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Who is tradeflow? ( investor, shareholder, ???)
Sorry if I missed a string of posts on them. Do you know what their relationship with LQMT is?
Their twitter address doesn't say much about who they are.
But if he gets some and wants to share it, I'm game, lol. If he/they could/would get beyond dilutive financing, the other factors would look better to me as a potential investor. They might have to get re-listed and stay there for awhile for me to believe that they care about common shareholders.
I agree. Only the shadows know, lol.
If he can stay on, he can keep coasting until prime time, and bolt then with a bigger potential payoff. If the board is comfortable with things and he can't be replaced, then he might stay on for awhile. It seems like enough is getting going that it looks good, e.g. Engel relationship for scalability, new alloys for MTRN, and new sales executive with relevant experience.
I agree, he can split and enjoy himself. If he needs to stay professional to stay busy, he's already on different boards. He might want to stay to have something to do. It kind of sounds like easy coasting there with family and friends now that they have a perpetual dilution machine, lol.
Same old thing here; convincing self that this potential winner is still a loser; had to check in to see what's shakin'; checking out until next time. OAO.
I'm willing to guess that defense projects could get cut/reduced/delayed given the current state of govt.
Another corporate tactic: lay someone off before they vest in full for retirement so that it doesn't have to be paid except in part in a severance package (this is common practice, e.g. to cut someone before they cost the company too much).
If he was ready to retire, he wouldn't have the following entry as his current position on his linkedin profile:
Technical Manger
In Search
Currently holds this position
(A.k.a he was let go)
Maybe the govt has cut back defense spending and beryllium projects are being cut.
So it looks like beryllium based alloys are no longer vogue and I am left with two crowns in my mouth that were supposedly the latest and greatest new space age material, resemble porcelan, but that contain beryllium.
The industry as a whole needs to get on the stick and stop peddling toxic materials for public consumption.
Major bad; get rid of all of them!
In other words, a product manager dies with the project they manage if considerable expertise in that specific area was required that isn't necessarily transferrable. For example, if a manager's position and product line required deep knowledge of a particular technology, if the market changes to create demand for something else, then the product manager/director would be replaced with someone with expertise in the new area.
Based on his linkedin profile, his expertise seems to be beryllium based. if a company wanted to move fast or competitively based on opportunities in a new area (non-beryllium), they would look to recruit an expert that is current with the latest and greatest non-beryllium needed expertise.
I agree. If lqmt technology has huge future potential, the game plan for an insider would be to scarf up as many shares as possible before the big day or the next phase of thing (other posters already said it).
A few years ago, revenues in the range of $8M weren't enough to advance the stock price, so as long as LQMT can and wants to dilute this way, future revenues might not make that much difference.
So, I guess it might make sense to change stance of "show me the money" (e.g. revenues, profits) to "show me the money and the share buybacks".
Possible CC question: "CEO, at what point will the company start buying back shares relative to increasing sales, sustainable and expanding profit and operating margins, and when do you expect that these trends might be in place.....is the company now 1 year away from the huge potential that you referred to in the Red Chip Investor's Conference with Gentry, or do you still see it as 3-5 years out?"
That would be a day.
If LQMT wanted to take that direction, they could get a credible issuer behind them with solid professional analysis to go with it.
Still waiting.
For example, if a higher level person needed to save face due to low business unit performance, they could blame the next manager down for not progressing non-toxic solutions, etc; just making up a hypothetical scenario as an example to illustrate competitiveness in corporate politics; and how some people will do anything to save face; if the company had made big investments in berillium based solutions that might mow get clipped due to regulation, superior solutions coming to themarket, etc, it could be easier to blame someone for not staying cuurent, recommending something earlier that may mot materialize to a level earlier promoted, etc.; enter a more favored person to " straighten it out", etc.; in competitive industries, etc., it can be faster and cleaner to just ditch someone and move on.
I doubt that oil and gas industry is that concerned about pollutants at that level unless there would be a large amount of the alloy used in the application; the fluids to flush used are pretty toxic and used in large quantity in comoarison.
If there is a shift away from berillium, he might have gotten caught in the middle of a political shuffle or maybe a convenient scapegoat as a reason for the company to move toward non- berillium based alloys to make room for someone new or someone just wanting to secure his spot ( using the shift in direction as the reason, etc.)
Take a look at a 5 year monthly price chart and ask yourself if new developments, sales, and profit can outpace effects of dilution/toxic financing on LQMT stock price.
Judging by price patterns alone, it doesn't look very promising.
Question: Did LQMT and VPC settle? How so?
