 I'd like to welcome everybody to the Friday live stream start just a couple seconds early here Just talk about the energy a little bit on this project in this channel It means an awful lot to me. We're bringing people Together on what can be a very contentious topic that being the bottom line money Okay, it can be a very private topic to a lot of people out there it can be One of those things to where it can really create a cut-throat environment where people are all over each other Judging people for you know, their ability to share what they know about money. Maybe missteps in the market You know, the ways of applying themselves in financial markets and it's intriguing to me It really is I think the beauty in the message is that we're bringing people together from all walks of life No matter where you're from no matter what your background I think you can come in and you can rub shoulders with people who maybe came from the same cloth as you Maybe rub rub shoulders from somebody who was completely well off in their life and is now Looking to to embolden their financial journey. We don't discriminate on the independent investor channel is something that is Interesting enough. We don't talk about that enough in that, you know money and the opportunity to achieve wealth that can be can be pursued by by by any socio-economic class no matter where you come from and I do acknowledge that Us in the United States probably have some of the best alternative opportunities to pursue said wealth opportunities, but YouTube is a global reach and Absolutely want to give a shot out to the International investors as well that tune in for a unique perspective the ability to come in They get to socialize with other like-minded individuals. I'm gonna run down what I feel like is The core of the message, but I always deliver it in just a little bit different angle a little bit different niche because in my In my conversations with all the people that I'm lucky enough to come in contact with in my life You know, it'll only be a handful of people in retrospect And I think The degree of increase of the people that I can come into contact with through social media Is only amplified and I think that's Some of where a lot of the energy comes from on the channel. I'm super excited, man. The energy is very very real It's not manufactured. I see my boy David just pop ten. He says I'm here And we were just kind of talking about this a little bit, you know what a project is special When it kind of creates an energy of its own and I've always pushed that back to the individual investors that we're looking to advocate for The expectation on the independent investor channel is really quite simple And it's a far cry from everybody needs to make a million bucks to be considered successful in this life I think personal finance and achieving wealth is a multi-tiered type of application And I think timing has something to do it as well myself and David. We're speaking about this this week as well with regard to We're all going to go through different opportunities In our lives and we're all going to go through phases in our life where maybe the opportunity doesn't seem so apparent It doesn't seem so right in front of our face Take me for example on the independent investor channel I could have never ever imagined doing what it is that I do now When I started this project and it it's incumbent upon me to be flexible and and make sure that When those opportunities come up we take advantage of them and I don't I don't think I'm unique to that I think we all need to have the right mental aptitude the right awareness to our own personal lives and also Look to control those things that we can control in this life to make sure that we're just as fit as we need to be To to recognize those opportunities when they come across our lives I I do think there's somewhat of a naive type of approach to personal finance I I think there's I've met people who are just absolutely brilliant But when it comes to the wealth building game, I I think they pick up on a few nuances that they've heard Across their friend circles or they've heard just on a whim and unfortunately those Those particular Summations of the stock market are typically not very accurate. They're not and and they're certainly not applicable They sound good. You know, what do we do if the stock market crashes? Well, the stock market is corrected over 40 times in its history and each of those 40 times have proven to be a phenomenal buying opportunity in each of those 40 cases so betting or not Investing under the premise that the stock market is going to crash and somehow It's better off for you not to subject some level of capital to the markets Now I'm not saying those doomsday folks don't have Legitimate Acknowledgements to the amount of debt that we have in this country the amount of spending that we do those are all very real Real factors, okay, and they are concerning But I think the deeper question is do you want to make that the premise for? Investing or not to invest and furthermore if you're not investing at all you're taking a pretty radical step to Eliminate yourself from what I consider to be one of the top two wealth building avenues in this life Stock and real estate. That's where it's it and there's a few more categories that I could add to that But stock and real estate are right there at the top guys. They really are we've got a hell of a group in here It's been a hell of a week for me. No doubt about it very challenging looking forward to next week It's all good, baby. We'll do the portfolio reviews for you guys. We were actually up again. I the forces myself to look at these week over week and It's amazing how with a multiple-bucket strategy like the one that I deploy It's amazing right now when I've got an update how my passive investments really carry me I added a $5,000 bill to the dividend growth portfolio with M1 Finance I felt it prudent to do so I'll share that with you guys as well So got a jam-packed show got a ton of people in the gallery here, man But each and every one of you guys what you represent as being part of this community I've said this many many times and it speaks to my humble nature. This channel is yours It's not mine. I'm just here to administer the business. You own part of this and I think from an education perspective I think retail investors specifically need to need to do themselves an absolutely huge favor to themselves by looking into the wealth building opportunity For themselves and starting to build a wealth program that makes sense for them is aligned with their financial goals and One that is tailored to their own Personal taste and palette for investing in aligned with their own risk tolerance We'll talk a little bit about that in the live stream. So again guys welcome. Hope everybody's having a hell of a Friday I'm having a drink. So I don't know about you guys, but hell of a week for me, man But I'm glad to see everybody. I'll be with you in just a moment Absolutely infinite when we're talking about the money