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ETLC & ELTK
Credit burntinv of the BB board for mentioned ETLC a few minutes ago.
O/S 14 million, and big Howard Stern plug this morning.
Here's burntinv's post:
http://www.investorshub.com/boards/read_msg.asp?message_id=5627578
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Here's a quick peek at ETLC:
http://cbs.marketwatch.com/tools/quotes/quotes.asp?symb=etlc&vc=0&siteid=mktw&dist=dropm....
The funny thing is, as you can see in his heading, he transposed the letters in the symbol to read ELTC (then correctly typed ETLC during the remainder of his post).
So when I was doing a quick check...I was first typing in ELTC, and came up emtpy. The closed thing I could find was ELTK...and think that is one to watch as well!! lol
ELTK has a 5 million o/s and reported revenues for 3 quarters ending Sept 2004 over $20 million! Their year end numbers aren't out yet. Here's Bigchart's news summary for ELTK:
http://bigcharts.marketwatch.com/news/symbolnews.asp?symb=eltk&lookup=1&orig=symbol&x=21....
Both seem like great mid to long term holds! IMO
Bo
The gloves are off Billy and all.
They have bashed, trashed, manipulated, naked short sold, cellar boxed, published articles ad nauseum, posted lies, overseas hedge fund'ed, reported to the SEC 48 hours before news TWICE, ruined a party that many people spent hundreds to thousands of dollars to attend from all over, not raise the price when last summer and fall 98% of buys were at the ask, and now this.... then to come on the boards today, write more articles and send out their dolts to gloat.
Enough is enough. I pray Mr. Mehue and CMKX advises us in some way not only they are responding quickly, but how feeble this desparate attempt by the ilk truly is.
~~I would love to see as part of their update to us, that it is the full intent of CMKX to disclose the o/s BEFORE the opening bell on the first day trading is to resume!!!!!! ~~ : )
And I'm sure if CMKX instructs a way 50,000 of us can help push this freaking door open, there would be 50,000 lined up to do just that.
Fair trading is not a lot to ask for. It's long overdue.
Smell what has surfaced. What a surprise...not.
I will not name names, or make any direct attack on any one person. This is a blanket strafe attack at any and all ilk which have surfaced today and to which it applies. In scanning all boards it seems that many MM's, hedge fund short sellers or those related to them have come to gloat. By their words you can see how stupid they are and how scared they must be.
First off idiots you've exposed THE FACT that you troll message boards, paltalk sessions, are connected to or are in fact MM's.
Thanks for confirming that for me ilk.
By your posts, your rag articles, and the new names suddenly surfacing today across the boards, all illustrating how stupid you are about the situation, the market, and thinking you somehow won by running to tell mommy about big bad CMKX, well guess what dolts?? You've only proven that by bad genetics and stupidity you have gone 'all in' on Jack high. Idiots like you are so cocky and think they have everything under control, then like the blind ***holes you are make the biggest mistake.
Well, guess what morons?? All your little manuever will do is force compliance and ensure the eminent reporting of CMKX as a result of this investigation or soon after this investigation is complete. Thank you ilk. Thank you very much. : )
You have traded this like there is 770 million shares, so what if it is?? Your busch league rags brag like they know the o/s is 770 million share. So ilk....what are you afraid of?? Don't answer, you already know.
A few things that the new and old s***-for-brains crowd needs to know.
1) We expect the o/s to be high. If it comes out high, it still establishes credibility and the company grows and streamlines from there.
2) If it's low, it will be a VERY SWEET day with company growth still to look forward to.
3) Will your gloating and posts NOW showing your IQ of a 13 year old cause us to sell? Morons...trading is HALTED and the stock is at .0002/.0001. It's simply wait and see.
But those things aren't what you're concerned about is it ilk?
Regardless if it's #1 or #2, you fear...
4) Exposing your illegal trading. A low o/s with it will mean the cellar boxing party is also OVER as well.
Wouldn't we all love to short sell at .0002 and cover at .0001 all day long like you vast scum? We see day in and day out 95%-100% buys only at .0002 over the last few months (when you take your short positions), and seeing only sells at .0001 over the past few months (when you cover). A 50% gain on manipulative trades every turn.
One problem ilk. You didn't expect Mr. Mehue involved and you didn't expect CMKX to report so soon.
You have manipulated CMKX and many other stocks for far too long. It's 100% clear you were scared in October. It's even more clear that you're scared and desperate now. In life, desperate fools always lose to the stronger foe.
You're afraid. You should be.
I've seen that ski.
Being co-chairs, I could see the conversation were Mr. Mehue suggest he handle operations and legal/government issues while using his network to spark investment and deals, while Urban continue to promote and use his network to spark investment and deals.
I'm going to go off topic a bit, but the history of Debeers reminds me indirectly that the founder of Debeers possessed traits that both Urban and Mr. Mehue possess separately.
If you look back to the history of Debeers, the brothers de Beer (no 's' on their last name) sold their farm and in the late 1800's. It became controlled by 2 men, Cecil Rhodes and Charles Rudd. Rhodes was a promoter, a dealmaker. Rudd was his neighbor and owned claims which combined formed the DeBeers Mining Co. The Rhodes joined the South African parliment so he could wield more power and influence. It's been written that in parliment he was frank and tactless, but very efficient, charsmatic and highly respected. In 1888 he announced the Debeers Consolidated Mines Company. Being an Englishman who had saavy influence through his past political ties in South Africa, he was able to regulate the sale of diamonds so the supply and demand would be stable. His influence and company gave rise to the London Diamond Syndicate which created a perfect supply and demand for his business. The result is the largest diamond mining company in the world for the past 100 years.
