Yes, you are obviously a share holder from what I read in this forum
I actually value your comments and effort around AM a lot.
However, correct me if I'm wrong, I'm pretty sure you are not an early investor in AM. Observing this company from when it all started, I cannot help to be slightly annoyed with what is going on on this forum. All the new guys here looking for quick profit, trading PT shares and discussing it over and over again. Let me tell you this: All of it does not matter for friedcat and his team. The only thing which might be interesting for them is to get some idea about the market valuation of their magnificent work. Most early investors should feel the same way. They want to see sustainable, constant growth and no price peaks because of silly PT trading.
I dont have enough data to tell if it makes sense to invest in next-gen chips now. Neither have you. Of course AM should and will max out the current technology, but that doesnt mean they should not invest into next-gen when massive funds are available. Liquidity might not always be as good as today, you know. And that's the reason why holding back dividends could also make sense.
Im not an early adopter... i learned nearly too late about AM, but i was able to buy some shares at glbse...
Its true that this thread is cluttered with all talk regarding AM and more. And thats a lot. Thats why i really would like to see a subforum for AM. It would help to keep everything tidy a lot.
Regarding shareprice... i think friedcat doesnt have to know the value of the company. I mean for what? They know the dividend that comes in each week, they know relatively how much the hardware is worth, the design of the asic has some worth... it doesnt matter what traders think a share is worth. I mean you only would need some press messages about the big revenue of asicminer and a flood of new persons come into the game that want to take part in the 25-50% annual revenue. But the company isnt worth more then really. At the end the worth comes from what the company is. Thats many people had to learn from the .com bubble.
Im fully with you... when there is a chance to raise the revenue in the future, that means investments, it should be done. But invest only because there is money isnt the best. There should be a plan that this invested money will bring an even bigger return. Thats what investment means. But you mean the dividend could drop... i wonder how... bitcoin-crash, some powerful other vendor? I dont know. Of course it would be good to be able to act then. But i guess friedcat and team takes such things into account.
At least i hope so...
Ok, let's put it like this: Reinvesting is great. Maybe even building cash reserves is a good idea. I dont know if some competitor might finally do something significant. From what I see it's mostly jibber jabber about [random number] * 100 TH/s to be set up with no clue about what it ACTUALLY means in terms of logistics, space, power supply etc etc. One thing is for sure: Friedcat and his team are the only ones who proved to be able to pull something like this off. And I absolutely trust their judgement on when to do what. If it comes with sustainable, consistent dividends.. even better
btw what is also not discussed enough in this thread: the accomplishment of friedcat and his team. what they achieved is just jaw dropping. tell someone from the "real" world, you invested into a company a year ago and now they pay you your whole investment back EACH WEEK (in usd). Praise the friedcat!!!
thanks for this post.
Having invested recently, reading some of the over excited (and I should add seemingly greed induced) comments about the dividends is quite a turn off. Irrational exuberance springs to mind.
Im just turned off by this PT trading chitchat trying to influence the price. But dont get me wrong. AM is a great investment, especially in the long-term. In the end, it all comes down to being realistic. However, being realistic about AM can be well exciting
hard to believe, but true. facts are facts