 Like to welcome everybody to the independent investor channel live this special edition here on Saturday We may garner a new Audience here. We may garner some of the same patrons anyway. Just talk all good pop in here Anyway, happy holiday to each and every one of you guys that are in a little bit early. I'm starting to reflect here on 2021 It's been a doozy for me. Absolutely a lot of a lot of goods Some not so good Some stuff that I'm probably a little bit tougher on myself than I than I even need to be But I always reflect over the years. I'm a very driven person. So I'm always trying to fine-tune Evaluate where the risk paid off Evaluate where the risk, you know might have been a little bit too overlevered but Like to welcome everybody appreciate the leave last night off of the Friday live stream We'll be back to normal schedule next Friday for anybody that's catching this but I'm Very hell bent on making sure that this product goes out with Optimum frequency and I think once a week is just a beautiful right in the pocket frequency for me to deliver a message my way and I I think there's no higher calling in this life than to put out a message that that helps people I've been in kind of a side initiative to review in reflection Where the project has been where we currently are where I'm looking to take the project and Really just didn't dawn on me. It's interesting. I usually spend a lot of my time looking forward Rather than looking backward at the dust I've kicked up But I had a chance to review the channel and and look over all of the content Probably seeking over maybe a thousand videos that have been put through the channel anyway little bit of Financial Compensation over the last five years has been rendered. I think that's a success in and of itself I've tried all kinds of businesses Failed at every one of them and I think it just speaks to my devotion to the craft of perseverance and finding that One niche that I really love doing Finances is something that I would do if I didn't come on to YouTube and talk about it I was at the party last night, of course and people wanted to Pick my brain after I was a double bourbon and a couple beers deep, which is totally fine with me You'll probably get more of a an honest response from me When you catch me in those types of spirits had had a great time actually but I just love the topic and I thank you guys because you know as Awesome as this opportunity is I'd be a whole hell of a lot different if I had to come on to YouTube talk to myself I've always contended that I thought if this project was going to mean something like I knew that it it should or would And potentially maybe myself being my worst enemy and making sure that the product is delivered in the right method to where it's received correctly In in in every capacity that I would hope that it's received I'm not perfect. I there's nobody out there that is There's no YouTube brew out there that although may seem very elegant Has all the answers. I do wholeheartedly believe that for you guys that follow the message and appreciate my unique way of delivering the message and in just one of infinite ways of delivering this message to make sure that people out there that You know can hear the message and maybe fine-tune their life in this capacity Do so and you know, I mentioned the holistic approach to this gig all the time. I Think it's something that's missed all the time You know people want to come on and the channel and they want to pick away at me and I'm very very good at Separating those constructive criticisms of my message. Maybe somebody doesn't like something Specific about the message or whatever it is And or those messages that come on or that are just blatantly bashing and and those are the types of Scenarios that I've grown accustomed to unfortunately on social media. I say unfortunately because You know me or Nobody that I would ever know would actually treat somebody that way in person Which I find in the social media arena is is somewhat Allowed in most capacities and even tolerated to the most to the most case You know the sheer misery of the whole thing is I'm trying to teach people who would just as otherwise live a life Not being able to achieve any type of personal wealth Beyond what they were predestined destined to achieve In other words their mind and their mindset perspective, and I'm not here to judge. It just is what it is And it's okay. Some people want to remain in that rut their whole life. I totally understand but for those people out there that are interested in Maybe seeking a higher place Seeking a higher understanding of their own capability Maybe making good on some of the promises that you make to yourself in regard to Some of the dreams and aspirations that you that you have down the line and some of them have Not a whole lot to do with with with being financially secure at all They could be you know pursue music become a better steward at a particular hobby Take up gardening You know define for yourself what it is that you consider wealth in this life I'm always fascinated at the answers that I get by what people put value in We'll talk about that a little bit too But to level with you guys in reflection of the last five years. I tell you very very proud of the project and again the Calling of helping people and and making sure I can put the message out all day one way But if people don't feel inspired by the message, then what are we doing? Does it have more of a potential to help people rather than hinder hinder people in their day-to-day interactions? I think a lot of people who come in and they appreciate I have a chance to thank you guys all the time and You know say hey, you're welcome. I'm glad to do it. I would do it. Otherwise wouldn't matter to me Anyway, I enjoy doing it but You know nonetheless that calling of really reaching deep and trying to help those individuals that You know, maybe get confused by the landscape and it is it's very confusing any anymore to You know be caught up in the demands of society You know you look left and you look right and everybody seemingly has a whole hell of a lot more than what you have And I think we only see through our lenses and perspective a Society that only glorifies that Biggest house on the block and the nicest car in the driveway when in reality, I think you would be Probably a lot more neutral on your application if you understood the truth and The truth of the matter is although on the surface those situations may seem like society's definition of success and I think once you start to peel back the layers of the onion, I think you'll find in a lot of cases There's a lot of angst and and and there's a lot of stress and those stressors may be coming from things that you know a lot of people work really really hard to keep suppressed and I think really what we need to start doing is we need to start taking a hard look at ourselves How it is that we can improve in all aspects of what it is that we do Be it be a master of what what it is that we do pick those things out of life that are going to make you happy Okay, and I think it's really going to help you gain some relative perspective In the topic that we revolve around 98% of the time Which is personal finance budgeting spending discipline, etc But in all actuality making sense of the rudimentary form of money, which is paper and The means by which that paper allows us to enjoy certain elements of our life is Really the key and I think where we get overzealous a lot of the times and we start to look at the dark side of What pursuing wealth can turn back to us? In reflection some of the things and you know some of the pitfalls I guess and barriers that I've had to overcome even Being a social media influencer, which I can be very influential But I can tell you what when you have thousands and thousands of people coming in and either saying hey Great job. We really appreciate the time and effort spent and we're talking Thousands and thousands of hours of time spent and on the same token You've got folks that are coming in and they don't know you from Adam and they're the first to say hey You know, I didn't like this this this this this and this and this about you. Thank you very much I've known you for 12 minutes, but I seemingly have you chalked up as being this this this and this and I think all too often that's somewhat of the downfall of social media and you know, I look back five years ago I've advanced and evolved in my thought social media has made me I guess a lot tougher which is unfortunate because We human beings man, we like interaction It was nice to actually get out and do some socializing last night the last two years have been oh Maybe a couple shakes above depressing Right. She's been really really tough times There's no doubt about it Let the folks get into the gallery here. I know this is a saddery live stream I don't know what kind of group we are going to garner but Some advice that I was told many many moons ago is Never ever turned down the opportunity to talk to a captive audience And I plan on doing absolutely that tonight I want to thank each and every one of you guys for spending a few minutes with me this evening on The fastest 60 minutes on YouTube Delivered to you in a unique capacity on a Saturday evening guys be back with you in just a sec Yeah, surprise a few folks, that's all right, but just be dynamic here a little bit. Okay, I don't have an agent guys I'm just a one regular fella Advocating for those folks out there that are probably holding down nine to fives Absolutely fall cart blanch into the retail investing community that I think all too often kind of take the The ass end of the investing opportunity a lot of the times Institutions it'd be awesome to just sit on multi millions and in some capacities billions of dollars To invest and just sit on great ideas as long as it takes to make it or Just invest to match the percentage required to cover a specific index I just think that'd be fun as hell but us as retail investors, I think All too often there is an emotional charge that goes into The the game a little