Marketing promoter, charismatic, risk taker, claim owner. That sounds familar. UC
Saavy, connected, influencial, respected, action oriented. That sounds familiar too. IBM
Some FWIW comparisons.
Bo
LMAO prospector.
I can honestly say yes. If Mr. Mehue did not come on board and show what he did in February, plus if the the T/A wasn't confirming the o/s is ready to be released, I wouldn't have bought back in on Tuesday with borrowed money.
The racing over drilling still has me upset, but it is what it is. What we are seeing now in racing was likely bought in the mid to late fall of last year. I bought in strongly believing Mr. Mehue will steer future efforts with more emphasis on exploration and aquisition than NHRA racing. I see proof of this in his words and actions. Also I felt regardless of the o/s, just knowing what it is establishes credibility and hopefully be reduced over time.
But yeah...the timing when I bought back couldn't have been much closer for the fun to begin. lol
Bo
ski, I agree.
But just 2 asides to that point I want to mention.
1) This is the second time MM's have done this whenever we were within 48 hours away from big possible BIG announcements. The first of course was the party. The second is obviously now.
We don't know when CMKX was going to reveal their O/S, but all strong indicators state it was going to be by tomorrow. Regardless, they AGAIN couldn't take that chance so they did exactly what they did in October. However, this may backfire on their part because if CMKX is in compliance and full disclosure is what will be required of them, this is exactly what we and the market have been desiring for quite sometime.
2) Ok, I know what I'm going to say is what we said about E & A and Roger Glenn, but it is even more profound to say it: Why would Mr. Mehue risk his reputation, consume his time or be invloved in this .0001 company?
His life has involved work in the highest levels of wealth, networks and government influence. I can't imagine him giving his experience and reputation to a company that he does not see a giant opportunity.
I have never been one to use the term 'motherlode' nor understand why the masses could not see this as a slow step by step process to recover diamonds. In that past I posted this at least a dozen times. All many wanted to see are posts that had the word trillions in it. I can't begin to know what Mr. Mehue knows about CMKX's diamond business, but I am sure he has digested the large effort and step by step process it takes to MINE diamonds. IMHO he saw the opportunity the claims present themself to explore and beging this process possibly at many site at one time.
Ok, he saw potential. Big whoop, there's a lot of mineral exploration companies out there. So why? Why CMKX?
.0001 & share structure. I have to believe there is something here where he sees an opportunity to profit and/or build upon bigtime. The chain is as strong as it's weakest link. Before Mahue, CMKX had quite a few weak links. Lack of communication, lack of action, delays in reporting and addressing the trading situation and lack of and evidence of business development were all that we and the market saw.
First, bringing on Mahue stunned the MM's and I know it still does to this minute. Next, through him communication improved, followed by decisive action. That's 2 of the 4 things I mentioned above. The 4th (developing the business) is going to take care of itself over time. It's the 3rd one (reporting and addressing the trading situation) that has MM's nervous, doesn't it? Why? If the 700 billion is our o/s, wouldn't they want this to come out?? Not that many would sell, but they are very scared about something. Unless I'm mistaken (and please someone correct me if I'm wrong) they are about out of ammunition with this second attempt to prevent news about the o/s from coming out.
Again, ask yourself as you go about your day, "Why would Mehue be front and center with CMKX? Why would he risk his reputation and be involved?
IMO opinion the potential is good, but at this point that is somehing to be grown over time. Either something very surprising is there with the share structure that MM's don't want known, or Mr. Mehue is trying to establish credibility for the company by reporting (regardless of the o/s number) and growing the business from there. Is having an SEC investigation what you want to see? Of course not. Do I believe it is solely caused by the MM's fear of CMKX reporting? You bet I do. They established the pattern of fear by doing this twice now.
Either way, I'm staying tuned. We have no choice, huh? lol
Bo
Been smiling all morning Joye.
A really good mid to long term play in my opinion.
Bo
skibum, very good post.
There is no way to say it better than you have.
You stated: "the halt was inevitable once the PR was coming"
Exactly right. We saw this at the party. The MM's fired a half of a salvo then. However, this was the last shot in their arsenal before being exposed and/or losing the biggest cellar boxing opportunity they ever played. They had to do this.
You stated: "the TRUTH is now at hand"
Exactly right. CMKX was ALREADY IN MOTION to deliver the truth!
In one month Mr. Mehue's leadership forced this action clearly prompted by the MM's. They saved reporting CMKX to the SEC as their last shot. However, they failed to realize one thing, leading to your next point...
You stated: "Mahue vs the SEC"
Exactly right. And this one will be fun to watch. I'm taking notes. Remember this is the MM's action promting this. This limited time period plays right into IBM's strength: quick, bold action. And....CONNECTIONS and INFLUENCE. Something that was not their before he came on board just 30 days ago.
You stated: "my money is with Iron Bob....Armageddon (sic) time is here!"
Amen brother.
You nailed every point that was important. MM's thinking their last shot (reporting CMKX to the SEC) was going to be a deathblow. They didn't bargain on Mr. Mehue coming on board. Instead their feeble attempt plays into Mr. Mehue's strengths. I would bet a bottom dollar they never invisioned a man of his status to now be involved.
They were scared like beaten dogs of the filing. They were blindsided by Mr. Mehue's directorship and I'd bet a bottom dollar they didn't believe the investigation would have a very short time period (2 weeks). Translated, IBM goes into action and the truth comes out soon.
Great post buddy.
