RE: O/T who's a carp trader then!21 Jul 2020 12:31
I think my one biggest learning experience (which is actually very widely applicable to all trading/investing scenarios) is don't ignore material changes to circumstances which alter risk. Shareprice is just one factor. Higher or lower than last week/last year etc. But what are the material risks associated with the investment? As the sub-prime scenario was building that was looking worse and worse for the banks for example. So you can't just look at the SP and say - bargain at that price. As a trader / investor it is too easy to say the company still has good prospects, when in reality, they just got a whole lot worse.
The reason I've kept adding to my investment here over the years, against all the backdrop of higher/lower nickel prices, II sellers etc. is every step along the way the long term news got better, not worse. Nickel outlook may have moved back a year or two but that's a positive long term because it means less new mines came on stream! And we were already forecasting a deficit, so Covid has probably just deepened the trough slightly and will probably cause a higher mid decade spike! Vermelho PFS was a huge de-risk as it confirmed lowest quartile cost, battery grade etc. Orion finance fully derisked the financials in the medium term. We just haven't had any news here which makes this less of a compelling buy than when I first invested. Sure you need bags of patience but the news here has been all pointing towards one endpoint and that is a good endpoint. Caveat that with the need to stay abreast of where Nickel is heading, EV developments, wider equity market developments but the news is broadly supportive and broadly in Horizonte's favour. But agreed you need to keep your ears open and this board has been a great source of knowledge, both peripheral and central to the investment case here.