bit because if we are Those folks that I imply represent a lot of the masses out there working just nine to five jobs trying to get by Finding those few hundred dollars surplus capital in the budget is is hard enough And kudos to those out there that are willing to Do that and take a hard look at your program You it'll make all the difference over the long term Okay, if you're if you're failing to identify and make certain concessions to buy into a wealth building program for yourself going forward Stick with the program. Maybe at some point this will resonate with you It doesn't have to be something that you jump into with both feet if you're not ready to do that Okay, I can be as motivating as you possibly can allow me to be because I'm very very adamant about sharing things over the independent investor channel and Chronicle things that I actually do. Okay These are things that I've actually done and for you guys like Tim Tim's been with me for a long long time He's been with me since the start of the channel I've spoke with him on the phone Very cool guy and and I feel that way a lot about a lot of you guys But just like you guys I grow and I evolve and I make decisions Based on the best information that I have at the time of making those decisions And if you went back and compared what type of investor that I was back when I started this channel I think you'd find that I've evolved and grown something here that is not indicative of the one or two track Investment strategy that I had when I first rolled out the channel. I was very hell bent on Keeping very very close to the best Doing a little bit of swing trading here and there I've increased my bucket size immensely since I started Multiple buckets a couple I have done away with First trade for you guys that have been with me for a long time That broker just didn't provide any type of strategic benefit to me So that was just an example of trimming the fat But I have taken on some new brokerage accounts here as of late to Charles Schwab I've been pleasantly surprised with I've got the mid cap offering in there all chronicle the portfolios for you guys We were up across the board week over week. So we came back from a pretty dismal Week last week. We were down significantly. We dropped below The half a filet mignon mark, which was kind of disappointing to me We're back above that mark today. So back above the filet mignon mark. So that's a good thing And for you retail investors out there that are wondering what the filet mignon is stand by, okay? I'll show you what a little retail Investor that could chugga chugga chugga is capable of building Over a relatively short amount of time in the market Investing correctly and this is a lot of what I throw out nuggets If you've stayed with me for the level the evolution folks like Tim Tellers There's no way that he'll apologize to anybody for following the independence investor channel, right Tim? Because when we talked that night, he talked we talked about the importance of investing in S&P type of diversified products funding that up over time and doing so from a self-directed perspective He's up a fortune and this is just five years Five years in in respect to your entire life is a drop in the bucket But look at the magnitude of difference Tim will tell you the same I don't need to tell you anymore We're getting into this category of people who really do resonate with the nuggets of Eliminating fees what it means to be a self-directed investor what it means to take charge What it means to take certain strategies and deploy them in your own application Where it makes sense to do so Super super important baby with change in lives That's what I always wanted to set out for because there's nothing more valuable to me than having somebody come back and say man You said this and this I Resonated with it. I did a little bit to make it internalized for me I put it to work and it's actually blossoming and it's working. Thank you That's the most payment I could ever receive on the channel man, and it happens pretty often It's a pretty special full circle and I will continue to drive this message with the perspective of That full circle Re-separation when the message goes out I want to make sure that we maintain a two-way dialogue. It makes no sense to me whatsoever to get on here and just rip manure at the mouth and just start throwing a bunch of crap at you and start to Pose as if I have all the answers in stock market investing because I'm one of the very few if not one of the only YouTubers that come on and talk about the fact that that just does not exist in nature. It doesn't Okay, there might be some that appear like they've got an epiphany from God to have the answers Let me tell you those fires they burn out as well Okay, and there's no way that you can tell me that anybody on a consistent basis Can have all the answers with regard to the stock market. It's a very very humbling place It's a very rewarding opportunity, and there's a lot of different strategies to help us try to curtail the opportunity and really drive home some of those Benefits for each and every one of our families guys. It's fantastic. So Sarah's on the live stream tonight She's not doing her final great job. Sarah. She's probably she's probably done Okay, but there was a five pager that was due on her her studies man She was she was either opting for that or to sit and stare at the Christmas tree and drink some Baileys and cream So I don't know what she opted for I don't mean to be presumptuous But nonetheless, it's great to see a happy holidays to you. It's great to see you Sarah I've been with the channel again a long long time one of many Hopefully who has who has kind of taken some of those nuggets and put them to work for themselves Let's jump into the portfolio real quick guys. I just want to update you on the progress We're kind of doing a little bit of licking our wounds here a little bit Which is okay? Highly on went back down into a deep swoon there and we've recovered since then just a little bit a little bit of grumbling It's holding in here. I don't know what the stock has in store for us I always try to get a little tidbit there For you guys that saw my Thomas Healy interview and were happy with me all 303 of you. There was all of about two or three patrons that did not get that I wouldn't have asked those questions of the real Thomas Healy So for you guys that don't understand why I do certain things. Hey, no problem You don't have to catch the content, but I absolutely have a strategic angle Some of the folks were like man Ryan. You really disappointed me because you probably just For for winch your opportunity to actually have an interview with Thomas Healy I don't look at it that way. He wants to come on the channel. He can come I don't have a I don't put people on a pedestal. Okay. I interview CEOs every week on the channel Okay, some that are incredibly good some running a few hundred million dollar companies Thomas Healy just so happens to be running a company that's worth just over 1.1 billion right now. He's welcome on the channel at any time Furthermore, it's free of charge if he wants to come on and share the message. It's an open invitation And I don't think I should be subject to scrutiny based on one video that I put out that I thought was phenomenal I'm proud of my product to stand behind it all the time If if I'm the only one who has the courage to ask those hard questions and and not be politically correct all the time And just skirt around the issue. I just I can't do that. I just can't do that. I'm sorry I would be scrutinizing if I was a shareholder or if I wasn't because the things that I actually asked Were valid if you were willing to listen with an open mind, okay? You can see here a slight move to cash here a 77% in the stock Amazon Google positions remain the same. I did add a new position here made sense In Salesforce comm and then the highly on position there. I did have to take a small reduction first sale I've taken in probably 11 months, I guess 12 months something like that. I had to I Decided to go ahead and do that and really the sheer reason for my reduction in that Share amount there was to go ahead and take some tax loss Carbasing that alone would not have been enough for me But to be quite honest with you guys I've been holding the stock for 18 months and and to level with you, which is the title of this video It was starting to impact my health So we went ahead and did the right thing and trust me that was about two two and a half months to three months of Deliberation before I actually pulled the trigger and shaved off 4,000 shares of that particular position I was able to maintain 1,700 shares in that with an obligation to pick up 1,500 shares on contract. That's just in the one account. I still own just shy of 8,000 in highly on right now Okay, so just so you guys know, that's the decision I've got to stay out of the stock at least in that particular capacity For 30 days to enjoy the wash sale not be subject to wash sale So I wrote some contracts actually on the put side to gain back some premium a little bit until mid-January And then also wrote some more long-call contract. So actually I did supplement a little bit about 1,500 to 2,000 shares the day I sold out of the those 4,000 shares By writing some cash secured puts and writing some additional long-call contracts at around the $7 strike price for 2024. I just think those are much more attractive at this point To allow me the ample time to monitor the landscape and to even maybe roll some of the existing contracts that I have forward Still a big shareholder in the company. My conviction has not died unfortunately, I'm relying on information now that is Unfortunately kind of pinned to a lot more hope Then what I'm comfortable with as opposed to the information that I vetted before That perhaps maybe that was the mistake of mine in 2021 I had a long subscriber come in and say gosh Ryan, you're such a good investor I think you made a big mistake in 2021 that could be true in the short term But to be fair as long as I own the stock