We've passed popcorn before, but my friends I'm sitting back and watching this drama unfold with a popcorn truck backed up to the front of my house.
Mr. Mehue, their best shot is a busch league hanging curve ball. Knock it out of the park sir.
Bo
PFSD - A Sweet Mid to Long Term Hold.
http://bigcharts.marketwatch.com/news/symbolnews.asp?symb=pfsd&lookup=1&orig=symbol&x=15....
* O/S is low. 27 million. They recently retired over 7 million shares to the treasury to reduce the o/s to this level. Current price @ .20
* Early February pr advises revenue for the first month of the most recent quarter exceeds the entire previous quarter. This news certainly sparked market interest and as seen in February's chart and has moved well and sustained pps growth.
* Their pool and spa products certainly have major benefits as opposed to toxic treatment systems and product which emit fumes and fade swimming suits.
* The recent marketing campaign has shown to be both well planned and productive. They placed yet a new account in February in the state of Washington. News of continued growth expected shortly.
This has simliar characteristics of where ALMI was in November and December. It may move well in the short term, but I see this as a great mid to long term hold as we enter warmer seasons and beyond.
Have a good one all.
Bo
Thank you Jim.
Ok, wow, what am I missing? Their o/s 44 million and the terms of the deal weren't that lucrative. NNNC's revenues are modest at best. In fact for the 3 months ending in 2004 they were ZERO. The names mentioned in the pr aren't jawdropping but I'm assuming that is the reason for the run. It's certainly not the financials.
And so it goes.
Bo
Just funny how from 11 until 3 hardly any trades
went through on NMCX.
Today's chart shows they muscled the run about 10:30-10:45, froze it at 11, creating doubt for the next 4 hours, then allowed volume again at 3:00 but now much easier to keep it at levels they wanted.
It has more characteristics of quiet short covering and accumulation than establishing a new short position.
I could be 100% wrong and they could short it from here (they can do anything they want). The risk just seems to high for them in light of news which may come out in the near future.
It's to be seen, but it seems logical to believe that what's to follow for NMCX is further confirmation of value which is a threat to any short position.
Again, I own no shares but I'm certainly interested in them and wanted you guys to do well today. The quiet ones I'm in are treating me better this week (knock on wood) or I would have got my feet wet again myself with NMCX.
Later all,
Bo : )
NNNC +433%. What came out on this today?
I checked a couple news sources and came up empty. Anyone know what's up?
It may or may not be too late here, but just wanting a heads up. The last was .03, but the B/A are currently above this level.
Just peeked again, last now at .035.
Bo
zen, I need to get a prescription for Buy&Hold
for some of these plays.
I think our DD is on the money with most of these, and so is our interpretation on these plays right after news comes out.
Some run nice as expected, which is great! It's those that should go up but instead sit there on strong volume, or ones that run strong and then are walked back to where they started like the news didn't even happen, are what I'm trying to get a better read on.
But taking 200,000 Buy&Hold's of NMCX and call me in 2 years is indeed the best remedy for Manipulationitis. : )
Bo
Mach, laughing while getting sick is called
Manipulationitis.
A very painful condition caused by watching a perfectly well thought out play turn bad. Two opposing forces (laughter and sickness) come together as one, much like laughing and pepsi flying out your nose.
But with this condition, there's no known cure.
Bo : )
NMCX, about trading today..
What does it mean?? Well I humbly offered that MM's do this for 2 reasons.
1) To set up a short position...or,
2) To accumulate shares in preparation for a run.
What have we seen today?
Heavier than normal volume, and certainly easy to assume the vast majority of volume are buys.
In my humble opinion, if MM's were trying to set up a short position, they would have let this run like before AND to a far higher level than seen today. If they let this run to .02, .03 or higher then I would be watching for the short position to be established.
Yes, there is always the risk they could short this at any time and strongarm it back even lower from where it is now, but how in light of the value of the contracts and mines, would they want to do this? The risk of further reporting and contracts could blow their short position quickly.
They have basically froze trading now (no or trickle volume for quite a while now) inclining me to think they want to accumulate or strongarm this to quietly cover their short positions before a run up in the near future.
They could have easily made this the stock of the week by simply moving the price in relation to today's demand, with the market seeing the valuation numbers and a strong rising stock price. Volume would have exploded all day.
We'll see what happens, but a run might start at anytime this week to reflect last night's news.
Bo
Ah, the low volume takedown on nmcx. unreal
Volume is very heavy and all buys, and they don't move it. But a sell that is a micro-percentage of today's volume takes it to .01. lol
I'm not in it, but certainly following it and hoping for all that did get in.
$500 million contract.
Assayed and valuations well over a billion (actually in the billions).
Five hundred million o/s.
And it's at .01?? Nope, not a drop of manipulation here.
Question, wasn't there some that visited the mine last year? Isn't the company very open about arranging visitations?
It's just a thought for someone in that neck of the woods to maybe arrange and report back.
Bo
Joye, your BIPH may go.
I called MCEL the third week of January at 1.33. They played around with it, letting interest wane. Last trade on MCEL was $2.08, and the past few days was ~$2.50!
Patience is proving to be our key.
I liked your BIPH from the first time I DD'ed it after you called it. It certainly isn't one that may go up today, or tomorrow, but it will go up nicely. It's just a matter of time for BIPH.
The spread is hysterical on CCCN, they stuck the ask .10 higher than the bid..lol. I saw this twice last week on other stocks and it meant a certain trading dynamic. I won't say what it is now. Let's let CCCN play out and see if it falls in line the same way.