topic, there's no doubt about it. I guess the when I say that it's infinite It means that There's never an end to the tailor ability of wealth building that can we can look at to apply for specific individuals in the gallery What's right for me is not necessarily going to be right for everybody And what's right for members of the gallery are not necessarily going to fit with everybody But there are some fundamental strategies that I think if you just Internalize I think you're going to be able to take yourself through a self assessment And I'm going to talk a little bit about my X factors a lot of the reason that you guys will tune into the independent investor channel at least The reason why I'm so steadfast on this project is because I don't hear a lot of the X factor I hear Dabblings here and there about fundamental investing about you know, what the correct way to wealth build and some of the Strategies are rat. They're really radical, you know cryptocurrency has its place guys, but does it have its place for you? Okay, just because somebody's excited about it and they're looking to push that out as a message Doesn't mean that needs to apply to you. Okay. I've just went through this deliberation myself Okay, so really appreciate everybody stopping in I want to jump into the portfolios real quick If you guys the update since the week over week last week anyway This is the taxable brokerage account that we've got. I did some liquidation this week. Okay. This is fully invested here This we pushed a $5,000 bill over to the dividend growth portfolio. I'll show you that Nothing's changed here. I'm looking to establish a nice passive base in this and VTI We've got I think 35 shares in this account. So fairly conservative holding there As well as some of the large cap growth companies which have come off that AT&T I'm just getting my ass kicked. I think I'm almost down in every position in this portfolio Like I said, I mean if you get an undertone of disappointment from me It doesn't mean that I'm throwing in the towel It just means that I'm trying to give you guys look if I came on to YouTube all the time And I was just like this is the greatest thing ever that's not realistic man And I think the real I think the real I Think the real fallacy in YouTube is YouTube channels that come on and they use their earnings as You know a supplement to show how great of an investor they are and I think that's a real sleight of hand I think it's unfortunate But when I'm down in the market I say because that's part of the game It is part of the game and it's something to where if you're going to introduce a wealth building program And I just offer the dollar amounts is just a benchmark. Some of you guys have significantly more dollars Some of you guys have significantly less I don't put people on a pedestal nor do I look down on people. Okay, everybody has their value and worth And if you're starting out with your first $500 you have just as much worth in this community as the person who's got those million dollar portfolios And they're represented here those folks can teach you an awful lot About investing and the investing opportunity That account was up just a little bit week over week fractionally. We were up week over week So interesting enough as down as a day of it was with Monday with the fish downgrade of highly on Which really hit the bottom line in the portfolio to the tune of about 12 and a half thousand It was a not not a good day had lots of them had lots of days that were really good days It was what it was But anyway, I've moved this here to almost a 70 30 portfolio real cash rich here I've got some plans here to really leverage the power of the Roth IRA Probably go a little bit more passive and and shift that dividend growth Into the M1 finance portfolio that I've got about 75 holdings in now Which I just really like the ability to dollar cost average those accounts It just seems that it bakes in the ample discipline that I need within those if highly on ends up Materializing into something where I can leverage that house money back in just some of those Dividend Kings the Cisco's of the world, right the Coca-Cola's of course the Pepsi I own all those in a small portion in the dividend growth portfolio But we'll leverage those positions into those and just become a boring value investor, which I'm very I'm a staunch advocate in some capacity for a lot of investors out there That can be one of those strategies that you can kind of look at and say what are the pros and cons in I'd like to go after some dividend income is Johnson and Johnson a good pick. Okay, and those are some of the deliberations I'm not going to teach you on a 60-minute live stream what the goods are because one of the X factors in this is is to be a thinker, okay? You're not going to be able to just sit down and kick this in the ass and have it licked overnight It's just not going to work that way You need to really internalize this as a discipline in your life, and I don't want to scare people out there I don't I I don't want you to make this sound like it's a diet or it's an exercise program Statistics show that people can't abide by either one of those two things What I'm saying is if you want Extraordinary results in your financial application. You're gonna have to spend a little bit more time in Fine-tuning your craft a little bit a lot of the way that I do, okay I don't look at this YouTube thing as being a very big deal. I'm just doing what I love to do It's a lot of fun for me and a lot of people can feed off of the passion that I put out there I do it for me. Okay, and I do it for you guys to come in and and see how passionate I am about my application Okay, if I was just coming on and trying to pose as a YouTube finance fella It would be an awful waste of my time. Okay, I love doing this I absolutely love it and I think a lot of people I meet are kind of like man It's kind of crazy like I talked to a lot of people and they don't think about money the way I do I think it's a fascinating topic. I really do and I think for a lot of people out there, they can benefit from Paying a little bit more attention to the portfolio. You can see here the the cash reeling position here Or the catch cash rich position. This was down just to touch. This is mine A few hundred bucks a week over week. We just couldn't quite Recover all the way from the highly on downgrade from the fish and that was too bad But you know, here it is rock bottom prices. What we'll see what happens going forward what can I say then holding the stock now for going on a couple years and It's just been a real drag and a real disappointment. It's absolutely taught me an immense about amount about my Risk tolerance to the market and if I can emerge out of this investment In the capacity that I know that I can I know the X factor in that is going to be time It is that is that's what it's going to be and if I can emerge from this I I think I will be Extremely proud of myself But I'll also be a proud of the impact that we've had on the community