I hold the cards So if it's a mistake in 2022 and 2023 and 2024 And and the stock hasn't improved by one penny from where I'm disclosing it to you now Then I will agree with you on that assessment But making that assessment now conveniently from a position of being able to monitor What's happened in the past and not giving fair acknowledgement about what's going to happen into the future It is somewhat premature in my opinion. Okay, so here's the brokerage account. Cheers to each and every one of you guys It's great the galleries finally making their way in here. That's a big jack and coke Fantastic So anyway, this is up week over week we're starting to come back just a little bit on the damage that was incurred there Put a little stop gap in there with that cell I did feel better after it. Unfortunately, it's one of those moves I did not want to make but I was kind of forced into doing so and again it was about two and a half months of Deliberation and going back and forth on you know, really not wanting to sell the stock But really just this company has given me really not a whole lot of reason here Kind of felt pinned in a corner If I was just really hungry for one or two catalysts at the end of the year, which we just never got And and I'm trying to be neutral in my criticism of Hylian With regard to the lack of information and transparency. I'm pretty harsh on them I know they could do a better job. I don't think they could but they're choosing not to and whether or not that is something that they will have to atone to down the line is going to be as a As a condition of those decisions that they are making now. I think it's a big I think it's a big mistake But they seemingly have it all figured out I was kind of tired of just being challenged every single time I got with investor relations it seemed like There was more of an attempt to argue On every point that I was making rather than try to render an explanation I've dealt with fortune 500 companies my entire life My profession allows me to sit across from some of the largest companies in the world And I can tell you being in those rooms Big companies don't talk to each other like that There is a level of business courtesy that is acknowledged and it is maintained And I just didn't feel that when I was trying to Exercise my right as yes an investor and seeking out. Yes relations. I just didn't get that that rapport kind of disappointing But to each his own I I don't expect a whole lot out of other people as a matter of fact I've said this many times on the live stream. Most people just disappoint the holy hell out of me. So, you know That's just the way it is man. Okay. I'm I'm disappointed because somebody's rendered what I consider to be poor performance And I just chalk it up as you know Just another business day. You know what I'm saying? That's how it is So here no real additions here. I'm scanning through this portfolio has done pretty well for a year over year We're up in the portfolio It's been kind of a neutral year for me. Nothing too crazy You know, disney is really just not had a good year this year Microsoft has just done really well JPM is off voo and the smp 500 Continues to really anchor this portfolio and just whip and some just whip and some ass Pepsi one of my all-time favorites and then some of my speculative Positions in this portfolio. I'm holding true on I really do have conviction in some of these like sofi. That's really come off TAC global which is taking the world by storm New orders and repeat orders on their vendors the retails are just going up. They're already qualified to go to the nasdaq so You know, it's going to be interesting coming into 2022 to see Some of these young and exciting innovators in their respective space Really start to move with their their stock price and and have it reflect the value that's there Here's roth 2 back up over the six-figure mark. That was nice. You know, I I've met this milestone now a half a dozen times It's gone up below down up below down below up up down up down and it's kind of just making me somewhat numb To making that But next Milestone in this light love to get these Roth IRAs up to 250 Highly on really is the best possibility of making that happen Because I've just really taken this portfolio other areas have recovered nicely exxon mobile Couldn't ask for better recovery here in 2021 Recovering a multi-year swoon In the portfolio some very very satisfied shoot by the time that thing recovers I'm going to have a $10,000 bill an exxon mobile. It'll be interesting to see how it is that I play that there facebook I think is just so undervalued here, man. I was looking at the balance sheet this week on facebook Nothing compares. It's insane. I mean, we're talking about 23 times forward earnings on facebook Their bottom line earnings are just off the charts, man Their growth quarter over quarter and year over year are just fabulous So, you know from an entry perspective, I think of the large Tech, I mean, you know, we can call it communication services, but It really is its own animal to be quite honest with you It just really looks rich here. It really looks nice on this last Swoon that it had. Okay triple queues are doing well And the vanguard's dividend appreciation. I added some to that I added 25 shares to embolden that that was a strategic goal of mine to put some more into passive This year and I've done that I'm really going to be a lot more aggressive on making sure that the Roth dollars Are really kept sacred and I do protect those gains going forward All right Next is another up week over week. This is the sector Portfolio with m1 finance So I chronicle these individual but on the live stream I go ahead and just kick out where we are up week over week handily on my dad This is up shoot 600 dollars from last week So whatever happens so a week makes a an interesting difference here even passive investing That's a huge jump for the week So couldn't be more satisfied with this this one over 27 000 for the first time I was looking back over some of my old videos when I first started these accounts 1500 dollars 1790 dollars 2340 dollars, you know, I always put the dollar amount up there Because I knew I'd be in a point now where I'm declare declaring a portfolio that's you know 10x those amounts I just really just Do that to demonstrate the power of investing Even with a relatively small amount of money. It's really really cool. I'm glad to share this with you guys I hope you appreciate it too. This is going to be something I could not believe when I was reviewing My catalog of videos that I released over the last five years And I could not believe how popular My bond videos were. I mean I had one video that I had no idea got 10 000 views on With regard to my explanation of how I seek my bond exposure in the market Very cool This will be something that we've covered ever since I came out with this it dipped down $5 from the initial But since then I've got this on a fairly aggressive funding schedule of about $50 a week I think and we're going to build this up to something special We really are this renders really close to 3% the way that I've got it crafted both government and corporate debt from the small intermediate long and ultra long Durations in this portfolio So I have not rolled that out through the channel. I plan on doing that so stand by As I as I roll those out to the grander community and you guys can see what the portfolio actually looks like TSP pip 25 percent year over year Fabulous performance couldn't be happier. I caught a video that I did just within the last couple years This account was 24 000 at the time of shooting that video How how I've been able to almost triple the account since then Yeah, I don't know I don't know This is where you kind of lose track of those dollars and and where and why and how you started But then it really comes to a head when you aggressively fund it and it and it performs well Money can really compound on itself and it can really add up quick if you just buy into The idea of of some of the fundamentals Philosophies and perspectives that I talk about on the channel Um all the time Okay This is the the robin hood account. This is the growth ETF with vanguard. It's a good one I've got it in there just as a standalone growth portfolio I may look to supplement this with some single stock, but I'm going to allow this to grow We're going to fund it up over time. Okay weeble here This is the vanguard's mid cap offering. So this is kind of cool. This is also up week over week And then charles schwaab. I only have one holding with a few Smaller holdings in there nothing too crazy But we're up just a little bit in the swiss f as it just glowbex is kind of basing a little bit I'm waiting for the listing in 2022 to the nasdaq. I think that's going to be a catalyst I think it's going to open up some capital streams for the company which they are in need of So they can continue with their forward leaning advertising Campaigns and just win out over more customers subscriber customers through awareness. That's going to be the key for glowbex Okay, the only portfolio that's down a little bit crypto took it took it on the channel a little bit this week No big deal. We just hold true on this. This is the iTrust capital. It's a Roth IRA That I own the declared crypto currency This represents a very small percentage of my portfolio So do not misconstrue this as being something other than A very very risky element of my portfolio and I control the risk using very very specific scale In this okay, but those are the holdings there in there and the total value of the filet mignon We're looking back up over the filet mignon mark. That's good 506 795 again blue collar work here guys Again going back and in reflection of where we've been and what I've declared to you and shared in my progress I wouldn't do this if I couldn't render results It would just be a waste of everybody's time It doesn't do a whole hell of a lot of good to Listen or sit across from somebody and have them talk about the importance of doing Most all of what I'm talking about