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wick. No problem. Etrade. Trade was for 100k at will, limit .012. They split it in half.
My buy order to fill under the ask was filled, no problem.
otc: Ohhhhhh, thanks for the clarification. Time to update your signature.
otc: Either you have a typo, or you are very early and clearly on the wrong board. Just not your day.
Guta: Most investors that like to read business plans, ask for them BEFORE investing their money.
Who the heck wants to go to WalMart? I change my oil every other month and Walmart is not worth it.
Oops, that would be CYGX posters.
Maybe you guys can start your own board for zealots and leave this board for the CYTX posters?
Likes: Nope, not yet. We E-Trade folks tend to be towards the end of the line.
ahooga horn. EOM.
Arnold. Really? It would appear that the stock is higher today than it was a month ago! At the very least, it is the same after taking a pretty good bounce and than giving most of it back. Most people who follow this stock will know that this is very common behaviour for CYGX. And not that long ago when it was around 30-50cents, it was very intriquing.
It sounds like you have an agenda.
spiff: Smooth, maybe, but not very intelligent.
Arnold. What the heck are you talking about WMD's for? More lives would have been lost if nothing was done. Lets keep this a CYGX board...if you can stay on subject. If not, go play your game somewhere else.
david: Some here are fellow stockholders, others are here for other reasons.
Big: Ahhhh...although I could argue your statement either way, I do agree with you on the prefered price. My professional side knows better, but it is just a lot more interesting.
These biotechs are the same as the oil and drug penny stocks of the 70's and 80's. Every decade seems to have its niche.
Bonds: Something my Grandmother used to buy after she dug her dough out from the mattress. However, if interests’ rates keep going up...? There was a time, 9% double tax free, AA rated.
Big: If you think the downside of cygx is only a $1, you should stick with bonds. A 100% loss is still a 100% loss. It makes no difference if you invest $100,000 in a $10 stock or $100,000 in a $1 stock. A 100% loss is the same.
big...you seem to have too much time on your hands.
Could someone please clarify something for me?
If I heard correctly from the CC...they are trying to raise $50mm for the global company? AND, I thought he said, that for the $50mm, he would valuate the stock at $5 a share. OR, did he say something about that he would valuate the stock at $5 a share for an IPO? IPO? If so, have we heard a timeframe for this?
TIA
"Dead cat bounce" is a very old investment expression.
Good. I don't see people going from Gold to a pink sheet stock. Not quite the same investment strategy's and risk factors.
Coon. Feel Free. EOM.
For those that missed this in the SF Chron...
FUELING DEBATE
Venture capitalists raise questions on oil alternatives
David R. Baker, Chronicle Staff Writer
Friday, June 9, 2006
As America faces up to its "oil addiction," Silicon Valley's venture capitalists have joined the hunt for replacements.
They are beginning to pump money into alternative fuels, funding companies whose products could augment or supplant gasoline.
So which fuels are worth the investment?
For many, biofuels are the answer. Ethanol, in particular.
Most modern cars can easily be made to run on ethanol. Many states already blend some into their gasoline to control pollution. Year after year, more states are adopting it.
Ethanol already has a market, with potential for growth. It also has significant political support in Washington. All good things, in the eyes of VCs.
"I would bet on ethanol," said Ajit Nazre, a partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. "If you look at how much we can produce right now, versus how much the market can soak up, there's a supply constraint."
Nazre spoke as part of a panel discussion earlier this week hosted by Silicom Ventures, a group of investors who fund startup companies. Several panelists agreed that, for the short term at least, ethanol has the best growth prospects. They panned hydrogen -- a fuel touted by President Bush, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and others -- as facing too many technical challenges to prove useful anytime soon.
Ethanol is already attracting investment. Kleiner Perkins was among five firms that last month invested a total of $50 million in Altra Inc., a Los Angeles company that produces ethanol and biodiesel.
In other deals, Microsoft Corp. co-founder Bill Gates last year agreed to put $84 million into Pacific Ethanol, a Fresno company building ethanol refineries on the West Coast. Goldman Sachs & Co. last month invested $27 million in a Canadian firm whose technology can make ethanol from corn stalks or switchgrass.
Demand for ethanol has risen sharply in the past year, as many states that used to add the chemical MTBE to their gasoline to fight air pollution switched to ethanol. That pushed up ethanol prices, which in turn contributed to this spring's sharp rise in gasoline prices.
