HODL - 26K Think Long Term & Other Investment Trends

Step By Step Strategy To Beat The Market In 2018!

It's a brand new day.......

After a rollercoaster of a ride yesterday on Wall street, record high ends the session today. The DOW Jones after breaking the 26K barrier yesterday did not sustain there. However, today.......

• DJI closed over 26K at $26,115.62 (+322.79   1.25%)
• Nasdaq $7,298.28 (+74.59    1.03%)
• S&P 500  $2,802.56  (+26.14   0.94%)

Encouraging statements out of APPLE (APPL) $179.10 (+2.91 1.65%), as they announce a $350 billion investment excluding a $5 billion advanced manufacturing fund & expects to add 20,000 jobs over the next 5 years. All the while it will pay a $38 billion tax bill, so that foreign money can be moved back into the US.

Boeing Co (BA) $351.01 (+15.85   4.73%)  Travel, airbus demands seems to be the motivation behind it's strong market growth.

IBM (IBM) $168.65 (+4.80  2.93%) up on speculations of cloud computing, possible share gains in microprocessors on the wake of Intel & Advanced Micro Devices chip flaws.


On the crypto front the word of the day is 'HODL" 

As I mentioned in yesterday post. This is what the markets do. Spikes & dips......Candlesticks! 

Yet, rest assure that the current market actions are just what is needed......volatility! When you have a 2000% upward trend over the course of 12 months, one can surely expect this kind of market actions 01/16/2018. Where most altcoins took between a 16.00% and 30.00% dip.

People have to remember that in the early stage of the game, long-term should be the thought process. Hold, study what are the causes, act but don't over react!

There will be multiple situations over the coming months/years that will cause one to go into panic mode. Regulatory concerns, China, Korea, the US dollar, gold prices. The list can go on. Yet, knowing that you are in it for the long haul should be of some relief.  

If you are one of the early birds that got in some year ago and beyond. You are still sitting pretty. Your gains far out weight any current losses of recent days.  From the chart below, you can see that most top coins are up in the plus range over the last 24 hrs.

• Bitcoin - $11,426.15  +8.28 (24 hr. Change)
• Bitcoin cash - $1,769.67  8.09%
• Ethereum - $1,045.12  12.26%  
• Ripple -  $1.33  +33.60%
• Litecoin -$192.89  +16.33%
• Neo - $152.69  +30.56%
• Cardano - $0.673  +29.61

My next 5 of 20 companies that I am researching in 2018. These are not recommendation as stated, yet, are companies within industries that I feel are worthy of potential gains

HIMX   Himax Techn. Inc. ~ Headquartered in Taiwan in 2001, dedicated to display imaging processing technologies.
Himax is a worldwide market leader in display driver ICs and timing controllers used in TVs, laptops, monitors, mobile phones, tablets, digital cameras, car navigation, virtual reality (VR) devices and many other consumer electronics devices. Additionally, Himax designs and provides controllers for touch sensor displays, in-cell Touch and Display Driver Integration (TDDI) single-chip solutions, LED driver ICs, power management ICs, scaler products for monitors and projectors, tailor-made video processing IC solutions, silicon IPs and LCOS micro-displays for augmented reality (AR) devices and head-up displays (HUD) for automotive.




HTC      HTC Corp ~ Founded in 1997 this innovator in communcation and internet. Since 2014, they expanded into IoT categories and launched HTC RE™ camera and unveiled UA HealthBox™ to bring an innovative approach to fitness technology. HTC VIVE™ provides users the most immersive virtual reality experience.

RIOT    Riot Blockchain Inc ~ A first mover on the NASDAQ focused on blockchain technology. Leverages its expertise and network to build and support blockchain technology companies. Entered into a definitive agreement to complete a transaction with Cresval Capital Corp.  TessPay is a blockchain company developing a supply chain payment platform for businesses to attempt to guarantee payment on time and in full.