doing there's a few things that I would say that have really helped Supplement the bottom line. We were blessed this year and we've become now a double income family for the first time in Really since we've been married and and this is I'm I'm still getting used to How that works how the other elements of the work need to be supplemented for but from a monetary perspective Now I kind of understand what some of you double income households have been working with It's all surplus. Holy moly. So we've started another 401k for for her for my spouse Fabulous stuff. So that's something that's going to take some getting used to And then the youtube opportunity, you know This has really been something that I've proven to myself that you can actually make a little bit of money As a side hustle we sell on ebay We do little things little bits to help supplement the bottom line And I tell you what I declare this value to you guys and I can all honestly tell you with all my heart that it is a lot of Little wins a lot of little renderings A lot of little stock trades A lot of passive investing a lot a lot a lot of littles To add up to something kind of special. Okay, you're not going to get it in one fail swoop It's just not going to work that way You're not going to hit a home run every single time you you enter into the game The trick is to identify where it is that you have the potential for those little wins and start adding them up for yourselves Just like I have declared to you because they can really make a big big difference. I like filet mignon Thanks for staying with me guys. Let's cruise in here and say hi to the gallery that alex is in the house, man It's really cool Some of the networking that I've done with some of the channel content creators Has meant a lot to me actually It's one of the cool things that I I consider alex is really kind of right up there at the top for me Um, and I haven't really watched I've watched half a dozen of his videos Um, he's just a really really smooth applicator man. He's got his own unique style Very very sharp very sharp investor knows exactly why he does what he does And and he's one of those examples of somebody that invests the way that makes sense to him Furthermore, I don't want to speak for alex, but he seems like he's non apologetic like me and I like that I like people who You know, they don't care or they're going to do it themselves. They know that they're not immune to mistakes. It's uh all the all the best, uh Compliments that I can give a guy like alex and blood phantom for sure if you guys are not subscribed You want to you want to rip over there double income is huge that snowball can really take off congrats? Yeah, I mean, you know, we're looking at the flame and yonan You know in all actuality in seven years minimum seven years maximum to be honest with you We should be getting to that million mark. Um to be honest with you with the accelerated pace That we're on Um, I I want to get there sooner. Uh, I I can't sit here and tell you that I'm gonna I'm gonna have the patients to willy nilly around Um, I I think really in in hindsight I'm trying to blame myself for highly on this year in 2021 It's just really difficult to do that It really is My mindset just does not work that way to allow myself the opportunity to blame myself Um, I would look back and and look at some of the things maybe that I should have or could have been ready to But at the same time, you know those strategic risks, man has been all the difference that has Really transpired in my life and and a lot of them have turned out to be huge wins And you know the the verdict is still out as to whether or not that will turn into a huge win It's been a drag on the portfolio And I cannot continue to subject the portfolio to that type of drag In the portfolio when all I really need to do and not to quote my favorite movie, which is rounders You know, you chop their leg off in the first round all you got to do is lean against them Until they fall over That that's kind of all you need to do with a half a million bucks You know what I mean is just kind of lean into it There's no reason for me to get cute and and that might have been my downfall a little bit at the same time I'm my conviction is still right there with the company and I just think they're really really lean with information with the prospect of uncovering a lot of catalysts That of which I cannot foresee going into 2022 It's just that it's my bold bet that those catalysts will be realized into 2022 and 2023 As the company grows and and they get to enjoy this technology that they're uh chomping at the bit to share With the world. They just can't do it right now That's great to see alex man. Thank you for the congrats. I really appreciate that. It's meant a lot to us We were job searching for a long time a lot of tears And not really understanding Shit some discrimination. I think discrimination goes a lot of different ways, man, you know people of color Same sex, you know people who choose Same sex marriage all that stuff It's it's crazy and I don't think really there's a lot of people out there that are immune to it And I think that's unfortunate man. It really it really is tough sometimes To to not feel like you have those opportunities and know that you do have something to offer You just want to work Which is interesting now. I I think anybody could probably trip and fall into a job right now seemingly everybody's trying to invest in shibu unu And and not have to ever work again be quite honest with you guys I think that would be just a tragedy for a lot of people because I tell you what my current employment falls very very highly On my conviction list on those things that I find value in and those things that keep me going to pursue For the very security that it provides me and my family. That's just my two cents on employment and I hate to be the Stick in the mud when it comes to the rest of the youtube audience that just wants to Sit and listen and how they can become rich in two weeks I would rather just speak to the masses and Hopefully those masses are those people who actually can resonate with the idea of going to work every day and working for a living There's value to be had in that There certainly is I will not apologize For for what it is that I've chosen to do with my time Because I can tell you if you've ever been like me when you go up to the ATM and you put your card in and it says get lost asshole It does it says that on the screen like are you serious? You have nothing You are a loser get lost. I will give you nothing If you've ever gone through that in any time of your life or you have had bills stack up Or even worse been in a hawk with the IRS like I have twice in my life I'll never go back there I'll never go back there Not gonna happen You know another viper in the house jamie great to see you man Appreciate you as usual And appreciate continuing the discussion with you into 2022 a lot of fun, man Great to have you in the group my friend great to have you and rick's in the group here Very cool. Wegman's video is strong confirmation of what I've believed from day one about highly on zrx I think that in inherently is the problem Is that you know on all the initial information that I scrutinized? I don't know how it was my problem and I know how to extrapolate information I don't know how I was under the impression that they were further along In the information that was put forward to investors Then they actually were You know And I think maybe if there was some criticism on my deliberation, I won't do this again Um, I I've learned somewhat of a lesson not to say I haven't learned this in the past And and I will not be gun shy to put investment down On a certain opportunity where I see value. This this is no different With that said It kind of goes back to my analogy of just wanting to lean into this I'm not looking to be a multi multi millionaire if by nature of the course that I put in play Renders that type of opportunity to me and it will come Via real estate. It's not going to come via youtube and it's not going to come via stock market or Speculating on a company like highly on or any other opportunity that comes my way into the future It will be with real estate and it will be the very culmination of the 12 people that I put into my roundtable That have those opportunities with me to build something special This is not just for fun and games I'm very intense for every second that i'm on this live stream And it's because I have a vision for the future in where and how we can take this project to the next level And I will not continue. Well, I probably will Do youtube but it will not be for the grand vision of where I think the project Could take us into the future by leveraging what I think is the most Incredible investing opportunity that this life has ever put forward And that is with real estate and it is not for the faint of heart I want to count. I want to have a mill five. I want to be qualified Buyer status before I even step into some many projects to get my feet wet But it's going to be with a group of of folks that I don't mind sitting it out a roundtable Camelot style where everybody's got an equal and equitable type of a stake in the say so Of what's available out there. I've got some really interesting ideas about where we take this thing Into the future, but it's great to see you rick. Happy holidays to you And again, thanks for your steadfast bullish conviction on trying to Crack the whip on the social media landscape out there. It is it is rampant Holy moly. There are some characters out there. Are there not holy smokes, man I went into the discord group one time. I thought it was cool And then I go into the yahoo thread and everybody's talking about people getting ostracized out of there And I'm just like holy shit. Am I the last shareholder in this company? My god. This is crazy But uh now I'll emerge through the dust and the sweat and the tears man on the other side I'll still be a shareholder They can't take up from me, man. I'll make that decision. That's for sure If highly on ever gets