3D Systems Corp (DDD)

[Lonnie Starr]

SA pays him 500 for his articles, so as fast as he can crank'em out he can make a tidy little paycheck. So the only question that remains is why is he so invested in seeing a profitable company tarnished? The answer to that question may or may not lay in the fact that there's some hedge fund, likely holding most of that almost ~2 billion dollar short position in this company. Obviously, if this stock appreciates, they are facing a potential loss of billions of dollars and perhaps a one way trip to the local homeless shelter. I have no idea how motivating such a prospect could be, since I hear that gov't provided homeless shelters have been substantially upgraded lately. (lol)

Of course, he ignores the fact that General Motors just made a significant purchase of 3DS machines (where there's a potential of even more and bigger sales, depending on the machines performing as expected). There was also some mention a while ago, that 3DS was in talks with the Pentagon, you know, the people who buy 12 billion dollar aircraft carriers the way drunks purchase beer, by the six-pack, nor are 700 dollar toilet seats any prohibition to their spendthrift.

Oh yes, and before I forget, [ the extreme value stocks.com site ] shows DDD with a book value of ~600+$/share. Which, when I posted that to the SA site in the comments, some strange responder said that had to be a mistake. Guess he hasn't been investing long enough to realize that all those acquisitions they complain about, are actually assets, which add to the book value of the company. What that means essentially is, each share you buy at 50 or so dollars per share, would be worth some 600+ dollars per share if the company were to suddenly liquidate now.

But hey, let's not get ahead of ourselves with conspiracy theories, it could simply be that, that writer merely wants to buy more shares at lower prices and so bashes away for that reason. OR, it could be that he's being paid "under the table" to present a negative view.

In any event, these things usually sort themselves out on their own, due to market forces. I doubt any remarks by a biased writer will do anything more than affect a few uniformed investors to the same effect that was had when such pundits and analysts told us to wait for 20 dollar google, or to avoid fad stocks (and their "cult" followers) like Apple, Tesla, Netflix and Amazon.

So, in closing I must remind you, whether you are a seasoned investor or novice, DO YOUR OWN DUE DILLIGENCE then make up your own mind, you'll be very glad that you did.