BE is when I took the jump to leave!
Being 100% honest though when I started trading it was ALL technicals, for the first few years. Adding the fundamentals (which I already knew) was a beautiful addition since it tells you the "why" things move. Technicals are the "when". Helps gauge overall where things are heading.

I'm just your average guy here, a retired self-employed toolmaker, retired in 2021 at age 71.
I opened a SEP-IRA in 1990 with $2,000. I've manged everything myself, including gliding my portfolio into retirement mode. I have a much higher income now than I ever did while working.
If I can do it, anybody can. I read A LOT of books over the years but I never had to force myself -- it became a passion.
Good luck.