to 20 again, I'll literally eat my shirt Um, I don't think it would have any problem at all getting back up to 20 a share um, just you know, keep in mind right now with no sales the float in awarding any type of sales metric to the company currently right now does not exist So it's impossible when you've now got questioning of the integrity of when and how They are going to turn out said sales Where those are going to fall on the bottom line earning side And even if it's even if it's 500,000 here within the next year 500,000 of earnings a million of earnings 5 million 10 million of earnings 25 million it could go all the way up They could surprise 500 million of earnings They have orders on the books right now that can spread that spectrum out New orders if you think that they're going into 2022 and they're not going to continue to embolden The existing order book. I find that I find that interesting that could happen. Hell anything can happen I don't think that's going to happen I think we're a few days away from a Wegmans announcement Maybe they're keeping it on the back burner because they know that they can't get the trucks anyway And I think if anything that's stalling out Companies from coming forward saying hey, we want to put in an order now Full well knowing that they can't get the trucks delivered anyway But 20 I don't think that's going to be a problem at all. I just think it's a matter of time Before a credible Sales metric can be put on the company once that happens. I mean a conservative 8 to 10 10 times forward with Half of what they projected at a 2 percent market cap grab One billion in bottom line earnings at a 35 percent margin is pretty impressive for a company like that That's three and a half a billion right there at 35 percent margin So, you know, and that's garnering half that's garnering 1 percent to the market And I always looked at it like this. I thought those were put out there conservatively To actually err on the side of safety Uh, and I don't I don't know a lot of people out there schools of thought thought at the time that they looked at that They were lofty sales numbers I have to agree now I have to I mean, are they going to do 15 000 erx orders? Are they going to do 15 000 uh hybrid ex units by 2024? I think you'd be crazy to say that Um, I hope that happens if that happens we're talking about 35 margins projected Sales through the oem hubs and and we're talking about an enormous that puts them probably up closer to an 8 billion dollar valuation 8 billion now you're not talking about a 20 dollar stock at that point Especially if those metrics can be Uh counted upon going forward. Okay eight billion dollar company. This is a 50 dollar stock not a 20 dollar stock. So It's very very difficult right now I understand really the ace for them is to do what it is They've always said that they could do and that's to sell products and earn bottom line dollars with their lean business model It's just that simple. It's it's show up or shut up. It's really just that simple But I appreciate you offering the comment paul. Thank you All right Hey, very cool, man. I got marad in the house. It's great to see you my friend. Thank you Yes, and when unplugged paul's stock will be 20 20 dollars by it then I had somebody explain it to me if this thing does start to go up There's going to be so many landmines and so many dead bodies I forgive the analogy but so many people have just been crushed by the stock They're going to have a lot of resistance and a lot of work to go But really the only solution for this is is very very simple and and that is to sell their product It's very very simple that they need to sell their product They need to have the supply chain shake out and they need to deliver on the promises that they made And I believe that they do I I believe in the technology I believe in the opportunity and I I believe that companies are Very very much interested in getting some of this technology in In their fleets and and I believe once that happens You know the 800 billion addressable market just think about that for a second guys 90 percent of the industry is dominated by diesel Okay, so when I talk about The two percent is what they based their sales number on all things ago. No supply supply chain issues OEM relationships solidified etc etc The number of Sales units that they could project for the companies that they're going to be doing business with Would have garnered them a certain level of penetration into that addressable market The the scary part about that is if this hyper truck erx performs at the level that they say that it can And the ex hybrid allows tandem trailers to be transported the way dexter So elegantly explained for just one company Like Wegmans and that's drive mix game for anybody out there that's interested in dexter's channel Going to kick over and and he does a great job of explaining the insider scoop on why this is so important It's huge The question becomes could they could they get more than two percent? I don't know at this point. What we're looking at is technology based up against and just now being introduced To an industry that has been solidified over the last hundred hundred plus years Of of over the road transport using a preliminary fuel of diesel So it'll be interesting to see how things unfold over the coming years I'll be right there to monitor it. No doubt about it. I'm fascinated by the project I'm fascinated by being on the front end of something that feels really really good And and I think there's going to be companies out there that Really do understand the value proposition here It's a win across the board and I think it's going to be fun to to monitor it as it transpired. It's very cool All right. I'm gonna see at least mouth is glued shut. Good times. Yeah, I took some real I took some a few ass chewings for that like Uh, it was interesting. I won't disclose some that I received not ass chewings But I don't think it was very much appreciated. Um, I didn't give a shit I did not care. I stand behind every product I put out and um Again, you know, if those are scathing questions that you're offended by I'm sorry. Get over it. It's business. Okay Asking whether or not there's credibility behind the original agility order I don't think it's a scathing question at all. I don't I don't think asking whether or not you run the risk of being delisted It is is inappropriate at all I don't think challenging the notion that because retail investors are getting antsy Or asking questions about the apparent lack of transparency and communications from the company It is is something that we cannot challenge And the responses that I'm getting again are somewhat combative in that it's never going to be enough Well, that doesn't answer the question my friend It doesn't answer the question and this is a lot of the reason why I do this channel because I like to have a voice I don't like people in positions of power Telling people as smart as me that I need to somehow curtail my message to be more politically correct and acceptable I will not do that and I furthermore won't will not do it for the people that I advocate for I will not do that just like other people out there can speak up I speak up and I won't apologize for that I won't I had one person say that I did a terrible interview because I didn't let the person speak And I was like it was effing cardboard, bro Like You're scaring me. Did did you not notice that? It was a it was a spoof Jesus man, don't don't be so serious. Holy smokes, man. Are you kidding me? Jesus man, I was talking to a piece of cardboard. Let it go brother Holy moly man Onamander rake. That's a hell of a hell of a screen name Anybody here thinking of just selling everything since the market is so high and just wait That's a awesome awesome statement. Would you like me to answer that? Uh, truthfully Would you like me to level with you guys? I think about this all the time Thinking about it is a whole hell of a lot different than acting upon it. Okay, it sure is and I had to think long and hard about the highly on Uh situation before I did it Um, kind of broke my heart a little bit because I I felt like my conviction was there Um, I just got a little bit too over levered from my comfort zone Decided to take the tax loss on it. That's what we did but um But no you can control these um impulses To just sell everything uh as you might suggest By controlling your scale Um, and and this is interesting gets along a topic that I Am very intrigued with I I had people that were just Bitching up and down about Two or three hundred shares of highly on Between me and rick we represent about 50 000 shares. That's two of us and I know there's others proper 19 Is in here. I'm looking at some of these other highly on holders and I'm just like Cry me a river you know like These people who get invested in the stock market Only with the expectation that that stock because now they own it is going to go up and somehow that son of a bitch owes them They don't need to be investing at all with that mentality. That's just not how it goes It's just not And it takes a very disciplined mind to actually see through and hold the risk tolerance But my sympathy for somebody who owns two or three hundred shares Of a company or has two or three thousand shares back to your question, right? If you've got two or three thousand bucks or five thousand or ten or 25 or 50 and you're 24 years old What what are you what are you getting out of that? Conversely if you're in your 40s and 50s and you've got 500 750 a mil a mil 25 a mil five a mil 75 Now it becomes a little bit more of a prudent question to be asked right in in that maybe You're already a damn winner In other words, you're laying across the finish line and somebody's pouring water over your head Hell, let's just make it champagne To to make my point a little more clear So You have to ask yourself Is it worth it for me to continue to keep the risk on the table? Or maybe should I put some risk or some take some risk off the table and put some in a FDIC insured savings account Maybe put it into a bond