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Batteries Are a BIG Deal

Batteries are going to be how we get our energy in the future. Tesla powers its cars using batteries. And soon, trucks, planes, boats, houses, offices, stores, and factories will also be powered by batteries.

75% of My Car/House Energy Is Powered by Batteries

Last year, I got a Tesla Powerwall and added more solar panels so I could “fill” it up. Every day, I fill up the Powerwall when the sun is shining. Then, I use up my battery once the sun sets.

Most sunny days, I generate more power than I use. Duke Energy — my power company — “takes” that extra power and gives me a credit for it. I use these credits to fill up the battery in my Tesla between 1 a.m. and 6 a.m.

My power bills are $15 per month. This is an “access” charge that I pay for being connected to Duke Energy’s system.

Batteries Are Critical Because Everyone Is Going to Do Something Similar

Governments, companies, and people are all implementing some variation of what I’m doing. This is happening through a combination of market forces (high energy prices), government incentives (rebates/tax credits), and regulation/laws/tax policies.

And you can see that the KEY to making this system work is batteries. Batteries at home, at work, at the electric company, at each work location... We’re going to NEED more batteries — and more battery capacity — for the foreseeable future.

EVs Alone Would Drive a Battery Boom

In the U.S., battery plant manufacturing capacity is set to increase 428% by 2026, from 59 GWh in 2021 to 343.5 GWh, according to Anthony Burrell, head of energy storage at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.

“This curve, this predicted growth of battery development ... is remarkable,” Burrell said.

The global battery market is expected to grow at around a 34% compound annual growth rate, according to Robert Galyen, formerly the chief technology officer at CATL, the world’s largest battery manufacturer.

How Can You Benefit From This Battery Boom?

The way to benefit from this is to buy the stocks of companies that can meet this growth surge for batteries. By that, I mean that they currently have the capacity — or are building it — to meet demand.

Even within these companies, there are small differences to consider. For example, Tesla is highly developed in terms of battery capacity with its gigafactories.

QuantumScape is a very high-potential company that is still figuring out how to scale up its solid-state battery technology. Tesla is a safer bet, but QuantumScape would generate a higher return if it’s able to successfully scale up.

So, risk and opportunity need to be balanced. Then, you can also buy into companies that own/control the elements that go into batteries — lithium, vanadium, and silicone.

What Stocks Do We Have in Our Services That Give You This Exposure?

Silver Membership:

Battery Companies -

Tesla TSLA 0.00%↑ | QuantumScape QS 0.00%↑

Gold Membership:

Battery Companies -

Fluence FLNC 0.00%↑ | Li-Cycle LICY 0.00%↑ | Energy Vault NRGV 0.00%↑

Lithium Companies -

Piedmont Lithium PLL 0.00%↑ | Lithium Americas LAC 0.00%↑

Other Companies We’ll Look to Add to Our Portfolios in the Future

ESS Tech GWH 0.00%↑ | Microvast MVST 0.00%↑ | Romeo Power RMO 0.00%↑ | Solid Power SLDP 0.00%↑ | FREYR Battery FREY 0.00%↑ | Enovix ENVX 0.00%↑ | Sila Nanotechnologies (still private)

Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac — Responding to Comments

1. Thank you, Julia, 🙏 for being such a help to me and the team by guiding your fellow community members with grace, patience, and love ❤️. My ❤️ to you! And gratitude 🙏.

2. The “analysis” that I provided on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac applies to all stocks, and preferred stocks, for those companies. So, they apply to FMCCT, FNMAS, and FNMAT, and for the common stocks FNMA and FMCC.

3. What I wrote isn’t “insignificant news.” In fact, the entire basis of owning FNMA, FMCC, FMCCT, FNMAS, and FNMAT has always revolved around this. We laid out — when we told you about these opportunities — that it would be based on an “event.” That’s what updates on these opportunities are going to be. If you’re unfamiliar with what these opportunities are, maybe it seems insignificant. But anyone who’s been following the saga around FNMA/FMCC and their preferred stocks — like FMCCT, FNMAS, and FNMAT — knows that the Lambreth court case is a BIG deal.