As for naysayers of NMCX, obviously they have a shorting agenda or are affiliated with MM's or groups that short. It does not appear that dilution is part of the recent pr's, so again patience may be the key here while the trading games are played. With the heavy volume I'm now seeing occurred today, you're trying to tell me people were selling at .01-.011?? Please. I'm not privy to Level 2, but my bet would be that most of today's volume is buying pressure.
GEMM at .035 certainly is looking tempting.
Bo : )
NMNX, zen great posts and the math indeed doesn't lie.
I tallied the same math when the $500 million contract for 26% of their inventory was announced. I also saw the trading pattern this took on the days after the announcement.
So the 2004 financials, 1st quarter 2005 financials and becoming reporting are three big swings of the axe that may bust NMCX wide open.
Reeealy have to go now..lol
Bo
Lana,
That's something I'm trying to get a read on for future plays, and 100% certain it will never be truly figured out unless true free market forces exist at the plays < $1.00.
In a nut, shorting is how MM's can control stocks for their own benefit for the most part. I'm now seeing how they trade to accumlate at low levels...then allow a run up to catch short run profits on the way up. On those rare occasions, like MOBL, NEOM, SIRI, NWAU, ALMI, GTEL and the like do certain companies simply have too strong fundementals for them to try to play games. As for SPEA, many influencial backers were involved behind the scenes, so again it's not one MM's were allowed to have their way. Mr. Meheu's involvement with CMKX may be the force needed to network important backing for a similar opportunity as time passes.
Being aware of it and trying to detect patterns and opportunities is the thing.
All in my opinion, but certainly what I'm seeing over 1 1/2 years looking at this.
Sorry for the short answer, but at the office now and have to fly.
Bo
ski, the last 2 pr's have been important. Chartgirl's post and
your asessment holds the key to maybe seeing the huge breakout with NMCX. That is if last night's news doesn't cause a breakout first. :)
The MM's actions are so transparent. They pick and chose what stocks will be allowed to run in any one day. EZTO is a perfect example. The website and news came out last week, yet they held it back creating some uncertainty, when really they were just accumulating shares to allow yesterday's very strong run. There was nothing really new yesterday versus last week. CYOS was a similar example of MM share accumulation then allowing a run a couple of days after news. BVLE is another. The list can go on.
What is hard to determine is when they hold a pps down to accumulate, versus holding it down establishing a short position to create further fear and high percentage downward movement. In NMCX's case, they U-turned this from .045, setting up short positions all the way back to .01. From those low levels the pps has so much uncertainly about it, any covering they do for their profits are easy accomplished at that point. They are able to easily strongarm the price to keep it low because of the uncertainty they artificially created. They do this with many stocks.
There should be a run today and beyond. We'll see if the previous pattern repeats or if yesterday's news was strong enough to bust their hold.
The best we can do is DD good plays and hope the news and market emotion about the company is strong enough to create nice runs, breaking the MM's hold on a stock as long as possible.
Your words were kind so thank you, but many do DD and work far beyond what I do. The quick analyzing of numbers, corporate dynamics and predicting market reaction is my .02 added to the discussion. T/A is still a challenge...lol. I'm 95% clueless and follow others lead. Mach and some others do amazing work at getting an audience of CEO's.
I'm starting to see this board as truly 1-step-ahead of strong market moves. SPEA, TLTD, NEOM, XLPI and EZTO were all pointed out ahead of runs. Lately it's plays where DD is brought here on some plays that aren't the "hot mover" of the day, but allow good entries and the runs occur a bit later in time. XLPI and EZTO are textbook examples of what I'm talking about. We'll see if this trend continues. Some did great in XLPI, but I have this feeling many here sold EZTO when nothing happened to the pps after the site came up last week. Guilty here. I could be wrong but I didn't see many mentioning their 80% gain yesterday. On some of these 'DD'ed - Low o/s plays' a bit patience might be our key.
The kids are good and it's been busy. Leaving soon and will not see the market open today. There's about 1/2 hour window mid-morning for a quick scan at things, then hopefully more time this afternoon.
I'm not in NMCX and won't be around to enter, but for your sake and those getting in early today I hope it flies to the sky for you! : )
Bo
Agree prospector.
I was in NMCX when it ran before and did well, but was honestly amazed that with a $700 million dollar contract, and more contracts anticipated, that MM's were actually able to hold this to only rise to about .045. I was astonished and seeing the walkdown, was able to get out ok but knew NMCX fired a very heavy shot with it's previous pr to only see it's stock have a fire hose turned on it to protect shorting and the illegal trading practices on the stock. Did I think it was going to $1.00 then?...no, but .15-.40 didn't seem out of the realm of projection.
Fundementally, what is not to love? But from a market standpoint it seems clear this one has the 'short-seller/trading manipulation bullseye' on it simply by looking at what happened before. If tonight's news is strong enough to rip that bullseye off, it could get real interesting. : )
Bo
ski...have you followed NMCX much?
Scanned some of the reports, but to be honest had to click out because it was so slow loading and freezing up my system. But that didn't make them less exciting. Large numbers are being offered in these reports, and conservative at that.
I saw a few things to point out and just have a couple questions.
First, the only report I saw was Arizona's. In that the precious metals of Gold, Silver, Platinum and Palladium were priced using 5 year old spot prices, and the report itself seemed like is was 3 years old. Not that that is bad. I'm just curious why a 3-5 year old report is just surfacing now. Further it stated these are estimated values and further testing would be needed. I wish I could copy from Adobe Reader or I'd quote where it says this. Were all the reports showing valuations based on 2000 spot prices?