and the visitors to the independent investor channel who Tune into my small message Just trying and attempting to level the playing field for retail investors a little bit. Okay It's like the Wild West and I think that unfortunately retail investors take the wrong to the stick a lot of the time What they don't under or maybe they underestimate a little bit is that YouTube and with a community like this We actually have a voice and we can actually fight back. We don't necessarily have to be subject To that Wild West type of application people are called out on their BS And I think that's great given the opportunity that we're able to do that there oils doing quite nice Big tech not so much This portfolio is it kind of chugging right along my Royal Dutch shell is coming back Finally X on mobile. I've owned it for five years It's now never been in the green never and I'm knocking on the door to finally getting back in the green On X on mobile, which is nice because I've got a very very lofty Position in X on mobile. So it'll be nice to get that back up To a position there that's respectable anyway, but down just a touch week over week here And here is the ETF portfolio. Obviously passive investing is going to do quite well In a market that goes up three or four hundred points. The market as a whole was up huge We just started off the week with my major holding going down big Subject to the downgrade on what was a red letter holiday I think nicely timed as well knocking on the door to that technical triple bounce and I think had we got it Would have been interesting to see had we got that triple bounce off of that technical support which was Just exacerbated by the downgrade of the fish which was just Unfortunate. I think it was Unfortunate for all highly unholders I think the short interest in the company is also too bad If they can shake off of this this funk, I think the world will be better for it And it'll be fun to see industry really align even more with highly on as we look to Take the green initiative to the next level and and start burning some rng. I think that's a fantastic initiative I'm glad to be part of it and and we'll just continue to apply the X factor to the holding which is time Okay, so I have this broken up into 11 Sectors. These are the sector specialty ETFs from vanguard. They're all in one portfolio I do roll out these portfolios on occasion haven't done it for quite some time Because I I've just been rolled up in some other projects on the channel, which has taken my bandwidth But nonetheless, this is just doing quite well. I I just Could not have Anticipated this portfolio doing as well as it is and here's the other brokerage account from m1 finance This is where the $5,000 bill went to so don't be mistaken by the uptick But we did get this up to about 24 5 and then with the uptick in the market today Added a few positions to this. It's not 72 holdings anymore And we went ahead and added some of the the larger cap jp morgans of the world I added murk into this portfolio Added some other strategic names into this To really embolden this this has really done incredibly well And I I could see this portfolio with 25,000. I could see it with a quarter million easy easy Just producing money like a little juggernaut. So really cool way I I I've really really grown with the opportunity and m1 finance and I just love the discipline I really think about my holdings before I put it in there Because I know that I don't want to sell very much if at anything at all with m1 finance It really helps bake in a little bit of discipline for myself Being sometimes my worst enemy. I I know some of you guys can maybe relate with that But here's the thrift almost up to 60 I was just looking back at my annual statements and for you guys that are government workers Looking to start a 401k do it do it. I mean very very simple I just cannot believe the progress in 10 years that we've made since 2011 on this I was looking at the annual statements at the end of every year. I just did it for the first time I just amazing the compounding effect over money if you do it properly and you do it passively in the market So we'll continue to grow this up. This is where 20 percent of my income goes Um, I've just recently upped it within the last year to 20 percent within the last six months or so So that's a pretty aggressive Uh, um contribution Scheduled to this account one that I've I started with about 2 of funding So it didn't grow very fast at the beginning. I think at the first year Of having this account. I had 1500 bucks in there But uh really awesome really glad to share that with you guys how it ends up growing And um that we're up week over week, but 507 thousand 617 dollars So it is what it is. It was nice to see it bounce a touch off that level I don't know the real sore spot for me in the portfolio is the highly unholding Really trying to base out here at seven and a half dollars Just it pains me to say that Because I know that the value is significantly more the value is at least double where it is right now That's all things considered with the company. I don't think it needs to do anything else I really don't so We're going to continue to apply the x-factor in highly un And hope for better days here, but it's been a real drag in this portfolio. Make no mistake I'm on life support here keeping it up above the half a million mark with all the other side projects that I'm making I'm making killer killer money on the business front that of which I floated as an option to some of you guys in the community Some of you guys have hit me back up on that And I congratulate you for it because that is saving my ass And it just goes to prove that had I just scoffed that off That you know and just been like, yeah, no, it's it's it's a it's a farce which is not It has nothing to do with that. I know there's a lot of people out there But think they know everything about promotional content, but they've never done it ever And I think it's um, it's really ill founded if you've never done it or you think that it's pumping stock It couldn't be further from the truth. I just enjoy the hell out of it. I love the ceo interviews I'm getting some return business some folks are coming back to the independent investor channel And they're like ran you're pretty legit fella. You do what you say when you say and you do it on time In this world that's kind of a rarity, but I tell you what those little side projects right now, man I just had uh, mr. Magoo join the group as pleasant surprise woke up this morning and saw he joined the viper group That hasn't gone anywhere So those little side projects helped supplement some of the other income streams that I've had all disclosed to you Have kind of dried up a little bit and and that's okay My motivation for the for the channel has never been so So steadfast I just enjoy the hell out of it and I I just enjoy you guys so much And I just want to thank you for the opportunity for for allowing me The opportunity to come and attempt to bring people together Around