And I know this because I’ve been following these for 14 years. To regain their value, these companies need to be freed from government conservatorship. And the three possibilities are through court action, legislative action from Congress, or by some executive order from the president.

Also, the links that I provided are there for context. I always extract the most important things and put them in the Substack. So, if they show up as being behind a paywall, it’s because I was able to Google/incognito my way into it. But when I provide the link, it’s behind a paywall.

4. Please try to be civil when you make a comment to me, our team, and each other. I am not perfect … or a saint … or an evil incarnate looking to jam subscriptions down folks’ throats. Instead of leveling an accusation, please ask a question. Or give us the benefit of the doubt. I’m just a regular dude ⎯ me, our team, we are all doing the best we can every day. I get that money is emotional and personal, that we all want our stocks to be up, and that it’s a bear market. Still, please be civil.

5. We have no marketing budget. We don’t send you emails asking you to subscribe. We have no elaborate video promotions being blasted out all over the internet. Our “dumb” marketing strategy is to put out the absolute best content we can. Dean spends his time taking our best content to repurpose it for social media. Then, we’re in the even dumber position of hoping and praying that doing this will get people to tell others about us. And then, we hope that those folks will want to support us. Still, we have to ask for you to subscribe to our content in some small way to make this a business. We feel no entitlement to your support. But we will ask for it. We have about 12 months of runway to survive as a result of YOUR extraordinary generosity 🙏 in funding our kickstarter. If our subscription rates hold up — which we hope they will — they’ll give us another year.

6. Most folks in our community already know this, but maybe others don’t. So, I’ll put it here for everyone to read: Everyone on our team is making sacrifices to serve you. We’re not looking for sainthood. Still, I do want to say that our team is working at an intense pace — and with a commitment that’s EXTRAORDINARY. All of them are working — days, nights, and weekends — for less money than they were making at Banyan Hill. Right now, I’m taking a $1 salary to extend our survival runway. We believe in our mission and purpose to serve you. We are deeply appreciative of our amazing, supportive community. And we have placed our faith in you to support us. Pride, gratitude 🙏, LVOE 🧡, #BOP. 🚀

#GBC60 Update at 12:13 P.M.

The #GBC60 is up BIG today (+3.29%). Its volatility is significantly better than the S&P 500 again. This improvement in price behavior began on Friday. And it’s continued all this week, even as the big indices were getting crushed. Growth stock buyers are buying and supporting prices at current levels. Very good to see. #GBC60 is up versus the S&P 500 since we started it on September 22.

Remember, the #GBC60 uses a weighting of $1,000 in each stock. The purpose of the #GBC60 is to give us a daily snapshot of how OUR stocks are doing.

It’s like our own #StrongHands #BOP Nation version of the S&P 500 or Nasdaq 100 indices. In other words: a passive index once it gets to its full size.

More stocks will be added to the #GBC60 over time. We’ll change the name to #GBC70, #GBC80, #GBC90, #GBC100 as we hit those milestones.

We’re going to add two stocks to the #GBC60 today. The first is MARA 0.00%↑ Marathon Digital, a crypto mining company. This is a play on Bitcoin and crypto. We expect that crypto mining companies will go up as Bitcoin and other crypto investments rise. MARA is covered under the Gold Tier.

The second stock is AFRM 0.00%↑ Affirm. Affirm is what is referred to as a BNPL, or a "buy now, pay later." Effectively, its consumer credit is digital, electronic, and immediate. BNPL continues to see fast growth, and I believe AFRM is going to be one of the dominant companies in BNPL.

Tomorrow: Not sure yet! Maybe a macro update. Or perhaps an update on gig stocks like FVRR 0.00%↑ Fiverr and UPWK 0.00%↑ Upwork ... or digital twin technology, like what MTTR 0.00%↑ does ... or something else!

Wednesday is the day to keeping things simple! In the end, JUST LOVE remains ❤️!!! I ❤️ U!!!

TODAY, on September 28, 2022, WE made this Substack ONLY 4 YOU with LVOE 🧡 LOVE from our heart ❤️.

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