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Q: Hi 5i,
Questor is confusing to me and I hope you can help me to understand it better than I do now.
In September, 2018 it was at approximately the level it's at now - around $2.20. But then, starting in September, 2018 it increased fairly steadily and had more than doubled to over $5.00 by mid February this year, before plunging straight down to $1.30 or so in the COVID sell off. The chart looks like if COVID hadn't come along it might have continued the upward trajectory. However that didn't happen and, unlike many others that declined hard and fast in February/March of this year, Questor's recovery has been halting - its only gotten back to about where it was in September, 2018 and not close to its pre-COVID level.
Bringing me to my confusion: Something positive appears to have been motivating buyers for the 18 months preceding the precipitous COVID decline and I wonder both what those positive factors were, and why (whatever they were) they haven't taken hold again? I wouldn't have thought that Questor's business would be COVID sensitive going forward from the February drop, but perhaps it is in some way?
The CEO was quoted in today's FP as saying that the just announced carbon tax increases will be good for "our industries", which implies they'll be good for Questor. Could it be?
Hoping you can provide some insight.
Thanks!
Peter
Read Answer Asked by Peter on December 14, 2020
Q: Hi. In virtually every other publicly traded company I own or have owned, the CEO owns shares of the company. But in this case, John Proctor has been CEO for three years now and makes $400,000/year yet he owns zero shares? Why is this the case? Is it not a really bad signal that the CEO is giving a presentation on Monday December 14th at a conference to investors and analysts as to why MTLO is a compelling story yet he does not walk the talk and does not own any shares. Is that a fair question?
Read Answer Asked by James on December 14, 2020
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Derek
Read Answer Asked by Derek on December 11, 2020
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