On the good side, the spot prices 5 years ago for gold, silver and platinum were much lower than they are today. Gold is almost twice the price (they used 231/oz, in 2000 and today's spot closing bid was $431/oz)! Silver was just over $5/oz in 2000 (spot price they used) and today closing spot bid is $7.17/oz! Platinum is also twice the 2000 spot price, closing today at 860/oz!
Palladium is the only metal down from 2000. It's actually taken a beating since 2000. They priced it in 2000 at $707/oz, and today's closing spot bid was $184/oz.
The good thing is, according to the pr, these were conservative figures and do not equate to the 500,000+ tons they believe is there. Between this and the pr concerning the contract, it certainly seems undervalued....bigtime.
So how does this translate to the share price over tomorrow, next week, next month? If their previous pr and GEMM's pr are any indication there will be a decent move up tomorrow but the question remains, will the MM's allow it to run and allow the run to sustain? The pop-run, freeze, then drop it slow and painful is an illegal technique, especially if buys at the ask lead to immediate drops in the b/a rather than posting the TRUE higher bids and asks that are coming in, but they do it again and again. They'll ignore the increased demand at the higher price, post bogus low b/a levels and scare investors to take down their higher bids and asks...then the walk down begins. They did it to this stock on their great pr a couple months back.
With numbers they put out before on their contract, the stock, with it's confirmed o/s, should have been allowed to be priced higher. However MM's have far better odds than any casino and will strongarm individual investors every time unless your lucky and guess right.
There's no doubt this is a play tomorrow based on how it reacted in the past. How far and long it runs is totally up to the guys dealing the cards and naming each bet.
Good luck and good late evening find!
Bo
zen, I can't help to think back a few
weeks when we posted how much bravado it takes or complete moronic stupidity one has to possess to ATTEMPT to bash this man.
In scanning when I had the chance today, I saw another of Webb's busch league offerings about this man, inserting a caption or comment taking far more subtle shots than he did before, but they were shots nonetheless. It's hard to believe a breathing being is so foolish not to understand the current and historical connections this man has. There was a certain name mentioned from the past, and I'm sure you or some caught it, and how this former famous and very powerful government director accommodated Mr. Meheu during his career. And Webb think's he's being smart or cute to tried to marginalize this man's fantastic life?? How futile.
I have 100% respect for him and it for me goes beyond that. My passion for industrial and business giants between 1880-1970 is off the charts. I like 1 man who knows exactly what he is doing, making swift sound decisions and always demanding constructive, effective action and bottom line results.
Someone mentioned Jack Welch in a post yeterday or on Sunday. Jack not only changed GE, but US corporate management syle for the entire decade of the late 80's through late 90's, IMO for the worse. Empowerment, teams, steering committee's all became buzz words that still linger today. In the meantime foreign companies used the efficiencies of the market and made decisions by 1 or a select few, while American companies were tied up in committee's, project teams, pilot studies, survey's, brainstorming, 'continuous improvement', etc. Many sold a lot of books, tapes and seminars of the 'management style' with Welch as one of the pioneers of such a movement. Welch's style worked for GE being the conglomerate it was at the time. It certainly was and is not THE ANSWER to run every company in our economy, and feel it was a huge mistake for industry to buy into this style of management. It simply is not effective for the majority of companies in our fast moving economy. The federal gov. even signed on to this approach for a period of time. In my humble opinion, management by committee slowed down American business tremendously (and still does to this day), while competent foreign company's, or light on their feet American companies are able to catch up quick, make quicker decisions and pass right by US companies in terms of fresh ideas and gaining competitive market share.
I'll take a well connected industry giant any day of the week.
Still not happy with a lot CMKX has done, but the past month certainly has provided a wave of change that we are not used to seeing.
It would be the honor of my professional life to meet that man someday.
Bo
http://www.dke-nz.org/famous.htm
'Heaviest hitters' IMO
Smiling because JoePa is on that list.
I've gotta go all in at .0002 now!! : )
Just funnin, but the list contains GIANT men of current and historical influence. A great honor for Mr. Meheu to speak there.
Bo : )
I'll try to find out more from the company
and report back sometime this week.
Bo
Go Mach go.
If PYST come out with pr's on major contracts, then the reigns will be loosen for sure. : )
CLXN has slipped to .028 and really starting to get my interest. The spread is weird right now, but seems like MM's are intent on getting shares to possibly make a higher priced market on this. Their news this month should begin to develop fruits soon. At a 3.6 million o/s level, it's one to watch. I'll try to call them by week's end. They popped to .05-.06 last Friday very easily. It just needs some DD and market awareness of the DD.
GTG.
Bo
zen...
I would kiss people and things I never kissed before if those were the numbers that came in. Anything is possible here. : )
Ok for fun, here goes.
O/S: 650 Billion
Tradable Float: 200 Billion.
Being that the MM's have traded this giving the impression of 770 billion shares, plus any legal or illegal short position...any tradable float number under 350 billion should be great for us.
It will be interesting to see if CMKX becomes a threshhold security per the SHO guidelines. That would increase pressure on the MM's to cover. At least we hope..lol With the exposure this stock has, you would think compliance to the 13 day cover rule would be followed by MM's, or they will stir the anger of MANY calls to the SEC from MANY CMKX shareholders every day after the 13th day. lol
The credibility that filing establishes along with the now improved communications and efforts toward business growth will help the pps as time passes.
I have only dealt with Andy 1 time. My feeling is Mr. Mehue is going to clue him in better on issues, or he may have other thoughts about Andy's future. To be seen. Andy seems to possess a level of intelligence required to discuss the issues, so advising him better may be the desired option at this time.