the money topic man because it is super important. Let's get to some freaking questions Let's get some freaks and questions and some comments man and some sidebar with bob Behind the behind the scenes man is one of my favorite people man. He used to serve out here in virginia Now he's back in my home state oregon but just an awesome guy him and his wife are just awesome great great people and It's kind of cool for me because I want to believe that there's just a lot of good good people out there And I do I do wholeheartedly believe that and those are the types of people that I want in the channel You know, I come out with those scathing videos I'm pissed off when that stuff happens because I think it's a direct hit on retail investing But that's not me all the time. Okay. I'm not a pissed off person I just want to be given a fair shake and I think there's others out there that feel the exact same way as I do I think all too often they feel like the nod gets provided To the short selling institutions the large institutions the large banking institutions And all the while we have an sec that seems to be sitting on their hands all the time And it forces retail investors to chalk up the stock market in a lot of capacities to the wild west Whether or not it's ill founded or not. I don't know whether or not we're off base perhaps But that that's the way we feel no doubt when we see a wonderful idea just endorsed paul cardo's channel rat pack stocks. He just came and made his way in today I think subscribed to the channel glad to have him as part of the family But he made a phenomenal point and said, you know, why aren't these new companies provided a little more thorium If you took highly on and put it into switzerland, they would already have it applied Because swit switzerland they don't f around, you know None of those like developed countries that like Don't get bogged down in this bs that the us gets bogged down by bureaucracy And lack of efficiency and project product progress for new technology. It's really kind of unfortunate And it would be nice to see a one-year moratorium On these new companies and then if they can't prove what they need to prove in the first year Companies know that They're fair game let let let the flood gates out start short selling it to the moon But this company was shorted right out of the gate because Um, it was overpriced at the time But now shorting it I think is Just as much of a risk As any time during the history of highly on as it is right now to be shorting the stock at 750 There will be some short covering and when that happens the stock is going to shoot up There's no doubt about it because um, this company is absolutely for real It's firing on all cylinders right now hiring the vice president of engineering Fantastic pedigree from general elect electric wobb tech division. Um, it's got some fantastic Pedigree in his and he's he's going to bring that expertise and that's what you're investing in You're investing in the team. Okay. If you can get excited about a seven dollar and 50 cent stock go ahead I'm not really So but if that's the sheer reason why you invest in a company I'd recheck your compass Take a look and do some due diligence on the company itself. Look at the team that they're, uh, Assembling over there at highly I'm very cool. It's laughing my ass off. It's because he read, uh, my title to the video scoffing about how terrible of an investor I am The reason I say that is because it's funny to me how many people come in and they think that They know what it is that's good for me with what I should do with my portfolio And I find it the irony in that couldn't be more Um more apparent to me in that I spend zero time Looking at other people's program and saying what they should or should not do with their time or their program I don't so That's why albeit it seems like the people who come in and want to throw judgment on on the independent investor channel And I I put myself out there to be judged So judge away. I get it. I just am kind of laughing on the inside sometimes and that You know, a lot of people maybe could parlay some of that time Um and spend a little bit more time focusing on themselves Honestly, yeah That's what I do. I spend most of my time focusing on myself Let's go what the f's gonna happen in the next two days. I don't know the weekend man. I'm gonna chill for sure Bob says it's been a good week. He did some Some trading it's good week. It was good in the stock market for sure Um, I it's just looking like 2021 unless I catch a catalyst Get some quick appreciation in the market It's looking like it's going to be kind of a dud for me On the investing and portfolio type of front Like I disclosed to you. We're making it up in some other areas in a very very big way Which has been very very nice to actually provide some insulation and buffer To this long investment that I have a very very bullish position In in in the speculative company It helps buffer that trade a little bit and and and give me some more time A little bit more tolerance to take a little risk off the table in other capacities So it works really really well All right Very cool very cool Cruise down here says did I did I he's joking with me? No, I did not sell it. Why would I do a thing like that? Be kind of a turncoat thing to do come on and be so add staunch in my Multiple uploads this week about highly on and the downgrade if you didn't catch those They were pretty good videos not speaking from the heart It's the way I felt I thought it was a hit job. I've got another one to do on this other idiot article that came out That was terrible as well. I mean the article started with Noting that the stock was under seven dollars when it was trading above seven If you can't get the stock right, um, I don't know. Maybe you should learn to write I have no sympathy for you zero She'll be next on my hit list too. You're going to put that type of garbage out there You're going to get my attention. There was a really good article There's they're going back and forth. Nobody knows what the hell to say anymore Nobody And I say for all retail investors who are going through this deliberation with any company out there Just hold the stock man. They're good. They're good Very simple. No, I've never I've never considered selling the stock at these levels. Why would I do that? So I was talking about my bold prediction since these guys can come out and make a prediction to five dollars I came out and gave offered my own prediction as well We'll see who turns out to be right and there's no application and time in this Price target that I've set for myself of a hundred dollars a share Okay And the next amazon said who? And it's that's me. That's me. I got all good in the house Very very good to see you Absolutely. So these devote subscribers who have been with me for a long long time come in 60 minutes of Of financial markets a little bit cruise down and see who else we got in the gallery And Jared O'Dell's in the house. They've been with the channel a long long time