3 minutes ago, The_Omega said:

Question for the knowledgeable, I've been considering buying some shares of a company that makes electric buses and vans, going into production later this year.  They recently underwent a merger, and the merger company is offering common stock, as well as "Warrant" shares, and "Unit" shares, under 3 different symbols.  I sort of get the warrant share deal, it's more of a futures thing, semi-similar to options, but am clueless as to what the "Unit" offering is about.  Anyone have any ideas?  For reference, the symbols are CIIC, CIICW, and CIICU.  Thanks in advance!

CIICU is a Special Acquisition Company, otherwise known as a SPAC or a blank-check company. These companies raise cash and then go look for something to buy. The reason you see 3 tickers is a SPAC offering (the IPO) is comprised of both shares and warrants. CIICU was issued at $10 and represents 1 share and half a warrant struck at $11.50 per share. Let me try and simplify:

CIIC -- Common shares of the company

CIICW -- Warrants to buy common shares of the company with a strike of $11.50 and a maturity of 12/31/26 (think of it like a call option)

CIICU -- a combined unit representing one share and half a warrant

SPACs are initially offered as units, and then the separate pieces being trading later. Take the price of the common (CIIC) at 26.40, add half of the warrant price (CIICW) [8.00 * .50) = $30.40, the price of the unit.

PLEASE READ THIS -- you need to be careful here. They have announced the merger, but it hasn't gone effective yet. SPACs have to find a company to buy (in this case Arrival Ltd.), and then they need shareholders to approve the merger. If the vote fails, there is no merger and you get back the cash in trust (likely around $10.50 per share). Now, with the stock at $26.40, the market clearly expects this deal to happen, and it would be very unlikely for it to fail. But at times like COVID and the financial crisis, guys freak out and demand their money back. A shareholder can vote to approve the merger but also demand the $10.50 back -- with the stock above $26, that's VERY unlikely. The risk you are taking is you buy this at $26, something crazy happens (like a coup in the US), and shareholders decide to take their money back. The risk of this is VERY, VERY low, but it can be confusing to individual investors -- the deal isn't 100% done yet.

Hope this helps.

Oh hell yes that helps.  Exactly what I was looking and hoping for.  Thanks brother!

ATOS up to almost $3 a share. At 47 shares I’m loaded now!!!!

 

edit: the wife is loaded now!!!!

I'm adding money to these stocks on Monday.  All look good in the medium / long term.

1. CDNS
2. CSCO
3. DE
4. ABBV
5. BRO

lindy booth

On 12/17/2020 at 4:44 PM, HazletonEagle said:

MP looks like the long term play to capitalize on the rare earth demand used for the EV boom.

And Coinbase is going public. 

Looking back on these old posts.

Rocket and Redfin tanked.

Planet 13 is propbably even worse.

MP is up 199% in the past 5 years.

Here is what made me want to come revive this thread.

Any thoughts on the stocks in this video?

I bought a couple shares if Rigetti yesterday actually. Ive been watching for a while now and everything I read online says its years away and super risky to invest in any of the quantum computing companies right now, but all theyre doing is going up so I figured Im dont watching while I could be profiting. I basically already missed a double up.

Even more interesting to me though are the stocks the guy calls 100 bangers at the end of the video. Any thoughts on those two?

Anyone follow Nancy Pelosi's trades? I bought Nividia, Broadcom, and Crwodstrike when she did, and those have been my biggest winners in the last 2-3 years. I couldn't invest too much at the time, though.

Open a nail salon in a strip mall. Based on the fact that the thousands of strip malls in this area all have at least one each, the things must be absolute money machines. Or go after Gen Z and open a run down vape shop filled with neon purple signage in the front window.

3 hours ago, xzmattzx said:

Anyone follow Nancy Pelosi's trades? I bought Nividia, Broadcom, and Crwodstrike when she did, and those have been my biggest winners in the last 2-3 years. I couldn't invest too much at the time, though.

Are there indexes that mirror purchases made by Congress?

2 minutes ago, JohnSnowsHair said:

Are there indexes that mirror purchases made by Congress?

There was one for Pelosi I believe (no idea if it's still around).

59 minutes ago, JohnSnowsHair said:

Are there indexes that mirror purchases made by Congress?

There actually are. Some guy called Unusual Whales set up an index that tracks both Democrats and Republicans. (You'll find people in both parties who exploit their seat in Congress. I think Rep. Dan Crenshaw outperforms Nancy Pelosi.) The index doesn't pay dividends, although the guy that set it up said it would. $GOP (formerly $KRUZ, for Ted Cruz) follows Republican trades, and $NANC (as in Nancy) follows Democrat trades. I actually invest in both one year ago yesterday. Both have gained about 13% since I invested on July 8, 2024, without any dividends.

PelosiTracker_ (with the underscore at the end) on Twitter follows trades in Congress (and the Executive branch, since there was a recent transaction by Vance). It helps you follow trades more specifically. Notable big trades have been in $PANW, $RNMBY, and more recently $VSAT and $PLTR.

I'm wondering if it's too late to get in on Broadcom. Man she cashed in on that one.

8 hours ago, Gannan said:

I'm wondering if it's too late to get in on Broadcom. Man she cashed in on that one.

I think it has been hovering around the same price for the last year or so

On 7/9/2025 at 5:47 PM, Mlodj said:

Open a nail salon in a strip mall. Based on the fact that the thousands of strip malls in this area all have at least one each, the things must be absolute money machines. Or go after Gen Z and open a run down vape shop filled with neon purple signage in the front window.

Nail salons, daycare, carwashes…all cashflow machines

9 hours ago, Gannan said:

I'm wondering if it's too late to get in on Broadcom. Man she cashed in on that one.

If you have to ask, you already know the answer

Seriously, just follow the trades of Congress

The Pelosi strategy is working out quite well.

Circle Internet Group (CRCL) listed on 6/5/25 and is already up 525%

Oklo (OKLO) listed 7/8/21 up 676%

Obviously we have missed a huge run already, but these are fairly new, and brand newly listed companies with, probably tons of room to run yet. Right?

What do you say?

19 hours ago, HazletonEagle said:

Circle Internet Group (CRCL) listed on 6/5/25 and is already up 525%

Oklo (OKLO) listed 7/8/21 up 676%

Obviously we have missed a huge run already, but these are fairly new, and brand newly listed companies with, probably tons of room to run yet. Right?

What do you say?

I got a tip about oklo a while back. It's been a good one.

Figma (FIG) IPO today. $33 and shot right up to $138.50 and counting.

On 7/15/2025 at 2:36 PM, Gannan said:

You can tell she's a horrible congresswoman when she only has $30k to insider trade.

Back on track

27 minutes ago, It Hurts said:

Back on track

Is it?