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The Sliding Door Syndrome - Hertz

 Open the door and guess what might happen? Who knows which way the winds will be blowing. The used auto car market got dumped on last week in the U.S, especially on tariffs new.  Trump said he might raise the tariffs on cars to more than 25%. It's a fickled  market. Here are a few of the sell offs. 1) Carvana Company. It sold off over $21.00 dollars on the day last Friday. They have a reputation for having share manipulations with a long history of  insider "buying-and selling-activities". They have a short interest of 5.3% . It didn't help much that the DJIA was down over 700 points on Friday. 2} Carmax also sold off on the week. They have an earnings report coming out and that could cause the stock to drop but maybe not. It could actually rally. Here is it's one week chart and a conference call dial in number. Listen to it if you like. I might be. Now here is a look at the 65 series of Calls on this stock that expire this coming Friday.  On Friday morning at ...

$1.00 Stocks Can Go Bankrupt - Polestar

 There is a danger in playing one dollar stocks. That plus they can be boring to watch. Many look interesting but owning them is a gamble. Here is Polestar. 


Here is it's ten year chart.
It's Swedish owned. Like many startup electric vehicle companies it's debt structuring is complicated and their focus on keeping their shareholders happy is low on their priority list of things to do. That's understandable. They also make some of their vehicles in the U.S. so the tariff issue is not going to be an issue. Their vehicles look kind of boring but that's because they are Swedish inspired. Money was waisted a few years ago on "super bowl" advertising. Here is how they are  currently doing. Things look better but not enough to reverse the negative sentiment hanging over it's share price. The path forward to positive earnings is uncertain as all electric vehicle manufacturing companies are facing challenges. In China some analyst say that it's a race to the bottom. 
Is ramping up productions going to be the magical solution? The answers is not really. Economies of scale don't really happen until production numbers are increased  like tenfold. There are no options to play on this stock. This stock truly is a puzzle. Rivian  and Lucid are two other electric vehicle companies sharing this space but both have backers who are pouring money into them in the hope of better things to come. I would buy Polestar at $1.25 but not at $1.00. It needs more good news to make it go.
The short interest in this stock is something like only 2%. Do your own research. If this stock starts to take off existing shareholders who bought in at higher prices might decide to average down. *** One dollar stocks are one dollar for a reason. They are a risk!

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