SIEB     Siebert Financial Corp. ~ Originated around 1886, this holding company offers discount brokerage services through its subsidiary Muriel Siebert & Co., which has been in business and a member of the New York Stock Exchange since 1967.  A letter of intent with Overstock.com (NASDAQ:OSTK) to offer discount brokerage services through a portal on Overstock's website will launch 1Q of 2018

STM     STMicroelectronics ~  Is a French-Italian multinational electronics and semiconductor manufacturer headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland. 

Among the world’s largest semiconductor companies is a leading Integrated Device Manufacturer serving all electronics segments.  A leading technology innovator (approximately 7,500 people working in R&D, ~16,000 owned patents in ~9,500 patent families and ~500 new patent filed. 

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WeHIT 2018 PICK & TRACK  UPDATED 01/17/2018

COMPANY	LAST	CHANGE	%
AMBA  Ambarella Inc	$53.80	+0.11            0.20%
ACBFF  Aurora Cannabis Inc	$9.92	+0.30           3.12%
AVAV    AeroVironment Inc	$53.42	+1..01          1.93%
EXEL    Exelixis Inc	$27.49	-2.16            7.28%
A      Agilent Techn. Inc.	$72.06	+0.83            1.17%
HIMX   Himax Techn. Inc.	$9.89	+0.02             0.20%
HTC      HTC Corp	$73.00	+0.40             0.55%
RIOT    Riot Blockchain Inc	$17.76	-0.52              2.84%
SIEB     Siebert Financial Corp.	$13.68	+1.86             153.74%
STM     STMicroelectronics	$24.34	+0.44              1.84%
ARE    Alexandria Real Estate	$125.50	+0.57              0.46%
SYNA    Synaptics Inc.	$46.82	-0.54              1.14%
IBB      iShare NASDAQ Biotech ETF	$111.41	+0.81             0.73%
TWMJF  Canopy Growth corp	$30.24	+0.98             3.36%
KEYS     Keysight Technologies	$46.01	+1.26              2.82%
VFFIF    Village Farms Inter.	$6.20	+0.01              0.11%
O A         Orbital ATK Inc.	$131.72	-0.03               0.02%
VRTHF  Veritas Pharma	$0.66	+0.05              7.65%
VTC       Vertcoins	$4.14	10.82%
VUZI     Vuzix Corp.	$8.20	+0.05             0.61%

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DAILY  5  GAINERS & LOSERs   01/17/2018

COMPANY	LAST	CHANGE	%
Lam Research Corp	$205.08	+14.69                7.72%
KLA - Tencor Corp	$113.49	+5.83                   5.42%
Texas Instrument Inc	$119.16	+6.24                    5.53%
Applied Materials Inc	$57.34	+2.84                    5.21%
Boeing Co	$351.01	+15.70                   4.68%
Ford Motor Co	$12.18	-0.92                     7.02%
Fastenal Co	$52.20	-3.24                     5.84%
General Electric Co	$17.35	-0.86                     4.72%
DISH Network Corp	$45.45	-2.54                     5.29%
Dentsply Sirona Inc	$62.65	-3.00                     4.57%

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My Personal Top PICK & TRACK Stocks for 2018

The "2018 Wehit "Pick & Track" chart will be a personal top 20 pick that I have an interest in. These picks, I will post as of this posting several times a week on their progress.They are a variation of biotech, technology, cannabis and cryptocurrency entities. I am watching the performance of these stocks as part of an on-going research into these industries in 2018. Again, these are of interest to @wehit and are in no way a recommendation.

Stocks are a weird entity of sorts.  For centuries humans have made and lost fortunes in the markets. Billions have been invested, millions spent trying to understand it's behavior. Which is probably why we are drawn towards it's unpredictability and risk it's financial rewards.

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UPDATED after CLOSE:

01/16/2018 (LOTs  of REDS)

Today, the Dow hits 26K yet closed out at $25,792.86  -10.33  0.04% (+4.34 for the year)

As the Nasdaq slides $7,224.00 -37.06  0.51% (+4.64 for the year)

While the S&P500 holds @ 2776.42 0.00  0.00% (+3.85 for 2018)

All on the heels of the euro as it hits a 3yr. high against the USD.

