High risk long term investments
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This document discusses opportunities for investing in companies developing new technologies and products with major market potential. It mentions stocks like Microsoft early on that became hugely successful, as well as companies like Apple that transformed industries with products like the iPod and iPhone. The document also lists companies in areas like healthcare IT, medical devices, and renewable energy that saw strong growth. It discusses the thorium nuclear fuel cycle as a potential future technology and countries investing in its development.
High risk long term investments
- 2. Venture capital Stocks that everybody says if Id bought X at Y time I would be very rich right now Stocks that have huge potential Technological advancements Products that make life easier Products that can be used by the public
- 3. Windows 95 MS DOS and Windows 1.0 MS Works MS Office, Windows 3.0 and 90% PC market share Most Innovative Award
- 4. iPhone iPod iTunes Colour iPods, iPod mini iPod Nano, iPod Shuffle and 76% of the portable music device market
- 5. Activehotels.com and Booking.com Booking.com has a 47% market share Net income in 2008 185 million $, 2010 528 million $, 2011 1 billion $, 2012 1.4 billion $
- 7. Cerner Corporation Sirona Dental Systems
- 8. Varian Medical Systems Intuitive Surgical
- 9. Public perception because of Fukushima Safety and nuclear waste Use in weapons of mass destruction Old technology from the 50s Light water reactors (LWRs) Uranium Thorium
- 10. Named after the Norse god Thor Discovered in 1828 As common as lead and small amounts can be found in most rocks and soils Research stopped in 1973 because of no military potential Has potential as a nuclear fuel It has been gaining interest from a few countries
- 11. No greenhouse gas emissions Safety Less waste Thorium is abundant Potentially low costs in both building and running plants Can be used in hydrogen production and water desalinization Hard to make nuclear weapons
- 12. High R&D costs Very long-term Corrosion risks Reprocessing Uranium-233 is challenging Costs of changing nuclear infrastructure
- 14. Indias three-stage fuel-cycle plan: PHWRs in 2012, FBRs in 2016 and AHWRs in 2020 Chinas investment of 400 million $ and plans to build commercially viable plants in 2030 Norway: Thor Energy US collaborating with China but attempts to get funding were unsuccessful UK: Thorium does not currently have a role to play
- 15. India, Australia, USA, Turkey, Venezuela and Brazil have 83% of the worlds Thorium reserves India has the largest amount of reserves because of their focus on Thorium Australia and USA are in the top 3 but their place varies in different sources Norway, a relatively small country, has 5% of the worlds reserves
- 16. Only publicly traded company Lightbridge Corp. (NASDAQ: LTBR) Mining companies: Such as Cameco Corporation (NYSE:CCJ) or Unity Energy Corp. (CVE:UTY) but there are many to choose from Other private companies that should be looked into: Flibe Energy, Thor Energy, TerraPower
- 17. Technological advancements Products that make life easier Products that can be used by a lot of people Think about what the future holds Experts in certain fields might know about excellent investment opportunities
- 18. Any questions or ideas about other opportunities?