account. Maybe put it into a piece of real estate Maybe put it into a piece of uh income generating real estate Maybe put it into something other than something that requires you to put capital to risk in Okay, it's just the the philosophy. I'm not going to tell you what to do But the question is absolutely a genuine one and um, it was a good one. Thank you for offering Those are the types of questions. I really like um, I could speak for hours on those questions We're going to go a little overtime. I don't have to compete with the gents tonight I haven't seen them in the audience tonight. No big deal I I wanted to come on. I hadn't released a video since the thomas healy interview heard around the world This week No, I I did that for me. Hell a couple thousand views on that video There's there's no harm in that at all and I won't apologize for that type of activity, man They need to be scrutinized Just like everybody else and if it just so happens to me me that does that scrutiny I never said he wasn't welcome on my channel. Um, why don't I have a say in it? I I invited him 12 months ago And I never received a response Had had they just said look we're not interested in pursuing youtube opportunity at this time I would have said no problem. I won't lose sleep over it Not a problem if the man wants to play golf with me. No problem. We'll go down and shoot 18 I have no problem with that But I'm not going to beg I'm a lot more proud than that The the message that I've put forward on the independent investor channel For thousands and thousands of people out there that have heard deployed and benefited from Is far more important to me than than winning or losing out on an interview with the ceo that i'm not getting compensated for okay And if the benefit is not there for highly on and there is no benefit there That they can extrapolate by putting thomas healy on the channel to speak to my audience Then then then that is their loss. It's just that simple. It is their loss Not mine. It's not mine. I've never done this message to Blow up my channel. I've never done it for that That's why I do what I want when I want and how I want As long as when i'm doing what I want and when I want It impacts people in a positive way And i'm sorry for the few people that are just so disappointed that I couldn't get an interview with thomas healy So he could come on and reiterate the same stuff that he says in every other interview that he talks about He doesn't change it up He says the same thing over and over and over again. It's all good stuff. I enjoy listening to his interviews But what what makes you think he's gonna come on the i2 and and and and spill the beans The way I want him to What would happen if I scrutinized him the way I did the cardboard? Yeah Yeah, not too good. Not too good. People can't be talked to that way Mm-hmm Fuck man. I tell you man the rules of society man. Well, I will go to my grave never understanding How it is that society can govern the way that we Address certain people and I can stay calm about it I just think at this point you asked to be put into public markets Why is it so far fetched to think that people are not going to put some constructive scrutiny out there Why? Yeah, I don't know. Maybe it's my deficiency. I don't know Maybe it's my deficiency. Maybe it's my maybe maybe I'm maybe I'm the one with the problem Maybe I should just sit back and be patient and stop my bitching I've got some people in my Very tight community actually speaking along these lines And I think it becomes misconstrued in You know calling out people for scrutinizing and putting forth some constructive criticism On a company that I think they can do better. I think they can do better Has nothing to do with anything else other than it's my observation and I'm not the only one Good to see you two brother. Happy holidays to you man. It's great to see you Very cool Any opinion on baba? Yeah, I mean it's um I'm down about 45 percent in the name right now. It's really tough. It's a tough position But the vi structure I'd need to look into that. I do apologize. I've been kind of off the grid this week With with stock analysis. I do apologize. I don't have an opinion on that All I do have an opinion on is um the Crazy downturn in the stock really one One of my most disappointing positions Along with at and t Highly on not so much. I I can I can deal with that. I knew the gig but Ali baba has been very disappointing Along with at and t this year and really telecommunications from a grander perspective has been really bad But I still own it. I still own my 25 shares. I thought about buying more but um It's it's already a large position that I took that I'm down in So we're just going to continue to hold but I do apologize. I will I will take a mental note and look into that Thank you for bringing it to our attention. Very cool stuff I have no problem with bearish opinions provided a good informed opinion beyond dead For sure. I agree I agree Paul if you think about it highly on stock chart for the past year and a half is shaped Sort of like a rainbow That's interesting point. So I'll say this on this, you know If it hadn't to run up to 58 and you were just to take that and chop the mountain off Stocks down 35 percent right now peak to trough Peak to trough 35 percent down now the fact that it ran up seems like it's A lot much more painful because I think there was a lot of people I myself included that probably contended that 20 at that time was about the base. That's when I started buying I started buying at 20 And here it is at 650. Um, you know, it's kind of in no man's land right now Just where it is But um, yeah, it's kind of how I look at it. All right It says what's your profession mate? It's kind of cool, man. This is kind of the uh The time to level with my investors out there. So I I'm in the military. I was I'm a proud military Fella I've been in for 16 years So I'm four years away from retirement eligibility. I have every intention of doing 30 So hopefully that answers your question, man. I love my job. I love my colleagues I love the mission. I love what everything I do My day seems to go by in a few minutes. I go to work. I work a few minutes I have lunch And then I work a few more minutes in the afternoon and then I go home And for doing such I get Extreme amount of wonderful benefits wonderful camaraderie. I get to buy into a mission Not like youtube, which is fairly shallow to be honest with you I make it worthwhile on my youtube mission But it's tough sometimes to deliver the message, you know, am I a happier person now than I was five years ago? I don't know. I think a lot of my angst and and anxiety and things like that Are directly From social media. I really do, you know, I'm tuned into it too much You know, if I had it my way, man, I'd escaped the foothills of alaska and and take my Phone and throw it into the lake and and just be be over with it because it's just not There's nothing really that healthy about it when you're plugged in you're connected And and you're that connected. I mean jamie knows he can hit me up right now. My phone's right here. He can hit me up That's how accessible I am And I do enjoy that to a certain extent when the when the the company is good It's just that the grander social media audience is quite frankly a vampire drain It's a big vampire drain Drain as if it's like, yeah kind of kind of like that Kind of like the straight jacket thumbnail I had for anybody that was lucky enough to kick on and see that I changed it Um, I thought it was probably a little bit distasteful. So I changed it to be politically correct So now that's my profession. Mm-hmm. And I was a commercial fisherman before that for seven seven years Worked on 15 boats. So I was out on the ocean mate So very cool. Thank you for asking. Um, I would presume you're either from australia or new zealand That's my presumption and i'm sticking to it. It's great to have you. Thank you for the question Appreciate it I want to rainbow paul. I'm just scrolling up looking for some of these folks, man Paul's paul's on a roll tonight, man. He's like dang I got I got the i2 man on a saturday This is awesome. If you want rainbows and butterflies. There are tons of you channel It's true, man I don't know. We can just call this thing something other than youtube I do enjoy youtube as a conduit. I do. It's just it's like a not really the best cloud around the around the financial piece because People tune into youtube to find out how to do something right And I just think all too often people really don't want to hear what it is that people like myself have to say With regard to investing in the market because if you do it, right? If you do passive investing, right? It's really boring. It really is. I mean, you'll make a lot of money. You'll fund it. You won't pay any attention to it You won't deviate from your plan And and you'll win doing that Nobody that I know has started a youtube channel and has succeeded with that message nobody People want to see people that have lost 80 thousand dollars on gopro You know people want to tune in and see people, you know losing their ass only to come back and make millions You know people want to tune in and see what the next cryptocurrency is that's going to go to the moon And whether or not that's happening in rogues. I think the verdict is still out. I really do I'm more interested in a message that can work for the masses I really am because I don't I don't presume myself especially but those out there in the grander youtube community I don't believe that any of those folks presuming to have the answers Or projecting which is even worse to have all the answers and even worse The people who are willing to follow those people And expect to be shepherded shepherded to riches That's the real fallacy in the whole thing But you know to each his own a lot of people just have to learn the hard way and they will they certainly will all right This is a positive visit. No reason to comment anything native. Why I don't know. I I didn't think he was uh I didn't think you I didn't I didn't think he was