Pacific Biosciences of California Inc (PACB)

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Hi Masters:
Condolences on being in the design field too...Grin.
I think that in the small bio arena the most prudent strategy is to spread your bets.
Comes under the rubric of , involuntary educations.
The failure rate on such stocks is quite high. I'm down by half on this one.
But others were more successful and have offset that loss.
PACB is a reasonable, long term bet to my eyes and worth sitting on.
It's ill regarded by the traders and the PPS is low right now. That should change in time. These things tend to yo-yo.
But in your situation it'd probably be good to pull some of your investment out when it comes back up, and diversify some.
As for buy what you know....With the internet you can learn an enormous amount about a company and a given field if you work at it. Don't depend on just a couple of sources if you've got serious money on it.