So some of these folks as we we filtered through and some people have made their way into the channel and They've found that this isn't for them And they've gone on to do great things and I think that's awesome But folks like Jared has been with me for long long time. So shout out to you Jared. It's great to see you Thanks for coming into the channel Fantastic, and he liked that hundred dollar price target from me. So very cool Chris is another one of those legacy folks been with me a while anyway Keeps me on my toes keeps me honest keeps me humble the way that we should be Where we're taking this project and make sure that the The benefit of all people are considered all different opinions from a lot of different investors and He's one of the he's one of the coolest people man He's one of the first ones to greet these new folks to the viper group And he's just a he's he's a real asset to the community and I'm just glad to have them Some of these folks man, I look at in the gallery and I think to myself What would I've ever met them without the power of social media my answer is probably an absolute no That's how big the world is so Helps us kind of bring people together in a way that's a lot more efficient Because I tell you I spent most of my week this week talking to my colleague about personal finance I'm not sure if I made a dent. I'm not sure if he's tuned and then right now But shout out to you my friends. That was a pretty cool week this week but this way I get to talk to the masses and Really really helps to help share at least just another unique perspective On on personal finance and passive income kiles in the house here. Absolutely. They'll be coming on next For the live stream with the gents here been nice to kick over and catch an update from these guys Always working real real hard Trying to put something together Think if there was a takeaway from from either myself or him or or matt I think it's really the the x factor the the the the application piece These guys are really hungry and you might think man. I could never be as hungry as that But I think it's motivating to see other folks out there that are putting forward the ample effort To their craft. I think it's motivating And I think it's awesome. I'll be their biggest champion. No doubt. We want to make sure that we're Always always foot stomping success out there. Absolutely. He says smash the like button if you'd like Very very cool Jamie's also in my viper group as well You guys can kick over to independent investor group.com Join the group take you a couple minutes. Um, you can join Financial educations group if you've got 10,000 or 20,000 That you that you want to spend on that. Uh, you probably get your money's worth. I'm sure out of that You can join my group for less than 120 a year Well worth your time It helps pay for the website anyway We have a kick in time in there and james great runs a lot of discussions and Very cool guys. I'm glad to have him in the group. He's also one of those He's part of the cornerstones the group. It's funny. I throw that term out there a lot. It's not just about stock It's about the people that make up the group. That's what really makes it quality. There's no doubt about that I believe that wholeheartedly. I really do And ericsson the group he needs to make his way into that viper group. I'm waiting for him to join It'd be great to have it man. He's been a staple with the channel for an awful long time. So Really really cool stuff. Yeah Very cool cruising down here seeing if there's any Comments or questions for me You get the last half hour devoted to you guys you can kick me in if anybody wants to kick in and be a guest Hell, I'll drop an invite right now. Boom. That's how I roll I'll charge you 10,000 bucks to come and be a guest on the independent investor channel There you go 10,000 bucks man. Click on the link. It'll automatically send a paypal for me for 10 grand So so ricks awesome ricks another highly on bowl. He keeps me really grounded. I just want to thank you rick I really appreciate it. I would be lying if I didn't say that i'm You know, did I make a mistake? Did I enter into pre rev? Did I Did I miss see something? Am I am I not? I mean it is my bullish thesis blinding what it where it is that we could go You know, isn't a mistake am I over levered and how all those deliberations I go through because The one common thread that the end of the retail investors have is that this this might just be harder into money That's being put into this company and they've done nothing but shrink shareholder value. I mean they've destroyed it Let's be real on a scale of zero to ten highly on gets a zero and they don't even rate I mean this company can't get footing for for to save its life It hasn't gone up for months You know, it's just absolutely stuck in the tranche And um, you've done a good job of keeping me motivated Keeping me eyes on the prize And I'll definitely have you to thank someday. It's great to have you in the group rick. It means a lot to me Thank you. I threw a wrench at you Um today catch it. Don't let it hit you in the face. All right, but I threw a wrench at you Tonight just a little small token of my appreciation I can't throw a smiley face emoji at you or something like that, but I do appreciate you. Thank you And adreans in the house adrean, what's going on? Well, I'm in a hell of a week. That's for sure. I'm a little more calm on my live stream I actually think I probably have some highly on people who come in here and they're just like what who the hell is this guy? He's all calm and cool and collected I I tell it like it is when it's when it's meant to be told but I mean I don't hate the fish It's just if you're kind of come out with some garbage, you're gonna hear you're gonna hear it from me The problem I have is it's so opinion-based you know And um, I had a problem with the rationale and justification behind the downgrade So I have the ability to share that through youtube. That's exactly what I did And I know there's a lot of people who feel the same way who don't run a youtube channel Apollo leaded to this. He said hell if I had a you know, 50 a hundred thousand subscribers I'd be coming out sharing my message with people people need to hear this You know, they need to understand that it's okay to make an independent decision Just because everybody online or some idiot blogger or some analyst downgrades the stock It doesn't mean that you have to act Irrationally on that you you need to make your decisions on your own It's just how it is and that's how it will always be and there will always be people out there trying to influence that decision for you Okay sober trades is in the house Hope you're doing well. He says highly on with diamond hands I don't It's almost laughable at this point Honestly, it is It'll be a lot of fun to see this company come in and Need need a catalyst. We do we need a sales catalyst. We need to broker a deal a big deal Um, these people who are getting put into these strategic positions. They need to they