GE takes a beating, dipping -0.55  2.93% to $18.21

In the crypto world,  also on edge, even though the altcoins are performing as expected when you throw volatility in the mix. Still, most took a grave hit today.

• Bitcoin - $11,256.55  -16.39%
• Bitcoin cash - $1,770.17  -23.03%
• Ethereum - $1,036.69  -17.42%  
• Ripple -  $1.21  -24.39%
• Litecoin -$189.46  -16.37%
• Neo - $142.17  -21.58%
• Cardano - $0.595  -19.67

It seems that most altcoins took a huge dip between -16.00% to -30.00%

Welcome to the world of investments........

The stock markets with it's SPIKE's (up's) and DIP's (down's) acts almost as if they were a pinball machine, bouncing around, up & down day in day out.  Never knowing when that ball will slip between your flippers. 

Step By Step Strategy To Beat The Market In 2018! 

 
Yet, the financial returns are a sense of  future security, particular when in it for the long-term. If you are planning to invest in a company knowingly for 5, 10 15 years. Tracking will only cause you an emotional distress. That seesaw reflection you will witness, likely will keep you up at nights.

However, tracking the companies that you have shares with is your obligation .  As an investor, you want as much information on financial reports, company earnings, quarterly meetings, management changes and data on stocks. Again, this is your duty, as your future yields & gains depends on knowing the happenings of said company.

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Below, I have taken the first 5 of 20 companies that I am researching in 2018. These are not recommendation as stated, yet, are within industries that I feel are worthy of potential gains. 

We have watch the markets doing extremely well recently. And giving the current tax breaks, industries , the likes of Biotech, including medical marijuana, companies involved in drones, virtual/augmented (VR/AR) reality technologies as well as altcoins, stand to do very well in my opinion this year.

AMBA  Ambarella Inc ~ Is a high definition/ultra HD video chip processor company founded in 2004. Currently employing nearly 700 personnel. Ambarella supplies their chips to GoPro, IP securities, non-GoPro wearables as well as drones. It's CEO Fermi wang, have informed of it successful demonstrated of it's CV1 chip to customers and quote "solid execution in support of the development and delivery of our next generation computer vision solutions." And has begun sampling it in both the security & automotive markets.

ACBFF  Aurora Cannabis Inc ~ A medical marijuana producer & distributor. Founded out of Canada in 2006, has recently expanded it's management team. With plans to buy a 17.6% stake in a privately held marijuana grower named Green Organic Dutchman Holdings for $44 million.

2017, being a very good year for this company per it's 4Q & full 2017 financial report . With this year looking extremely well due to projects like the Aurora Sky near completion. Just in time for Canada's official legalization on July 1st 2018.



AVAV    AeroVironment Inc ~ Founded in the early 70's (1971), this is an American technology company. They supply the military and commercial application for unmanned aerial vehicles, commercial information solutions for electric vehicle (EV) system & energy systems. 

At the 2018 CES in Las Vegas this company unveiled it's next-generation EV charging station for commercial, workplace, utility and residential customers around the world called "TurboDX™".

EXEL    Exelixis Inc ~ Founded in 1995, this research & development company has three medicines discovered by Exelixis researchers that treat patients living with certain types of kidney cancer, thyroid cancer and advanced melanoma.

With substantial gains this year, this company stand to flourish in 2018. Data provided indicates improved survival rates among patients with advanced-stage hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), the most common form of liver cancer. And is said to be ready to apply to the FDA, which could increase it $7.7 billion market cap a largely undeserved population.

A      Agilent Techn. Inc. ~  A global leader in life sciences, diagnostics and applied chemical markets. Founded in 1999, as a spin-off from Hewlett-Packard, here is another research, development & manufacturing company. They have won tons of awards in innovations with as many patents for inventions in tow. 

With the recent acquired Cork, Ireland-based Luxcel Biosciences "Luxcel", a developer of real-time fluorescence plate-reader based in vitro cell assay kits. The acquisition expands Agilent's cell analysis portfolio with the addition of easy-to-use assay kits that are compatible with industry standard plate-readers.