All IMO, and waiting to see like everyone.
Bo
The thing with CLXN Joye is that
I see CCCN characteristics in it, mainly in the size of their o/s totals. CLXN is at .04 and CCCN is at .42!
Candidly, CLXN seems like it's just getting their feet on the ground. Not much revenue yet to speak about. However, that's why I said a call into them may allow some insight on what's going on now and if this dynamic has changed. I'm out for the rest of the afternoon and will only be around tomorrow morning until about 10-10:30. We'll see how CLXN shapes up as the week goes on. I will try to reach them at some point.
Thanks again for your help!
Bo
Joye, I don't. Do you see CCCN now?
I added to my last post about it. It sure doesn't take much for these low floaters to fly. Now at .42 in a matter of a couple trades. At a 2m o/s, the January levels are possible here.
Bo :))
CCCN-Thank you Joye.
After you posted the chart yesterday, I'm doing more than just standing on the sidelines. : )
They were as high as $1.05 in early January and spent half of Jan. over 50 cents.
Hello!!!!...didn't take much to move this to .42 in a heartbeat!
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With CMKX, the TRADABLE FLOAT is THE key!
I'm back in them for 2 reasons. Mr. Meheu's action based leadership and betting the tradable float will be surprisingly low. Further, with Mr. Meheu there are resources through him and his contacts which could buy back and retire Shares at anytime. Who knows, this may have been occuring since the turn of the year, which is when I'm guessing he became actively involved (even before the pr announcing his directorship appointment).
What does CLXN's chart look like? They have an o/s of only 3.6 million according to what I'm seeing. They are green as they come as a company, but at a market cap of a mere $144,000 it could be worth a call into them to see what they are about.
Thanks,
Bo
CMKX: great work and posts all.
Ok, they have my more than just my attention now. : )
Mr. Meheu is a simply a man of action and commands respect of others. He's done more in 3-4 weeks in communication, FOLLOW THROUGH and REAL ACTION than we've seen anytime prior. He has my respect and a stake in what's to come.
I'm still truly not happy with the 2005 CMKX racing effort. But like I said, if Mr. Meheu truly has the reigns of the business and grows CMKX to it's fullest potential to the benefit of shareholders (now including me again..lol), then UC can race his kimberlites off until his hear tis content. It seems like this is indeed the case.
1) Be a real company, 2) communicate clearly & 3) grow the business through exploration and synergistic aquisitions is all I ever desired as a shareholder.
Seems Mr. Meheu has quickly tackled 1 & 2 in short order. Seeing this, It's clear that after the filing, his efforts will be on maximixing #2 & #3.
Brilliant and efficient work so far Mr. Meheu. I'm still very much all eyes in seeing your work unfold here. You managed the business of the richest man in the world and have a network of global contacts. The promotional side of CMKX and rumour mill have had the attention of many for way too long. I'm one that will be paying full attention to your leadership and the business side of CMKX which you control. I have a feeling it's going to be fun to watch.
Bo
Anyone have full L2 lineup for CMKX?
CLAI, .16 low floater with news.
Worth a look. Normally trades over .20.
Very rarely has it been in the teens like this.
I have no position in them. I'm already positioned in a play, so far so good.
Thought this might be one to keep on watch or consider to bring to the board.
Bo
Joye...
What does your T/A tell us on CCCN? They caught my eye with such a small float, and was 1 of only 2 trades that was profitable out of the 6,345 trades I made last week. lol
Have they reached a plateau or does your T/A still see upside pressure?
I honestly don't use T/A myself as the only indicator on why to buy a stock. BUT, my thought is with such a low floater, T/A can actually be a good indicator of when to enter. It seems low and moderate buying slides this one upwards easily.
If it's not good now, that's fine. I'm just trying to pick up on some T/A indicators that might make this a good play again.
GTG for now...so will check in later to see your response.
Thanks,
Bo
It's true zen and what is even more
true that asking questions is how you get answers.
Novel approach huh? lmao Yet so many see what you or others bring up (including myself) as somehow breaking the karma. I think people believe that asking questions is threateneing or can upset the base. It's business and in this case, answers whether they are good, bad or indifferent should be every shareholder's goal. I hope it upsets the base BIGTIME to the point that they demand answers rather than good 1/4 mile times.
A public company cannot defraud it's shareholders. I don't care if they are on the pinksheets, polkadotsheets or silksheets. The typical message board line is, "they are a pinksheet company, they owe us nothing". Nothing can be more incorrect! EVERY public company has a fiduciary duty to its shareholders. The SEC and SFC seem to agree when it comes to USCA and CMKX.
Mr. Meheu impresses me. I believe he is a man of experience and bottom line action. I see him taking this one step at a time, even if the first step is reporting a 'fugly' o/s number and confirmation that racing has taken precedent over drilling.
If so, I will be watching closely to see him turn this ship around.
Bo
U2 buddy.
I was all about CMKX until the watershed moment of quietly raising the o/s to 800 billion. That's when I sold to a free share position, then the lack of response or communication to the shareholders 1 1/2 months after the inquires led me to liquate the rest and move on.
The MUCH EXPANDED 2005 travelling racing effort is the 3rd true "what the hell is really going on here?" moment for me.
Have a good Monday and good week all. Anything has to be better than last week for me. LOL
Bo
Mach, I hope it happens as well.
I wasn't trying to be smart or sarcastic in my post yesterday about CMKX. They have openly started a racing team last year, and have grown it a tremendous amount in 1 year's time.