The United States has about 100 ethanol refineries, most of them in the Midwest. An additional 32 are planned or under construction, according to the Renewable Fuels Association.
Ethanol hasn't won over all critics, both among investors and within the energy industry. Some question whether the increased demand will plateau after more refineries are built. Others point out that the United States expressed great interest in ethanol during the 1970s and early 1980s, when gas prices were high, only to lose interest when gas became cheap again.
There's also the question of how it's made. Several participants in the Silicom Ventures panel discussion said the United States' method of making ethanol, using corn as the basic ingredient, is inefficient. Cultivating the corn, harvesting it, transporting it and refining it uses more energy than the corn produces, they said. It also uses a lot of land.
"Are we willing to take land for growing food and use if for growing fuel?" said Tom Baruch, founder of the CMEA Ventures investment firm. "There isn't enough land."
Sugar cane provides far more energy when converted to ethanol than does corn. But the United States lacks a substantial sugar cane industry. And while many researchers are trying to perfect "cellulosic ethanol," making the fuel from crop stubble, woodchips or switchgrass, it still remains more expensive per gallon than corn-based ethanol.
In addition, the Midwestern farm lobby has thrown its considerable weight behind corn-based ethanol, said Timothy Newell, managing director of the DFJ Element venture firm.
"You're seeing a huge push by the farm states," said Newell, who also served in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy under President Bill Clinton. "Every single presidential candidate will walk through Iowa, and every single presidential candidate will swear fealty to corn ethanol."
E-mail David R. Baker at dbaker@sfchronicle.com.
Yes, it means nothing. Don't get excited.
Price is holding up very well in a market that is getting clobered.
What are the odds that Xcelplus is already in negotiations with Walmart, should this deal move forward?
Sen. Barack Obama calls on Wal-Mart to offer alternative fuels
Posted May 31st 2006 2:04PM by Brian White
Filed under: Deals, Management, Internet, Competitive strategy, Wal-Mart (WMT)
When a highly-visible Illinois senator calls on you to offer alternative fuels alongside traditional gasoline, you know the fight has just begun. Wal-Mart, which sells gas alongside many of its stores across the country, could do well to start having alternative fuels made available alongside standard gas. This would go along with many of its newer green initiatives.
With "flexible fuel" vehicles growing -- but not near the amount of standard gas-powered vehicles -- Wal-Mart would most likely install E85 pumps in Wal-Mart locations where they would we utilized fully right off the bat in order to judge demand and build a case for installing more. But, until automobile manufacturers begin making more flexible fuel vehicles for the common soccer mom down to the all-day delivery driver, will the impact be significant at all?
Don't get me wrong: this is a great start here if many of the national retail companies Obama writes to would start the game off correctly. But, there is more help needed than that -- the average consumer needs to demand this type of alternative fuel technology from the carmakers where they all buy cars. What would be the question you would ask if buying a new car?
Yes Repeat, you are correct. I am not sure if that is going to hold true again, maybe. Maybe with a large revenue report like you suggested, this could go wild. Pinks are a funny lot. And this stock was a lot higher at one time...I am not sure on what though?
Pup. Are you trying to say that the current shares outstanding is 350mm? So....that puts it around .29 cents a share @ $100mm.
repeat: With the latest stock dividend...at a $100mm market cap...doesn't that put the stock around .10?
That is about true of any techonology.
Coon. I have some friends with the last name of Coon!! Some people just never grow up past 12.
Yes, the stock dividend is a cheap trick. They call it a "loyalty" reward, but truth be told, it is a common ploy to try to boost the share price. It is used often on penny stocks.
It is not a good sign. Hopefully, it is just ill advised and they have something planned that will actually, intrinsically boost the share price?
Of course there is a difference, but not everyone uses the terms properly.
Still not in Etrade.
Maybe it is restricted, in as much as it is not listed and no one makes a market for it?
Thal. Can you spell dictionary?
skoob: Hummmmmm.....Greenspan is retired. The new fed chairman's name is Ben Bernanke. Greenspan is now just another footnote.
They have not hit E Trade yet!
Gee Pup...what do you think about that?
This is a tricky stock...as it does present some opportunities with the strong price fluctuations...but you must have nerves of steel, patience and deep pockets don't hurt either.