This company works with customers in more than 100 countries, providing instruments, software, services and consumables for the entire laboratory workflow.

WeHIT 2018 PICK & TRACK  UPDATED 01/16/2018 (Closed MLK Day)

COMPANY	LAST	CHANGE	%
AMBA  Ambarella Inc	$53.69	-1.23                2.24%
ACBFF  Aurora Cannabis Inc	$9.62	+1.32                 15.91%
AVAV    AeroVironment Inc	$52.41	-1.66                 3.07%
EXEL    Exelixis Inc	$29.65	-0.73                 2.40%
A      Agilent Techn. Inc.	$71.23	-0.50                 0.70%
HIMX   Himax Techn. Inc.	$9.87	-0.83                  7.76%
HTC      HTC Corp	$72.40	-0.20                 0.28%
RIOT    Riot Blockchain Inc	$18.28	-3.60                 16.45%
SIEB     Siebert Financial Corp.	$11.82	-2.34                  16.53%
STM     STMicroelectronics	$23.90	-0.33                 1.36%
ARE    Alexandria Real Estate Equit	$124.93	-0.19                 0.15%
SYNA    Synaptics Inc.	$47.36	-2.40                4.82%
IBB      iShare NASDAQ Biotech ETF	$110.60	-1.38                 1.23%
TWMJF  Canopy Growth corp	$29.36	-3.35                 12.94%
KEYS     Keysight Technologies	$44.75	-0.06                 0.13%
VFFIF    Village Farms International	$6.19	+0.43                 7.42%
O A         Orbital ATK Inc.	$131.75	-0.29                 0.22%
VRTHF  Veritas Pharma	$0.61	-0.04                  6.46%
VTC       Vertcoins	$4.00	22.93%
VUZI     Vuzix Corp.	$8.15	-0.40                4.68%

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DAILY  5  WINNERs & LOSERs  (Closed MLK day) Update @ Close!

COMPANY	LAST	CHANGE	%
Merck & Co Inc	$62.07	+ 3.41                  5.81%
Qualcomm Inc	$68.25	+  2.87                    4.39%
MGM Resorts International	$36.03	+1.00                     2.85 %
equinix Inc	$448.10	+12.15                    2.79%
McKesson Corp	$170.66	+4.41                      2.65%
Netease	$322.08	- 6.75                  2.05%
Under Armour Inc	$13.81	-1.31                   8.66%
Viacom Inc.	$31.38	-2.38                  7.05%
Alliance Data systems Corp	$258.07	-18.34                 6.64%
CF Industries Holdings	$40.71	-2.81                   6.46%

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Cryptocurrency: Modern Day Gold Mine ~ Digital Millionaires or 21st Century Cyber Boom

   Just one year ago, if you were to engage a conversation on blockchain technology, cryptocurrencies or bitcoin investment. Chances are you would have gotten the curious dog's head tilting look of confusion. 


  What is this bitcoin....block what......ledgers? Indeed, a new era of terminology has surfaced including words like:

Mining, token, ethereum, Gas, transaction block, smart contract, digital currency, altcoin, sha-256, cryptography, wallet, fork, hardfork, softfork, hashrate, ICO Initial Coin Offering, node, private key, proof of work, proof of stake.



These are but a few of the jargons that are now immersed in discussions around the financial industry. With this just being the beginning. As the current reigning cryptocurrency "Bitcoin" rises in popularity and value. So does it's influence on the other 1300+ altcoins. As well as it's significance in the growth of this distributed ledger technology. 


BlockChain, the science behind this disruptive technology. Will be the dominating mechanics in future industries. Mainly due to it's ability to provide trust behind any online digital transactions by ensuring the integrity of the data exchanged among devices without going through a third party.

The future in this technology will quite simply remain intact for years to come. It's implications as of today still has not been fully exposed. Security and trust benefits being the primary influence of this distributed ledger. 