need to um produce Okay, this is industry And um, I was just making this comment today about military life and how you know accommodating we are and And in in corporate america, especially you you producer you get the hell out Um, you gotta you gotta turn in some results and I and I believe that these folks really will I really do I I think there's a need for the product Whether it be domestically here or if we get tired of barking up trees here in america, let's just go abroad And and start making it happen abroad. I have no problem I mean the highly on the product the x1 is ready to ship now Ship it overseas start to penetrate some global markets. Um, that'll shake things up There's no doubt about that. But uh, if we can penetrate this us domestic market to start get some product validation here Game over all you got to do is sit on the sideline and watch the dominoes fall It'd be fun and I'll be right there with you guys. Trust me. I really will do my uh Seven day seven day straight Live stream for an hour every night. I was thinking about doing a 24 hour live stream, but We'll see we'll see how I feel when that happens. But um, yep It's just the time is what it is and It needs a it needs a few more months a few more years. I don't I don't know what it's gonna take But it's gonna take time. That's the x-factor. All right, let's cruise on down. I got rob in the house Rob very cool. He says who we it's awesome Rob, you look like a financial planner You know, you know how close to my heart I hold financial planners, right? No, he's probably saying no, I'm not man I'm a construction guy Ryan or I'm a I'm a UFC fighter That's great to have you Rob. I appreciate you making your way into the channel very cool I hate to pick fun a little bit. But again, you know, how much I love financial planners They contribute so much to society Very cool. I already gave a shout out to Dave Appreciate you making your way in Dave. Hope all's well on the on the west coast there. Very cool. You're a lucky bummer very cool Ryan thanks for doing these Friday live streams for all your content you put out appreciate you hell appreciate you too, man That's real cool. I um, you know for every New patron to the channel and they they feel like they get a unique message I don't I don't want to be cookie cutter man. I don't want to be Dubbed as just another guy. I I know I I get it I know with the the promotional content and for the people that have been with me a while They understand the lucrative opportunity that I'm exploiting but hell if you paid attention this week I tried to pay that forward to the rest of the community. Some of the folks have taken me up on that So some of these y'all is small youtube channels, man, they're cutting teeth to make content out there They're not getting any love from youtube. It's a way to make a few extra hundred bucks a month and for a side hustle That's a big goddamn deal. Okay And um for me to share that means a lot with me and I I know you know, you want to be critical I get it Again, I'm not I'm not looking to be a bitch here. I'm just telling you That was it was nice and this is what I've got going on right now, but um The channel will ebb and flow with this content If you go back to the beginning of time and see that genuine content that I put forward Some of that information has evolved to what I share now very razor sharp application in what it is that I do and um Appreciate the appreciation You know if it only works if you take it and you apply it and make it work for yourself It's the only way it works. Okay I can be pretty motivating on this front. It's my favorite topic and It's really nice to hear that some of the other folks out there appreciate the message. Good evening. Let's let's go That's what i'm talking about dust and let's go Um, we're we're knocking on the door man. We need to get some industry Buy in I think we need to get some reciprocation on the other end of the aisle I believe that it will happen my brother. It'll happen. It'll happen This company if anything probably and this is my own personal Criticism of the company probably took the opportunity to go to public markets A little bit too premature. That's fair. I I really do like this whole bullshit of like making stuff up on the fly As they're being publicly traded and then can't share information about said progress with the company That that's that that can't happen. Okay Everything that comes out of thomas healy's mouth from the start to the finish needs to be about driving shareholder value And I think I would grade them c or d on this. Okay, they don't get an a plus from me and i'm critical This is business. Um, they need to do a better job. They know that and this is no surprise Look at how hungry the market was for information We released appointing the vice president of the engineering department this week stock pop six percent You know, that's how hungry the market is now whether or not this is strategically being done Whether or not they are finalizing the inked deals and some of the ex one stuff that they've got going on Whether or not they have nothing at all. I I just don't know at this point And that's really the frustrating frustrating part at least for the last couple months With highly unholdings, but I think it'll all pan out over time. I think they're doing diligence I think they're doing what they need to do behind the scenes and um, eventually These strategic positions initiatives investments relationships outreach everything that's going on Will lead to bottom line Revenue because that's that's where we're marching to once this company starts to generate revenue It's going to be game over. It's going to be sitting on the sideline Watching the dominos fall. It's great to have you dust and thank you. Welcome to the message And tannis is in the group. He's one that would been with me for eons. He's been with me since the ice age No doubt. It's great to see and tannis fantastic and coolest air conditioning and refrigeration Fantastic That's really cool, man. What a hell of an icon. That's really cool. Good stuff, man I said highly. Oh, let's get some that's what i'm talking about man. I'm with you. No doubt I'll keep I'll keep fighting the fight No doubt about that It's easy to do. I have conviction on on this deal. So very very important Um, it's a easy company to own it'll be easier Once we get up to a respectable level then well all we have to do is lean on it It's like the rounders philosophy if you can chop your opponent's leg off in the first round Then all you got to do is just lean on them and and that's exactly what we'll do And i'll talk about that evolution of the investment as we get there and we will we'll get there And i'll share all those insights with you right now. We're at the base We're rock bottom. We're basing. What else do you want to call it? You know, let all the hip jobs come out in the in the universe and Once that catalyst kind of helps maybe even just a little bit of I mean, there's still a 26 short interest on the company right here So there's