General investing ideas, interesting high risk stocks.

[Sig698]

AONE (10 char)

I'm currently in on them, but the more research I've done, the more they seem to not be as well-run of a company as I had first thought. Not sure how much longer I'm planning to stay, but I've lost quite a bit of my enthusiasm aster all of this recall business.

[JRP3]

I'm in AONE as well, for a long time, not too happy with their situation at this point of course. They do make a damn impressive cell, when they get it right. I hope they can pull it together.

[ggr]

I invested in AONE when Qualcomm got in. Unfortunately no-one told me when Qualcomm got out...

[clmason]

My other high risk stock isn Cytori Theraputics (CYTX). Stem Cell therapies from fat cells. Their platform is applicable to many different ailments they have a big potential if it takes off. Key words being "if it takes off". Check them out if you like. I have more CYTX that I do in TSLA...

[vfx]

Solar City IPO good?

http://www.greentechmedia.com/articl...octor-Ordered/

[daniel]

How does an IPO actually work? Is it all bought by big brokerages that then put it on the market like a regular stock, its price going up and down from the start like any other stock? Or is there a period during which the public can buy the stock at the initial IPO offering price?

That article says stay away. But I have no idea if the author knows what he's talking about. "Green Tech Media" sounds like a name that should mean they are pro-green. But I know nothing about them. On the other side, I like Elon Musk because he's the man behind my car.

[JRP3]

My other high risk stock isn Cytori Theraputics (CYTX). Stem Cell therapies from fat cells. Their platform is applicable to many different ailments they have a big potential if it takes off. Key words being "if it takes off". Check them out if you like. I have more CYTX that I do in TSLA...

I'm done with early stage med stocks, I definitely can NOT pick them

[Robert.Boston]

How does an IPO actually work?

PRI's Marketplace show just did a nice piece about IPOs, in advance of FB's.: http://www.marketplace.org/topics/bu...o-ipo-roadshow

[bonnie1194]

I'm done with early stage med stocks, I definitely can NOT pick them

I'd never pick early stage in other industries, because I simply don't understand those industries as well as medical and pharma. Gotta stay with what you know.

(And accept you might lose it all ... but ONVO is up over 100% from when I bought in less than 3 months ago. It has potential to go big, be acquired, or face plant. Dunno which of the three it will be. Successful trials will be the tipping point. I may be here in future months saying 'I should have sold when I could.')

[daniel]

PRI's Marketplace show just did a nice piece about IPOs, in advance of FB's.: http://www.marketplace.org/topics/bu...o-ipo-roadshow

Thanks for that. What they leave off is how the stock then reaches ordinary investors. If the big buyers are happy with their investment, it may take time before they decide to sell some of their holdings. Or are some of the big buyers brokerages who intend to sell immediately, hoping that the market price is above what they paid?

(Note: I really don't understand the market, which is why I only have tiny amounts of a handfull of stocks, and my real investments are in funds that I mostly just buy and hold for income or long-term appreciation.)