at U.S. taxpayer expense.
CHARLES: WELL THIS IS THE SEASON
TO BE REFLECTIVE AND GRATEFUL.
FOR ME THE CHECKLIST IS ALWAYS
EASY.
GRATEFUL TO GOD, MY PARENTS, MY
CHILDREN AND NOW MY
GRANDCHILDREN.
GRATEFUL TO MY FRIENDS AND
GRATEFUL FOR BEING BORN IN THE
GREATEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD.
THE THING ABOUT THIS NATION IS
IT WAS BORN WITH A CHIP ON ITS
SHOULDER DETERMINED TO DO THINGS
ITS OWN WAY BEGINNING WITH AN
INTENSE COMMITMENT TO FREEDOM.
THIS INGENIUS IDEA IS WHY THE
UNITED STATES RACED TO THE FRONT
OF THE PACK AND THAT IS WHY WE
STAYED THERE.
WE DON’T SEE INDIVIDUAL BORDERS
AND BOUNDARIES.
WE DON’T LET EXPECTATIONS OF
OTHERS HOLD US BACK.
IN FACT FOR ME IT HAS ALWAYS
BEEN A MOTIVATION.
I LOVE BEING THE UNDERDOG.
WHILE I DON’T ASK FOR ANYONE’S
APPROVAL I INSIST ON BASIC
RESPECT.
HERE IS THE RUB.
WHEN IT COMES TO PURSUING OUR
DREAMS IT IS EASY TO BE
DERAILED.
THAT IS WHY COMMITMENT AGAINST
LONG ODDS CREATES LEGENDS, DOING
WHAT THEY SAY CAN’T BE DONE
MAKES YOU A LEGEND, INSPIRING
OTHERS IS WHAT CREATES LEGEND
THE.
I LOVE MY FRIENDS IN THE
INVESTING APE COMMUNITY.
THEY ARE THE PERSONIFICATION OF
AMERICA.
THEY HAVE THEIR OWN IDEA HOW TO
APPROACH THE STOCK MARKET AND
THEY NEVER ASK ANYONE FOR THEIR
OPINION.
UNFORTUNATELY JUST AS AMERICA
HAS ITS DETRACTORS FROM DAY ONE
A LOT OF FOLKS OUT THERE WERE
ROOTING AGAINST THE APES.
I’VE COME TO THEIR DEFENSE OVER
AND OVER AGAIN BECAUSE I WANT
THEM TO SUCCEED.
I APPLAUD ANYONE TRYING TO
CHANGE THEIR LIFE THROUGH
INVESTING.
WITH THAT I LIKE TO BRING IN
TREY’S TRADES, TREY COLLINS.
TREY, THERE WON’T BE ANY
ELEPHANTS IN THE ROOM IN OUR
SEGMENT.
WE KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON TWITTER
AND ELSEWHERE.
I DON’T WANT TO MAKE THIS ON ONE
PERSON.
YOU WERE ON BOARD COMING ON
TODAY SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE
WEEK TO DISCUSS THIS MOVEMENT.
I DON’T WANT TO NECESSARILY DO A
FEUD.
WHAT I WANT TO SAY I BOUGHT
$100,000 WORTH OF GAMESTOP AND
AMC.
I LOVE THE APES.
I WANT TO SHOW SOLIDARITY.
I THINK IT IS SO IMPORTANT FOR
PEOPLE TO BE MOTIVATED BY
NAYSAYER.
DON’T LOSE SIGHT OF THE GOAL,
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
>> ABSOLUTELY, CHARLES.
PEOPLE HAVE A PRETTY GOOD HEAD
ON THEIR SHOULDERS, INTUITION
BEING ABLE TO RECOGNIZE THOSE
WHO DO STAND UP AGAINST
NAYSAYERS AND SPECIFIC NAYSAYERS
THAT MIGHT NEED LAWYERS BUT AT
THE END OF THE DAY IT IS EXACTLY
ABOUT WHAT YOU MENTIONED, FIGHT
FOR YOUR NEIGHBOR, TRY TO MAKE
THE HOLIDAY SEASON BETTER.
CHARLES: YOU, BY THE WAY ARE THE
PERSONIFICATION OF THE APES.
THAT IS WHY I LOVE YOU.
I LOVE YOUR STORY.
I’M GLAD YOU ALWAYS COME ON.
WITH THAT IN MIND, OFTEN WHAT
HAPPENS IS, THIS IS BY THE WAY A
WALL STREET GIMMICK, HOW DID YOU
PERFORM IN A CERTAIN YEAR,
BECAUSE NOBODY STARTS FROM ZERO,
RIGHT?
INVESTING IS NOT MONOPOLY.
WE DON’T START AT GO WITH ZERO.
IT’S A WALL STREET MARKETING
GIMMICK.
NEVERTHELESS THE CALENDAR TURNS
ATTENTION SPANS CAN WANE.