oh highly on his dead Yeah, I don't know. I don't know if it's dead. It's worth six dollars and 50 cents not quite dead yet It goes to zero. It's dead. So we will see Um, I think right now it seems dead because we just don't hear any money. That's why I kind of chalked it up to be Oh, kind of no man's land a little bit Like I don't I don't know what they're doing, you know, like I've said many times if if I'm going to put on a Neon green condom, I'm going to use it, you know what I'm saying and I I'm like, what are you guys doing? Are you You showed up to the party you got all dressed up what you guys doing? But uh, what we'll see, you know, I I don't know if there's certain milestones that are going to be reached coming into 2022 with regard to government incentives That may help You know the supply chain shaking up I think the supply chain has put a damper on everything So to your point. Yeah, it's dead for that reason They're sure as hell not producing any trucks, right? So Yeah, I I don't I I don't think it's dead. The company is not bankrupt There's been no discussion of of any of that nor do I think it's Justified and warranted To to even suggest that that is going on not with the amount of capital on the books No way The story may change in one or two years if supply chain issues persist And the cash burn gets way too out of control But way way too premature to make that call, especially In respect to, you know, SPACs. I mean paul Cordeaux on the rat pack stock group He just put out a really good video and was very elegant about explaining You know the SPAC process and how they come to market And how really is there is kind of a a moratorium over the time that they've Got to get their shit together for a lack of better terms And take this really good idea To to something special and I believe that they will I really do I I didn't think that was uh, I didn't think that was too rude. I didn't I'm good That's not the type of stuff. I'm talking about on social media, man I don't I don't mind when people disagree with me, man But when some people come on and they're like, you know, I don't I don't like the way your eyebrow looks or I don't like the way you speak or You say this too much or that too much and I was like, well turn turn turn it off Like if if I'm agree. I'm really just like I'm really affecting you Go do something else productive with your time. I I don't understand if I don't like a youtube channel I shut them right off and I go do something else. I don't sit there and subject myself to something That I don't like, you know That's just me I think the market is like a moody teenager with a lot of potential But you're not sure he'll make it well said well said um, I I think interesting enough, you know It always remains a moody teenager That never ages In other words, we can look back over the history of the market and we've kind of seen that yeah At times it gets cranky and it acts up But but over the long term I think that that's really what separates the good investors from the from the ones that look at it way too short term If you're looking at it way too short term and and looking to react on those short term injects And the stock market's really going to fake you out. It really is it's it's it's going to zig when you zag And it's really going to affect your portfolio and your performance really is But uh, I appreciate that comment. It's a good one. Thank you, Susan Very cool stuff. Alex is back here. The market is more mysterious than people realize. It's no doubt Well said, I mean if you approach it that way, look if you approach it, I see a lot of youtubers, man It's like this is my bitch. I got this is my bitch, man Come watch me because this is my bitch and I'll take it and I will take you along with me Just not this is not possible. It's not the way it works, man. Trust me Very cool stuff scroll to the bottom here, man. We went to 15 minutes of bonus time. Anyway, I'm gonna chill tonight finish my drink Really appreciate you guys kicking in man on a saturday. Kind of cool, man I got mokeys at the bottom here. Sorry to get you the ninth inning. I should just stay on an extra half hour Hell, I should invite you on the stream, brother. I haven't had you on I don't know. Have we had you on once before long long time ago, right? Yeah Yeah, one of my favorite youtubers out there one of those guys that I can sit across from and be like damn This is like it's a real person genuine. There's no real agenda. Just here's my opinion. You can like it or not I like that and um, just keep keep doing what you're doing Because I think over time that pressure it'd be like Shawshank redemption, man you just got to keep that pressure on it and uh pretty soon it'll it'll it'll break for you and um Really take off. So it's great to see you my friend. Happy holidays to you Thanks for coming on. I want to check some of these other comments man. I just scrolled to the bottom. I picked up a few Just the people got out in march of 2020 haven't bought back because yeah, right exactly Um, I've tried I lose every time I lose every time my boy matt money. He posted something really interesting to twitter He said that if you're gonna try to get it in and out of the market, you'll be right once every eight years something Just incredible And and we we really do talk about this way too much in that it's a thing Where we should actually work to quell this notion that this is even possible Like that's where the essence of the discussion should be Is you can't do it like I'm just here to tell you I might be right. I might be wrong I don't believe I am but if I'm always trying to seek the truth Because if there's a few thousand people that over time see this message They need to hear that staying invested in the market is the only true way to Render that seven eight nine ten eleven twelve percent rate of return If you try one time And you screw up and the market would have otherwise returns 12 percent And because you decided to try to time the market You got 9.5 percent on your portfolio because you got out you missed it and you're back in but you missed that jump That's that's the very element of timing the market and it's futile Year over year if you start to chalk up some of those losses Gains year over year but losses in between the nine five and the 12 That's what's problematic for people and that's really the fallacy Is that there's people out there that actually think that they can do it and I've been guilty of it man. It's it's awful tempting It's awful tempting when you sit on a fat stack of pay dirt and you're like damn man if I just sold it all You know, I could get back in I could buy so much more stock Just remember the initial plan that you took Before you entered into the market in the first place a very very important. All right Cardboard talked more than Thomas in the last month Yeah I didn't I didn't I didn't do that in the in the least bit to be disrespectful Not in the least Not in the least but look man if you're going to ignore me. That's what you're going to get Piss off I don't know what to tell you I've worked really hard on on this channel man I've refined my game You know all the equipment all the sound all the lighting all the video that you see It comes through as crystal clear as I've been able to dial it in to be So I have no problems. Hell. I'm the one that pays for this stream yard I pay 250 a year to maintain this stream yard So I can keep my icon in the top right hand corner of this live stream So why why why should I feel guilty? For inviting a ceo that I am 100% Genuinely interested to speak with on the channel That's it Why should I feel bad about that? Why should I feel bad about an interview that I gave where I was providing an example of the questions that need to be answered Asked and answered Okay I sent an email to investor relations about 10 months ago Uh, I had a response that said I will look into this and get back to you I was never responded to never And this is from the current gentleman that works with me now That argues with me about everything under the sun. I just I don't understand it He seems to think that that's the right way to do it. I disagree That's just his approach. He just wants to disagree and play this whole conversational Deference game when there's actual questions that need to be answered My question was regard to the chassis once they go through the racking test and they end up through the oems And you start bolting new equipment into that Does it null and void the warranty of said chassis from the original equipment? manufacturer valid question right and I never got a response I never got a response Should that have been a sign 10 months ago that I should have just shake hand the whole stock then and there No, I don't I don't think so. I think there's probably a reasonable answer One that could help provide some clarity granularity around The concept of the question. Maybe my question was off base Maybe my question did not even need to be asked the way that I asked it Maybe there was a very very simple rationale that could have been rendered But when you don't offer anything People are left to speculate and I think this is where some of the frustration Percolates and that's where you know a rendering like that It comes comes to a head. That's what made the most sense to me to put forward Um a a piece of product like that. It's to provoke thought Okay, it is to provoke thought nothing more. It's not meant to get into people's Cookie jar. It's not meant to make people feel bad. It's not I did it and I do it again. I may do it again. What the hell if he pisses me off even more I'll do one every day. So he better back off because this is my channel I say what I want when I want people who come in here They do not come in here to hear me talk all politically correct and blah blah blah I think that's what a lot of people like about me and At least I hope that's the case. I'll tell you that's what I like about me I don't back down from stuff like that. You'll get my honest opinion and for a lot of people they they Construe it as really offensive That's