absolutely a potential there from there not to be enough shares to buy back on the short side To present a little bit of a squeeze. Okay. I think if that does happen I actually think that there will be a sell-off I do I think it'll jump up and I think the remainder of those retail investors who have been shell shocked By this company will probably exit the position I know there's folks that I speak with that will not do that But I still think there's some weak hands in it that are in so deep that they figure what the hell I'm just going to sell up my first opportunity. The company is not going to realize maximum potential I've said this many many times until Down the road down the road. Okay. There's going to be ups and there's going to be downs along the way But maximum profits are going to be made just holding the stock very very simple very simple No in between I see folks in the yahoo thread that are just like, yeah It's okay. I'll just sell for 50 cents higher and then buy it back next week one of these weeks It's going to shoot up those folks will disappear They'll disappear because it's just not possible to maintain that type of trading activity on a stock that's so volatile Watch and make sure that sure hit the like button If you don't like it, I'd like some honesty hit the dislike tell me why leave a comment I suck my hair is not long enough. My eyebrows are long. I don't know. Give me something Yeah, that'd be cool Paul Allen and a creator of Nike. It's amazing. It's nice to have you in here I'd love to ride your yacht for sure. I expect a Christmas card with an invitation Paul, please Yeah, send me over and buy it man. Me and my wife will fly out to Seattle. We'll take care of business That's all good. I don't think he's around anymore. It's good to have you Paul Thank you for sure. You've never heard that joke before never but he says smash it So do me that do me that softy And terry from new zealand in the house. Look at that. What time it is there This is the power of bringing the world together man from a global perspective Fantastic terry. It's great to see you again. She's been with me for a long long time. Really appreciate it Thanks for being here. The sober trades is in the house Fantastic. I got a spammer in the house. This is the first time I've ever had a spammer in the house Who speaks completely in emojis jerk off and his wet group fantastic There's always got to be some of that. So on my highly on videos They do really really well on the channel and I've got all kinds of impersonators out there So any of you guys that are admins go go you can go ahead and block that person I don't know if they legitimately want to hear about investing. So go ahead. I'll watch them Most everybody in this community has a wrench I was like, ah Pop them over the head. So very this crazy, man YouTube is so frustrating in that regard, man Because it's like the faster I can go through there and delete those comments And there's only one category that I can affix to get youtube's attention to have them come and help us How does a creator but I don't know man youtube is youtube is crazy. It's absolutely crazy, man He says bot spotted for sure Almost to the end of the comments for sure and proper 19. He's just laughing his ass out. He's having fun. He's having fun here. They're very cool It's great to see you man. Very cool So what's the wrench do? I should give you one and you're you're legit. You guys are all legit Let me come to the bottom here. You got one two. There's one And here he's got Jessica. I'll get to you Jessica here. I see at the very bottom Very cool. There's always got you gain a little bit of popularity on youtube and and then you're you're automatically a target Which I guess is part of the deal So good stuff. I love how you never give up. Oh, there's no reason to give up Um, certainly. I know there's people out there that with maybe um You know some hundred hundred and fifty share positions bob who's a good friend of mine. He was just talking to me backstage He's got 200 shares That's a nice nice healthy retail position. I mean if that materializes over time It's not going to take a big investment to turn into something big Um, you know the move that I'm making is applicable to me I don't I don't suffer. I have discretionary cash So people can't tune in to me and say You know, uh, you know, it it it doesn't make sense for you or it doesn't make sense for you for me For whatever reason you got to make those personal decisions for yourself And if you have a speculative category, you know, I always say keep it to five maybe 10 percent, you know And uh, just just kind of understand what you're getting involved with The volatility factor is going to be huge. So how do I buffer that? Um, I keep I hold it I don't you know what I mean? I never give up on give up would be implying that I would throw in the towel and sell the stock That's that's insane That doesn't enter into my wheelhouse Those shares and highly on are acting exactly the way that I asked them to act And it's it's it's it's a beast position for me. I own a lot more than some hedge funds out there Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Yeah So little retailer looking to make a big move and I'm making that big move I fear not making those big moves if I do I can leverage the opportunity to other things to expand the reach on the channel and I deserve that I do I've talked to some of the colleagues in my group here I need to do, uh, I'd love to do live events. I would love it I would if I could do live events it would be just like this But I'd get to talk to you guys after the event. Wouldn't that be cool Yeah, and that's the thing that you kind of miss with youtube a little bit is that it is a little bit shallow In the application, but uh, yeah, no, I'll continue to beat the drum is easy I mean I've been in the stock for 18 months. I sold for a small time there I don't even remember when the time was I think it was during it was during the free fall from 50 And I ended up liquidating the position at 26 dollars and I started to accumulate a base position at 20 again So I've got some blocks of shares 100 200 300 blocks of shares multiple blocks At the 20 mark 18 16. I bought it all the way down. I've got some stuff sub 10 I didn't get it with a six in front of it. Some of you guys did so good on you for doing that It's all good. I know just it is what it is. Okay Here we go. Fantastic. Do you think that there is manipulation at play? It's it's really difficult to speculate, you know It's easy for me to say because i'm down on my position, right? You just bitch. I'm ryan, you know grow a sack, right grow a set I I honestly I think it's it's strategic I I think short selling is legal Right, it's just the problem that I have with the short selling is the intent behind the short selling Short sellers want to see the company fail if the company fails They do that they do the that's the maximum profit, right? and I think the for those Investors out there that are looking for value And see the value