Question: Is the next drawdown a good buying opportunity relative to recent announcements of a qualified sales executive?
It looks like gold is ready to spike on ukraine ; how long is a question; maybe it will be a short term spike?
It could drop ~16% if it just falls back to 50 sma.
On 6 month daily, LR chart, it is extended by 2 STDDEV from mean; could mean revert.
At a minimum it appears extended from 50 sma.
It's overbought on weekly and daily charts and at a key resistance level ( not a day short)
Betting that gdx rolls over along with gold; intermediate timeframe.
The price action doesn't seem to care about the announcement.
Meant Colorado Springs; maybe they knew each other in Vietnam; who knows.
Correction: liked a lot about the last CC.
It will be interesting to see what comes out of the next CC.
We'll only listen to recording.
We're all for the company, their officers, employees, etc, being successful; just not at common shareholder expense.
My other perspective (just fooling around here):
- learned my lesson by wasting time on the " hope " factor
- wasn't paid a salary this time
- got to walk with a loss but without ever meeting or knowing them, etc.
I like the market better than employment in these areas because you get to walk on your own terms vs. being held hostage to hope, etc.
I think these guys can make it big provided another technology doesn't beat them out.
The race is on and they probably still have some advantage.
It's possible that aapl pulled the rug out from under lqmt at the 11th hour hoping that lqmt would foreclose ( see their agrrements, it's written in stone that aapl would have gotten all the patents).
So, suppose qudos to Steipp for knowing how to stay alive. I was impressed also, but not by the comments about the "on the cusp" significant contract, etc.
Question: was it due to "quality issues" or "margin issues" due to mold life, etc. that lqmt hasn't made more profit to date through their arrangement with VPC.
It certainly is interesting to ponder; but for us at least, we'll pay more attention when they " show us the money", lol, and financial performance that can take the stock price higher based on sustainable business operations without ongoing excessive dilution.
I'm willing to guess that they knew each other during military service or academy or back in the day in Colorado/Ft. Collons,etc., and maybe a religious affilition, unsure.
Don't get me wrong, Steipp is very likable in a lot of ways. He is probably great to work with in terms of politeness, etc.
And he probably will do well with this venture for himself in the long run.
As a common investor, I did not like the unexplained dilution earlier.
I am sure that insiders have done well with this stock based on comments on this board.
As for " big boys", I'd have more confidence in this company overall when it truly makes the big leagues, if it does.
Lqmt was in a rush to secure funding to prevent foreclosure where aapl would get all the patents. Maybe they were trying to negotiate with aapl at the same time. In any case, from the first CC that I listened to, Steipp sounded like they were scrambling to get funding ( enter VPC).
It sounded like they didn't have a lot of time left to do thorough DD ( they needed money first and foremost, and fast).
P.s. we don't because it means they are capable of doing it again.
I agree but drill down and ask if common investors have benefitted from it; some here and there; of course.
Most outside investors with interest in positive returns would have been looking for a different dialog in CCs for example.
Compare lqmt CC's to the likes of ones from mtrn for example.
Lqmt could probably get to that level at some point, but to date, they haven't bothered, or seem to wanted to cover up something else. Consider reading between the lines on what has gone on.
I'm sure they will get a free pass once or when the cards turn.
If someone lies to your face, do you let it pass if you get a payoff later. Some ppl do.
I agree that an exacto knife ( or how ever you spell it ) could be a good application since the blades using common material can easily break.
Decided to tap back in to see how dreamers are weathering the dump,
Actions and words of LQMT mgmt speak louder than proof of sustainable profits. If pump and dump is your gig, go for it. I'd rather have a stock with professional analyst coverage. We stopped looking for one but it could change. For use, alpha source is not enough. This co. could turn around at some point now that they are " on the wire" so to speak.
Buyer beware of the slick tongue that keeps you hanging on when they personally benefit and you don't.
I agree that is a great upfront endorsement by a credible company.
For me, at least, it is still "show me the money" since i am not a "young man," lol.
I'll reconsider when LQMT transitions away from repetitive financing through continual extreme dilution to something sustainable by profit operations if they ever get there. They could but as they told a long term investor, " this is young man's stock" or something to that effect.
Until their financial statements and press releases point to " profits" or steadily declining losses due to increasing production, the story would seem to be ongoing "pump and dump" along with dilution.
Unless you benefit as an insider, it might not be worth the time to hang on hang on as a sole investment (some are doing this based on the fake promises to date).
Best to all with less to do than watch it most of the day.
Long term hold to dust 60-80+