because they're in an environment every single day of board directors Hi, how are you? It's so good to see you again. Elaine. Oh, it's so good to see you too Oh, we're just driving toward a vision toward the future and we're looking to clean up the environment One vehicle at a time. It's just it's so lovely. How have you been? How have you been? No, you see what that kind of talk and banter has as What's it resulted in? And that's that's what drives me at the wall about bureaucracy drives me up the wall about Certain businesses out there that cannot see what the what pedigree it takes to actually make it And the bottom line sell shit. That's they got to do they got to sell some shit. Okay, thomas man Right now congrats 18 months on the open markets, man The stock performance is dismal down close to 70 peak to trough What do you think the remedy is to help garner? Investor sentiment and drive shareholder value going forward over the coming two to three years Sell shit. That's your answer bud. I don't need to let you answer it for yourself You just got to sell some shit just like you promised us that you would in the document that was submitted to the sec, right? So Yeah, that's just my approach, man. I'm sorry. The world needs more people like me. Trust me Okay, we need more people and a lot less sheep. We do The world would be a lot better place if you had guys like myself Challenging a lot of what I see as absurd and what a lot of people accept as normal Okay seriously Proper 19's laughing his ass off. We're gonna go to minute 30 and then I will wrap it up So seven more minutes left. This is reminding me of how it used to be on the old school independent investor I would just get warmed up for the first hour and then the second hour I would deliver like magical content, you know, like because I get in my zone I just can't do that anymore because I get to minute 60 and I'm like, hey, man. I'm over. That's it. We don't have anymore That's all good. Well special treat tonight since I missed the friday livestream People be like damn people been like damn matty's like damn. He's bringing it tonight, man. This is crazy Let the hell got into ryan some pretty good double bourbon last night. It's pretty fun. Actually, it's a really good beer for sure for sure I'll drink to you my friend He says I've returned. I just shouted him out. I don't think he was in here He says he returned he went up. I think to visit. I think he's got family up there in pit It was kind of cool. You need to follow mat on social media, man. He's a cool guy Every now and then you'll you'll catch one of these man where he's doing this funny shit, you know The beard the beard's moving back and forth, you know No, man, I I can't wait to meet matt in real life, man That's matt's a good dude as he's want to He's one of my round table participants, man. He's gonna have a spot He's gonna have his name engraved in the round table for sure And he's gonna have a voice at my table. No doubt about it. Matt's got a good spirit No doubt Got a good spirit Just love the guy Merry Christmas to you my friend. Thanks for making your way in. Sorry. You got a ninth inning shout out, but uh Decided to throw down on a saturday. It's all good. He says ryan prince Yeah, um, yeah, mrs. Ryan is printing this year I talked about it at the top of the stream matty. We're a double income family now for the first time in a long time so I think I think it's more accurate to probably say that it's um It's probably impressive what I do with what I have I think that's more appropriate And I think that's probably the motivating factor for a lot of people because when they look at that and they say Well, ryan prince. I want to print too I think the key there is to show them how to You know how to build their own personal printing press themselves I think that's the key a lot of opportunity out there if investing is your mechanism great It's it's a powerful one. There's a lot of mechanisms out there. I think And um, I'm very humbled man. It was really cool. I you know going back and reviewing The catalog of videos that I've put forward. God, I've put out a lot of content through the independent investor channel It's been a lot of fun tracking the progress And a lot of live stream. It's a whole nother bailey wick I'm going to be organizing And categorizing I've started the patreon I don't have any participants in there yet. No problem I'll continue to build that product out I think it'll take a small catalyst on the channel. It's no big deal. I already have my viper group Solidified it's a nice group. I have a few folks trickle in there every now and then Goodbye all good fantastic She's ready probably to to cash out. Thank you for coming in. I really appreciate it very cool stuff Yeah, one of the cornerstones of the channel. No doubt about it. She owns piece of this channel All good, man. She's a she's a part of the board of directors at uh at the independent investor channel cornerstone capital solutions LLC So she keeps me in line Actually, she doesn't she's like ryan you do you you go you go boy get that thomas She trusts my strategic vision And if I've just so happened to to have pissed off an opportunity with thomas healy I'm completely accepted of that and so is all good because All good comes in here just like bob and a bunch of other people on their own accord And that is where my focus and loyalty lies. It's not with Obliging a request or a denial from somebody that I've never met before I don't know this individual. It's no problem. Like I said, it's an open freaking invitation to to take advantage of As he or anybody else sees fit The difference between thomas and a lot of other CEOs is I get paid a lot of money to have those interviews on the channel And that's going to continue into 2022 as well. I'm looking forward to that We've already got them queued up for january man. They've actually given me the holidays off, which has been kind of cool But that's been a real bright spot for me in 2021. It's been a lot of fun I want to you know, I look at you know, a noble cause helping people And I do a lot of that a lot of my time has spent doing that and uh I think just one aspect of the the channel Is the promotional content that I roll through it kind of Allows a lot of the other stuff that I do that are non lucrative that I still have to pay for worthwhile And it helps kind of make the world go round at least the i2 world go round Keeps it fresh keeps me motivated as well And you know, it's it's important for for me to continue to stay motivated And deliver the high level of a product that helps motivate people The remedy is nicola for sure Dexter put out a video and he's like, I don't know where we sleep on this rig man It was pretty funny. Actually. It's a youtube uh announcement I was kind of hoping he'd have a video on it, but um, you know, we'll we'll see what happens I've thought about actually buying nicola. I actually had an order Queued up for 500 Long call options on hyzon hyzon. It's actually a really good company Um nicola. I'm not so bullish on Um, you know, you saw the head fake as it ran up after earnings because they only got to pay $120 million on their on their back lawsuit. That was supposed to be good news But uh stock ran up and I think there was some FOMO buying like oh my god, we got a pile in The opposite happened a lot of people were like, let's get the hell out of here Let's jump ship and they looked at it at 16 17 dollars where it ran up to as an opportunity to jump ship It's damn near half that right now below 10 with all the rest of these eb Dumpster fires. It's been horrible man. It's been just horrible And uh, yeah, I mean I'll maneuver through the the land field It's it's been it's been tough Um, I disclosed in the this live stream actually of of my Liquidation of a block of stock to take the tax loss. It was the right thing to do um against my against my will Wish I could have just kept it But I felt like it was the right thing to do to take a little exposure off the table Just in case this thing takes a leg lower, man. It's it's it's not not fun I've held this thing for 18 months and It wouldn't have been fun to take this thing in the into the two or three dollar range No way. Do I think it's going there? No, but Um, that would have been a little bit tough Whereas the position that I've got right now shaving off that makes a little bit more sense Um grabbing some long call options on it out to 2024 So I'm really given myself a self a nice 24 month buffer Uh for some things to kind of come to fruition in the company, but uh, yeah, the remedy could be nicola I think they'll be fine. I think they'll all three make it Actually, it's great to see you dave. Thanks for coming in man. And thanks for always supporting the channel, man You're gonna have a place at the table if you want it But I actually have a feeling you'll probably be somewhere in the Philippines actually retirement retired And enjoying life, which is what it's all about. So Really appreciate it guys, man. Very cool. I will go ahead and shut it down an hour and a half tonight on the live stream Very cool. Really appreciate it Expect this the makeup opportunity for me to come on and and if I don't have time to throw down on a friday, which is our Normal operating schedule at nine o'clock. I usually try to make that up when and where I can for you guys Um, I just love rolling out the message. I love engaging. I love keeping it fresh I love talking about the progress that we're all making sometimes slower than what we want it to be proceeding at You know, but uh, I know as long as we can move this train slowly forward It's going to make the difference for a lot of people When it comes time, you know to reflect back and say man, I sure am glad I got part of that movement It was awesome I always felt like I had a little piece of ownership over the opportunity and I'm here to tell you that you absolutely do So guys, thank you so much. We'll be back next friday nine o'clock Eastern standard time on the fastest 60 minutes on youtube guys be well Be safe and we'll see you next week You