The time, effort and expenses are greater than I even mentioned. To me they are a racing team first and foremost, and unfortunately have different means to finance it.
It's absolutley fine to have an NHRA funny car team if that is how you promote your business. But isn't the best promotion for any company GROWING YOUR "STATED" PRIMARY BUSINESS business by investing in equipment, drilling rigs and expanded exploration efforts?
I partnered with another guy earlier this year. If our business went public and I pumped the living lights out of it to sell stock...the best way for me to get serious investors and promotion is by growing my business. I like F1 racing, so say I get a pantload of money issuing stock and start an F1 team. That's fine, but what if increased questions arise about my business, yet I issue more stock and start another team or teams at lower circuit levels, plus buy a new motorhome and hauler, plus ALL expenses.
When does my racing team become more than just promotion and my "stated" business and new share issuance be questioned?
I am very glad I have share dividends in GEMM. They have moved beyond bulk sampling and have begun mining operations. If CMKX explained what they have done with the millions of dollars raised by share issuance to grow their primary business, I would honestly be all ears again. Are they buying equipment? Have they furthered their geologic research about their claims? What are their claims? What equipment have they bought in the last 9 months? They are testing 2 inch holes, not mining or even bulk sampling, so there is no deep juicy secret about what they are doing. With that, have they drilled ANY test holes since the "Oreo pipe" back in July and August? How much gold has been extracted from the Equador mine? They stated a daily amount of ore would be processed. Fine, is it below or above their projections? Have they even mined at all beyond the initial pr? The list can go on, and I'm not being smart in asking these questions. These questions could all have very positive answers. However, for 2 1/2 years if you truly sit down and read each pr and take notes on promises and claims they make, like the questions I just brought up, even more questions will be raised without any answers or follow up. The pr's certainly sound good and they keep a base for them if they need or chose to issue more shares, but they are showing me nothing currently telling me they are growing their primary business.
I didn't post it last year, but I used to get upset at those barking last year about them placing more efforts in racing that exploring their claims for diamonds. I thought it was good promotion. But the 2005 rollout of the racing team has me doing a double-take. In yesterday's post I said they were a 'steel set' racing team. You have to have 'steel set' to roll out the racing team in all it's glory seen over the last 2 weeks. Can you imagine running your own business this way? Offering an .0001 stock and 2 1/2 years of pr's that have meant nothing, then roll out in motorhomes, haulers, new chassis's and paint schemes in an expanded racing effort? Again, when does promotion become your primary business and primary personal interest?
I have 100% RESPECT for Mr. Meheu. I have no clue why he signed to sit on the board, but he's there. If he can finally define what CMKX is as an exploration company and grow it as a business entity, GREAT! UC can race his manbreasts off for all I care. But a filing showing 700+ billion o/s and only the best in new racing equipment, cars, motorhomes, haulers and other expenses to show for it, you have to start asking yourself what type of person would you be if you ran your own business that way. For right now, I see a person who wants to go racing.
The flame suit is on, but please note I'm not bashing to try to get in. I have no plans to do so unless they show something worthy of getting in. It's at the lowest level now to be able to sell the stock if needed .0001/.0002. The only point I'm trying to make is that as shareholder's, how much more does a person need to see to at least consider some options to finally get answers from this company. Filing this week or whenever may simply expose how little has been spent in exploration versus racing.
If they answered questions and were clear in the past, good or bad, I wouldn't feel this way. The rollout of the 2005 racing extravaganza is what has me scratching my head as someone who is partnered in his own business myself.
Go easy on me. lol
Bo
I have to say...
CMKX is a racing company. And it's a steel set racing company that much is for sure. As a racing company they have built teams in different divisions within a one year period of time. The crew chief and mechanics seem driven and the drivers they recruited are skilled.
They have come a far way from fold out tables to motorhomes. From an outdated Corvette body to the updated Monte Carlo body for better use of downforce. They apparently have grown to full or semi-sponsorship in 2-3 funny car race teams per week. It seems paint styles and schemes change regularly, and they are fully supplied with engine, chassis, tires and body parts to change as needed after each run. One late model drag motorcycle and late last season sponsered the Racing Truck series and the top truck/driver combo on the circuit. Again the same money goes to paint schemes, tires, body and engine parts after each run.
This doesn't mention the fuel, travel expenses, uniforms, family considerations and allowances, hotel accomodations, meals and liability and medical coverages which may apply or be required.
From the looks of it, CMKX Racing Company may win some rounds this year as well. Quite a mark and improvment.
How do they pay for it all week in week out - race after race - run after run??
After seeing their race financing operation run for over 2 1/2 years to the benefit of the race team and profit for a certain few others at the expense of many...the answer seems clear.
But the show must go on. From my prosepctive, unless the SEC or SFC pulls the chute on them, this will be another great year of financing for the CMKX Racing Company and a certain few.
Happy Sunday all!
Bo
ALMI DD
Again, this is one play I wish I had $10,000 to park and not look at for 2-3 years. This is worth the read, and realize there are so many other applications in nanotechnology as well. Bo
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Nano World: Edible nanotech on the horizon
By Charles Q. Choi
UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL
New York, NY, Feb. 25 (UPI) -- Edible forms of nanotechnology could help make smart programmable drinks and more effective drugs.
If the prospect of edible nanotech sounds frightening, "it is not about carving little robots for use in food," physicist Anthony Dinsmore at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst told UPI's Nano World.