only to see it subject to what is illegal practice Within the stock market question whether or not there are other avenues being exploited right now blog articles Yahoo finance thread is a perfect example of this You've got people who come in there that are paid to go in there and spread propaganda Right, and I think they probably think i'm one of them too that come in there and i'm like no I'm genuinely bullish on the company, you know, I own 12 000 shares of the company Of course i'm bullish on the company, right? But I think nowadays with the access of information. I do think that it promotes a an ability for spreading propaganda spreading opinionated types of of of language that get out there and to the uneducated investor Can really subject that investor and groups of investor and then you know hundreds and thousands of investors To think or even react in a predictable way Okay, so do I think it's manipulation on the illegal side of the house? Well, you're not supposed to do that But all this fair and love and war I do think it goes on and I think again I think it just It speaks to how Intune the retail investor has to be in understanding the risk Reward proposition before entering into any investment at all And if you're going to enter into an investment You really need to be willing to weather storms that are are capable of of brewing in this environment That that are strong. They're real strong and you've got to be tough You've got to weather it through as long as your due diligence is in line and your bullish thesis on the company is Remains intact through that volatility. So I love a question. Daniel. Thank you. I really appreciate that. That was a good one Very cool stuff All right Very cool This says do you see michela Is doing small 100 we need to do the same Do you see how I did not see that? That's surprising to me why any company would do that. I don't know I I have no idea Because their product it sucks. It's terrible So I mean they they make less than 400 on their range hydrogen fuel cell is unavailable right now so The deals that I alluded to on my video this week were To set up hydrogen fuel hubs around the country north america, canada, etc That's all great and plenty. It's all going to take a ton of money. It's going to take a ton of money to store Create it. It's going to take a ton of money To deliver it to its end game and the real money is going to be in the transport of said product or fuel To to to the end user to to be able to be consumed I I just think we're trying to build way too much And I think eventually we will have it built But man, it's not going to be next year and it's certainly not going to be in 2023 20 It's not going to be I don't think it's going to be for the next 10 years I don't um, and so Interesting enough. Yeah, those hundred hundred orders. I'm surprised that companies are are even ordering. They've already ordered and cancelled with this company And I I don't understand why Companies and I believe that they do believe that highly on allows you to keep your truck That's the cool thing. It's like, you know what? I don't want to buy an entire new truck I don't want to buy into an entire new Servicing and maintenance network across this country. I don't want to do that Certainly don't want to put an order down on a truck that I know I can't fuel Or I know that if it breaks down, I'm not going to be able to fix it my network See, that's what people miss with these oems and the maintenance agreements that they have In case a truck hits a deer knocks a bumper off. Thomas Healy talks about this You know, it has to go to an approved repair facility What's nicola gonna do look at their website? Look at how available the lack of availability of these said repair facilities are it's crazy They don't have them. So I I'm I'm I'm just I don't cover nicola. So I wouldn't know that they have the the hundred orders Um, and yeah, we we absolutely need to start turning out these orders. There's no doubt about it It's gonna be the catalyst Um, eventually highly on it's gonna have to sell product. Okay. I hate to state the obvious here, but This is all great and plenty to save the planet. This is all great and plenty of an idea Thomas Healy's great and all plenty and I'm all about it. The team is fantastic But if they can't sell product, he they might just be that very company that he alluded to at the tco Expo To be that company that nobody wants to buy their effin product Okay, they need to sell some shit now. Okay. I've said this for months like I there is no It's it's ready to go right now. Let's sell some shit. You want to compete compete? Okay, nicola is gonna unfortunately come out of this Shining like a star after all of that controversy and after all of that, you know Stock pumping and manipulation from trevor milton They're gonna come out of this emerging As the shining star and I I don't believe that they will But it appears as if they're making steps toward that. I I think I think it's unfortunate I I think it's a step in the wrong direction. I really do I it it'll be interesting. I've seen the product that they have and it's not that good So I don't understand what these companies are looking to if they're strategically applying them in certain routes Great. I I think there will be applications that are applicable for all of these Techno technology companies hyzon nicola highly on I think they're all going to have a use case I do I think diesels not going away. I don't we're not replacing diesel. Okay, it ain't happening Okay in the infrastructure bill if you guys read the fear is that if we pull back and ban fossil fuels for example That it's going to put a detriment to those communities that rely on that very fossil fuel to make a living It's not going anywhere. Okay, calm down cool your cool your shorts. These are strategically going to be surgically applied Across the industry where applicable and I do think nicola will have its place I'm just not bullish on the company the product or nor the vision Especially the vision. Um, I think long term. I think hydrogen fuel cell is the vision It's just how quickly can they get there? It's a good question, man. I really like it. Thank you We're winding down on the live stream. I want to invite you guys take advantage of any of the opportunities We have on the independent investor channel again. Welcome bob really appreciate you joining the viper group It's awesome. We've got a special thing going there. We carry it over We carry the energy over from the 60 minutes on the live stream And I really appreciate you guys being with the community tonight. It was a hell of a live stream a lot of fun for me Very very engaging. I appreciate all the comments that you guys have shared with me as well and Join me on instagram if you guys haven't picked up on some of those other properties that I do run The viper group is on independent investor group.com. That's independent investor group.com. Go check it out It's a cool website to see very cool. 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