Because of the nature of this technology, financial institutions will be able to cut cost/fees by the eliminating middle-person or third party out of the transaction process. Increasing security along the way.  Yet, blockchain will be incorporate into many other usages........with the world transforming deeply into digitization. This technology, is the perfect answer to the future Internet Of Things.

Banking, smart-contract, music & video distribution. Passports, birth certificates & medical records are only the tip of the iceberg within this industry.  Making this a sustainable technology worthy of a long term investment.

On to Bitcoin and it's altcoin sidekicks. 

In the world of Bitcoin, as of  Dec. 18, 2017 it's value has been hovering around the $19,000.00 range. 

As of Jan. 14th, 2018 $13,383.70

Only just a year ago it's was at $778.00. For those in the know, bitcoins history has been a long slow roller-coaster ride until recently. 

• 2010 - July $0.08
• 2011 - Feb. $1.00 in July $31.00 by Dec. $2.00 
• 2012 - Dec. $13.00
• 2013 - Apr. $266 June dipped $70 then $600 -$1000 
• 2014 - Jan. $750-$1000 end the year $440-$630
• 2015 - Mar. $200 - $500
• 2016 - May - Nov.  $450-$780
• 2017 - Dec. $19,697 All-time high
• 2018 - Jan. $13.383.70 

As you can see, Bitcoin has had a rather interesting journey. I can see a few of you now......."Dude, if I only brought $500.00 worth in 2012." At today's market value that would have netted you a cool $653,845.50.          

That's where long term "buy & Hodl" investment strategy I wrote about in my last post comes into play.

Where is Bitcoin heading now? With 2018 is just around the corner. What strategies does one plan as the likes of Ethereum, Litecoin & a host of other altcoins beginning their ascend into the unknown. With bitcoin and it's futures giving a bit of credibility to this digital currency. Should investors take heed?

If we were to reflect on the period between April 1997 - June 2003 perhaps better known as the dot-com boom or dot-com bubble. Would it be safe to invest into other digital currencies? Or should we simply just "hodl"?

What are some of the experts saying..........?

"I think the reason people buy high, besides the fact that they are investing on emotion, is because they don't know how to value a business."

Tom Vilord, president and CEO of Wall Street Value, an investor consulting and education company.

Michael Spencer, CEO of NEX Group Plc, a London financial expert. Talking to Guy Johnson of BloombergTV, can see bitcoin’s price reaching $20,000 before reversing steeply. Spencer joins a slow growing group who believe that Bitcoin is or in a bubble

“The Bitcoin industry has been rife with scams and thefts, so it's hard to believe that the currency will be able to sustain itself over the long term. It has also been linked to drug trafficking and illegal gambling. I see it as a fad and nothing more, and as more people lose real money because of the legal issues surrounding Bitcoin, I eventually see it fading from existence.”

Andrew Schrage ~ Founder and CEO of Money Crashers Personal Finance

“Bitcoin might have an inflationary or deflationary effect. It's too early to be sure which way it might influence monetary aggregates and velocity of circulation. It could expand the de facto money supply and could increase or decrease the velocity of circulation of the supply of fiat money and near-money.  Bitcoin might bring back Gresham's Law by driving out inferior or "bad" money."

Dr. John C. Edmunds ~ National Economist and Financial Reformist

"This is a dangerous speculative bubble by any shadow or stretch of the imagination." Stephen Roach told CNBC's The Rundown. "This is a toxic concept for investors." 

 Stephen Roach, Yale University senior fellow and the former Asia chairman and chief economist at investment bank Morgan Stanley.

"You need to understand how it works as an investment, how liquid it is ( can you get out when you want to), the level of risk and what can drive the price up and down. Do not invest just because a friend told you to, but to do your own research and make the decision that's right for you."

Martin Lewis ~Money Saving Expert 

Kevin O'Leary explains one big thing people don't understand about bitcoin 

Worse case scenario for  bitcoin investors........?

• The whole world would consider Bitcoin illegal
• You could get hacked or loose you private key
• Other Altcoins surpassing Bitcoin in value (investors abandoning ship)
•  Could “kill the planet” due to the amount of energy required to mine the currency.

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