Instead, scientists are creating edible capsules only nanometers or billionths of a meter in size to enhance food or medicine. "We're creating nanoparticles that can assemble themselves and made of materials already found in foods. We're not doing any exotic chemistry," Dinsmore said of his group's work.
Edible nanoparticles can be made in a wide range of shapes, from spheres to pipes, and are composed of materials either relatively inert in the body, such as silicon or ceramics, or materials that react with the body's heat or chemistry, such as polymers. The contents that each nanoparticle lugs around can include flavorings, drugs or even fluorescent dyes.
One key advantage edible nanoparticles have over larger particles "is how nanotechnology can take something that is extremely insoluble in nature, like some drugs, and by breaking them up to the nano-level help release them in the body," said Roger Aston, strategy director of pSivida in Perth, Australia.
One surprising source for edible nanoparticles could come from the halloysite clay of the Old Dragon Mine in Utah. Long, naturally occurring ceramic nanotubes exist within the clay, said Bill Jacobson, president of Atlas Mining in Osborn, Ind.
"We have at least 300,000 tons of this clay, and we think there might be more," Jacobson told Nano World. "Probably 85 percent or 90 percent is tubular."
Atlas Mining is working with NaturalNano in Rochester, N.Y., to develop the halloysite nanotubes. "We're thinking about maybe getting the vitamin industry involved," Jacobson said.
Nanoparticles can be built so they deliver their contents exactly the way their designers wish. For instance, they can release their contents upon reaching specific targets -- growing porous upon reaching acids in the stomach, expanding when exposed to heat, or bearing molecules such as proteins that make them stick or other react with certain types of cells, such as cancerous tumors.
In terms of enhancing the nutritional quality of food, "you can imagine there are some things that you would want to deliver to, say, the intestine and not the mouth, such as fish oil," Dinsmore said. "For administering drugs to a patient, you can imagine delivering a medicine to the part of the body where it's needed most and not have to go everywhere else, so the overall dose you use is lower but the drug is used more effectively. This is clearly a way to help keep healthcare costs and side effects down -- some of the more pressing issues out there."
In addition to releasing drugs, nanoparticles could release a dye or trace chemical in the body upon making contact with proteins specific to cancer, "to let doctors know something is there," Dinsmore suggested.
Edible nanoparticles could release their contents when given a specific trigger, "such as a light stimulus," he said. "You can shine light into the body, and it will penetrate. This way doctors can activate the release of a drug at the most beneficial time from outside a patient's body using lamps."
Aside from carrying drugs with precision, nanoparticles have the capability to break open upon command, something that could lead to smart, programmable foods and drinks.
Dinsmore is a member of the NanoTek Consortium, a group of 15 universities and companies dedicated to using nanotechnology to improve the food industry. NanoteK scientists have proposed using specific frequencies of ultrasound or microwaves to pop nanoparticles containing specific aromas, flavors or dyes, so food makers could program a drink to be the color or taste desired.
Another concept under development involves nanoparticles that can stick to specific parts of the gut, something nanotech experts acknowledge could be a real challenge.
"The mouth-to-anus transit time is about 30 hours and in the place with the highest surface area, the small intestine, the residence time of small particles is often just three hours, so there's not a lot of time for absorption," said pharmaceutical scientist Patrick Sinko at Rutgers University in Piscataway, N.J.
To enhance the absorption of medicines, researchers are creating nanoparticles that can hook onto the gut and thus stay longer, increasing drug uptake. For instance, Sinko noted, the herpes drug Valtrex and the AIDS drug Retrovir hook onto nutrient transporters in the intestines, giving them higher rates of absorption.
"We know viruses get taken up in the gastrointestinal track, so we're following up on viral mechanisms to investigate," Sinko told Nano World. He said the hope is nanoparticles can double or even triple the amount of time for drug therapies to be absorbed by the body.
In general, he said, "people are starting to hope that nanotechnology can allow folks to deliver drugs that we today can't deliver orally. It would be great to take a drug that you normally have to inject and dry it, turn it to a powder, put it in a nanoparticle and have a tablet for a more convenient method that can enhance compliance (to a medical regimen) in patients."
The challenges for edible nanotechnology developers -- in terms of the substances finding widespread commercial use in food -- lies in building capsules "robust enough to stand whatever processing they go through, and will yet release the active agents whenever you eat them," said materials scientist David Weitz of Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., a NanoteK Consortium member.
Still, edible nanotechnology should reach the market "fairly fast," Dinsmore said. "We're talking about pretty simple and scalable techniques that can maybe be done at large scales without changing too much around. The big issue for new applications in food is that the cost always has to be really low -- so that excludes robots."
The future of edible nanotechnology could be silicon, Aston suggested. His firm makes nanoparticles of honeycombed silicon, with each cell of the honeycomb filled with drugs that leak out as the silicon dissolves in the body to become silicic acid, a dietary form of silicon found in foods such as beer, rice and wine.
Unlike nanoparticles made of polymers, he noted, silicon does not need exotic chemical bonds to hold each nanoparticle's contents in place, bonds that conceivably could alter the content's properties.
"With this silicon, the contents are just held there physically," Aston told Nano World.
Carefully engineering a honeycomb's thickness and pore size will allow it to dissolve on cue, Aston explained, The edible silicon made by pSivida "has the capability of holding processors, so you could program chips in foodstuffs like you would computers or air conditioners."
Aston said the company has submitted its honeycombed silicon to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for approval.
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Nano World is a weekly series examining the exploding field of nanotechnology, by Charles Choi, who covers research and technology for UPI Science News. E-mail: sciencemail@upi.com
Mach, nice find.
I completely agree with your assessment of it's current pps.
Bo