PEOPLE MOVE ON TO OTHER THINGS.
WITH THAT IN MIND, WHAT IS NEXT
DO YOU THINK WITH THE INVESTING
APE MOVEMENT AS WE MOVE INTO
2022?
WILL IT BE AS STRONG?
>> YOU KNOW MY FAVORITE THING I
SEE KIND OF GET PITCHED IS THE
IDEA OF THE MUSIC WILL
EVENTUALLY STOP PLAYING AND
PEOPLE WILL JUST FORGET.
BUT IF HISTORY HAS TAUGHT US
ANYTHING YOU CAN LOOK AT
DARWINISM PEOPLE HAVE TWO
CHOICES, ADAPT AND EVOLVE OR
DIE.
I THINK AT THE END OF THE DAY
RETAIL INVESTORS JUST WANT TO
LEARN, THEY WANT TO EDUCATE
THEMSELVES, ADAPT TO THE MARKET,
PERHAPS ADAPT THE MARKET ITSELF.
I DON’T SEE THAT GOING AWAY WITH
THE FLIP OF THE CALENDAR.
CHARLES: EARLIER THIS YEAR YOU
WERE INTERVIEWED.
YOU SAID AMC WOULD BE AROUND 25
BUCKS AT THE END OF THE YEAR.
OBVIOUSLY HIGHER THAN THAT I
THOUGHT THAT WAS A SOBERING
TARGET BUT A MATURE TARGET.
I’M BEGINNING TO THINK THIS
PRICE WHERE IT IS NOW MIGHT BE
CONSIDERED LOW.
"SPIDER-MAN" SUCCESS IS AMAZING.
"BATMAN" IS COMING UP.
THERE ARE SIGNS THAT PEOPLE WANT
TO GO OUT MOVIES.
THEY WANT TO GO TO THE MOVIES.
WITH THAT IN MIND HAVE YOU
CHANGED YOUR TARGET BASED ON
FUNDAMENTALS BY THE WAY?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
SIX MONTHS AGO I THINK THE
FUNDAMENTAL VALUE OF AMC $25 YOU
DON’T THINK THAT SORT OF THING
WILL COME TO FRUITION IN THAT
SENSE BUT I THINK, ULTIMATELY
RAISED MY TARGET A PRETTY DECENT
CHUNK.
THE REASON FOR THAT BEING I
THINK AMC TRADES LIKE TESLA,
FORWARD EARNINGS.
WHAT IS THE POTENTIAL OF THE
COMPANY?
WHAT CONDITION THEY DO ONE YEAR
FROM NOW, THREE YEARS FROM NOW
AND FIVE YEARS FROM NOW.
YOU CAN SEE THEY’RE
REVOLUTIONIZING THE THEATER
FRANCHISE COMPANY SPACE.
THE NMT ARE WAY FOR COMPANIES TO
RAISE CAPITAL WITHOUT ISSUING
STOCK TO CREATE THEIR OWN OR
INVESTORS LIKE TO BUY SOMETHING
IN THAT NECK OF THE WOODS.
I THINK AMC IS MUCH BETTER
POSITION THAN YEAR AGO.
I THINK THEY ARE LEADING THE
REVOLUTION, THE MOVIE THEATER
FRANCHISE WILL BE AROUND ANOTHER
CENTURY.
CHARLES: LESS THAN A MINUTE TO
GO.
THEY’RE GIVING ME THE WRAP
SIGNAL.
WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THE
DETRACTORS, FOR ME IT IS
MOTIVATION AND I JUST LET THEM
WATCH MY SUCCESS.
OVER THE YEARS THEY WATCH, THEY
WATCH, THEY GRIT THEIR TEETH AND
WATCH AND WATCH AND THERE IS
NOTHING THEY CAN DO ABOUT IT.
WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO THEM?
>> YOU KNOW WHAT I WOULD SAY A
YEAR AGO I DON’T THINK VERY MANY
PEOPLE THOUGHT WE WOULD BE IN
THE SHOES WE’RE IN NOW WITH
VOICES AS LOUD AS THEY ARE, WITH
PEOPLE BEING RECOGNIZED FOR
THEIR INTELLIGENCE, THEIR
EDUCATION, THEIR
ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND LOOK
FORWARD.
DON’T LOOK BACK.
YOU CAN’T CONNECT DOTS LOOKING
FORWARD, LOOKING BACK AT
SOMETHING STEVE JOBS DID IN
2005.
I TRULY BELIEVE THAT WE CAN TAKE
A STEP FORWARD EVERY DAY TO TRY
TO BE BETTER AS A COMMUNITY AND
EDUCATE OTHERS.
I DON’T THINK THAT FIRE IS GOING
ANYWHERE.
CHARLES: TREY, GOD BLESS YOU,
GOD BLESS THE INVESTING APES.