What Did You Buy Today?

[kblake]

(01-21-2021, 12:56 PM)fenders53 Wrote:

(01-21-2021, 12:41 PM)divmenow Wrote:

(01-21-2021, 10:39 AM)EricL Wrote:

(01-21-2021, 10:34 AM)divmenow Wrote: F and GM breaking out. Who would have thought lol

I added CGC and UPS

Can someone please explain this EV hype train to me?

F & GM makes little money on every car sold, they make up for it with profits from their pickup truck sales.

The auto business is a highly cyclical, highly competitive, and low margin business.

Why will that still not be the case with EV's? Are they magically more profitable for car makers than ICE cars are?

Most are notprofitablle yet. Investors today are buying EV stocks in expectation of future profitability as the world's auto fleet transitions away from fossil fuels. Excitement in the sector isn't necessarily unfounded. Electric vehicles really are a growth market.
"When it comes to renewable energy, this is not something that happens years in the future. It's happening today," Already, about one in 40 new cars is electric. But that number grows every year, and 20% or more of all new car sales will likely be electric by 2030.

So the growth is real and I believe we are getting in at the ground level here. Not to mention Biden is in favor of this sector. So the president is in their corner. 

They are a ton of names to buy in this industry, but like all industries you have to be selective. 

I agree with your EV growth thesis but I think the ground level was 75% ago.  It takes some creative financial mental gymnastics to think todays prices are cheap for most of the EV names.  (Eric already explained why).

I agree with your points. And even know they have run, they have a long way to go.  Look how much tech has run up. Many of those companies are trading at 50-100 x next earnings and many don't even have earnings. Same with BIO's. Most bios are making - minus 2$ in earnings or worse and yet they still reach high levels. This is not like the old days. The market looks ahead and rewards those companies that have a bright future and are good for the economy. 

EV companies will soon be in the black and these levels there trading at now will look like bargains. I strongly believe that. 

Don't be jealous because you think you missed the boat