This past week, we introduced a new theme within the world of GeoInvesting Skull Sessions: “You Make The Call.”
In our November 4, 2024 morning email, when we introduced the concept and explained our motivation for this new endeavor. In case you missed that email, here’s what these events are all about:
This event format is on an experimental basis, but we thought it’d be a good idea to bring in management teams from speculatively-viewed companies eager to present their business plans to us. While we recognize that the success rate for these kinds of ventures will not be high, we believe it would be valuable to hear potentially innovative ideas that may have a chance to bear fruit for investors.
These sessions, should they continue to exist moving forward, will aim to broaden our awareness of emerging trends across industries and help us explore new business ideas that could be worth watching. And let’s not forget, it will only take one huge multi-bagger to make this endeavor worth it in the end. Time will tell.
The biggest hurdle for early-stage growth companies, from an investment perspective, isn’t simply determining whether they have a good business model. It’s assessing whether they can grow that business without destroying their capital structure by continually raising dilutive equity to cover losses on the path to (potential) profitability.
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Buy on Pullback Model Portfolios are aimed at swiftly capitalizing on mispriced opportunities in the market, identifying stocks experiencing negative or muted reactions to positive news or downside overreactions to negative news that we see as temporary.
Misunderstood company developments, emotions, or negative market sentiment can often be at the core of the mispricing, so the pullbacks often stem from investor overreactions and may not necessarily reflect the underlying fundamentals of the business.
High-conviction Open Forum Picks arise from analysis of an already bullish basket of stocks in our coverage universe. One timely stock per month is highlighted in our Live Monthly Forum Virtual Events and added to the Focus Model Portfolio, with expectations that a short-term 50% to 100% upside is possible. All Open Forums are archived on our premium portal. upside is possible.
In this segment, Dan Schum delves into his unique approach to stock selection and portfolio diversification, explaining why he holds around 50-60 stocks. His strategy is built on two main pillars: managing risk through diversification and capturing opportunities in the small-cap and OTC markets. Unlike a traditional investor who might go deep into individual stocks, Schum makes decisions after brief analyses, sometimes spending as little as 30 minutes evaluating a stock before buying. His focus is on stocks that are overlooked, undervalued, or simply out of favor—often aiming at the bottom of the market rather than riding momentum.
Schum describes how he gravitates toward “ugly” stocks that others might find unappealing, and he actively seeks out companies that have faced challenges or been forgotten by most investors. His experience is supplemented by his blog network, where conversations with other investors generate new ideas.
He attributes much of his style to a mentor, a seasoned investor in tiny OTC stocks, who taught him the value of searching in small, illiquid spaces.
Schum’s strategy has allowed him to capture significant gains from high-potential stocks while reducing the risk that comes with market volatility. By diversifying and staying nimble, he leverages a broad exposure to growth potential while avoiding over-reliance on any single stock or sector.
What are Skull Session?
They are a series of in-depth interviews and discussions designed to provide GeoInvesting subscribers with “first mover advantage” insights to capture multibagger returns. We do this by interviewing the best microcap investors, CEOs from companies that have multibagger potential, and industry experts.
About The Weekly Wrap Up
This is a comprehensive weekly premium email newsletter that encapsulates all the significant updates and insights from the week, just in case you were not unable to catch up with our coverage from daily Morning Emails during the week, as well research content we save for the weekend. Each issue begins with a topical introduction, followed by a recap of our mail summaries.
About Our Daily Premium Emails
These emails provide you with essential updates to start your day, relating to our over 1,500 microcap company coverage universe. Updates include:
Top Performance Across All GeoInvesting Model Portfolios and Screens (In October 2024)
New Highs Across All GeoInvesting Model Portfolios/Screens
New Highs Across All GeoInvesting Model Portfolios/Screens
New Highs From Contributor Index
New Highs From Contributor Index
Stocks Rising >25% Across All GeoInvesting Model Portfolios/Screens
Stocks Rising >25% From the GeoInvesting Contributor Index
Please also note that year to date, we’ve published 228 video clips parsed from Investor Insights, Fireside Chats, Management Morning Briefings and Expert Insights.
So far in 2024,apart from daily emails and weekly GeoWire Content, we have published a combined 286 pieces of Premium content (including video clips) across the segments detailed in the appendix.
As a reminder, in 2023 we published a combined 329 pieces of Premium content across GeoInvesting’s platform.
To see more details on 2023 and 2024 year to date earnings, please go here.
Earnings Processed, YTD to October 2024
Earnings season picked up a bit in October as we began preparing for Q3 reports. We processed 18 reports in October 2024, bringing our full year total to 275.
Content Distribution Key
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5 Research Report & “Reasons For Tracking” (RFT) pieces: Articles are in-depth stock analysis columns focusing on qualitative and quantitative aspects of stocks, while RFTs are shorter, concise research on stock ideas. Learn more about our services.
5 Contributor Articles – Investors we invite to publish their analyses on microcap stocks as well as market forces and industry trends that impact the world of microcap investing.
Audio
7 PodClips – Audio clips consisting of quick “hot take” follow-ups to management interviews, brainstorms on a new stock idea and updates on current ideas.
2 Skull Session Expert Insights (via Twitter Spaces) (NEW) – Recorded and live podcasts that feature conversations with industry experts.
Video
7 Skull Session Fireside Chats – Live/archived video events with management to discuss a company’s entire business plan, growth initiatives and risk factors.
5 Skull Session Management Morning Briefings (MMBs) – Live/archived update video events with management to discuss key developments.
3 Skull Session Investor Insights (picking up the pace here) – Recorded and live podcasts that feature conversations with Investors we invite to provide a look at their stock picking research process, market commentary and their favorite stock pitches.
2 Skull Session Expert Insights (via Video) – Recorded and live podcasts that feature conversations with industry experts.
104 Video Clips across all Live Events (Not represented in Chart) – Catch a quick glimpse of some of the more notable clips/key takeaways that are extracted from our Skull Sessions (Fireside Chats, Management Briefings, Twitter Spaces, Expert & Investor Insights, & Forums), then highlighted on our Weekly/Monthly GeoWire Newsletters. We archive all of this material on the video menu section of our Pro Portal.
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