Hello. This is Oing.
Yesterday, I sold my entire position in the ‘K-Battery’ stock—a stock that has been the largest part of my portfolio and my greatest source of joy for the past year.
Around this time last year, when everyone was pessimistic about the future of the secondary battery industry, I quietly invested my capital based on ‘conviction in the future.’ That belief paid off with a precise 120% return. If I put in $100,000, it came back as $220,000. It was, simply put, a thrilling victory.
But as soon as I raised this ‘toast to victory,’ I cashed it all out.
“Why are you selling now? It’s just getting started!”
“It’s going to 300%, 500%! Why are you settling for just 120%?”
Many people around me asked this. And yes, they’re right. I still believe the K-Battery industry is promising. Nevertheless, there is a very cold, realistic reason why I hit the ‘sell all’ button.
Today, I’m going to talk about why I calmly exited the market while everyone else was shouting ‘To the moon!’, where that 120% profit is heading next, and the real attitude we must have as ‘shareholders’ in a capitalist market.
1. The Sweet 120% Profit, and a ‘Dirty’ Sense of Betrayal
My reason for investing in K-Battery was clear: overwhelming technology and explosive global demand. My prediction was correct, and the stock price more than doubled in a year. A 120% return was, in itself, a perfect result.
However, despite this perfect victory, I decided to sell for two reasons.
First, ‘good news’ that everyone already knows is no longer good news.
When I bought in, this stock was ‘neglected’ by the market. But what about now? Experts are shouting about secondary batteries on TV, and my neighbor is talking about this stock. This means all ‘expectations’ are fully priced in. It took a year to climb 120%, but to climb another 100% from here will require far more energy and time.
The time has come to find another place that will grow our precious capital more efficiently.
Second, and the decisive reason: Management that treats shareholders like their personal ‘cash machine.’
A few days ago, K-Battery announced ‘record-breaking earnings.’ The numbers were staggering, far exceeding market expectations, and the stock price cheered.
It was the very next day.
After the market closed, a public disclosure was filed. Several company executives had exercised their massive stock options and sold all of them on the open market.
Do you know what this means?
It means the ‘insiders,’ the people who know the company’s situation best, judged that “this is the peak” and lined their own pockets. And they did it the day after using the ‘record earnings’ news to lure in as many retail investors as possible.
They didn’t see us as ‘partners.’ We were nothing more than a ‘source of liquidity’ for their own massive profit-taking.
This is a clear ‘betrayal’ of the shareholders. The reason we invest long-term is because we believe in the company’s growth and want to share in the ‘fruits’ of that success. But if this is how they operate, K-Battery is disqualified as a partner for our capital.
I don’t invest for ‘loyalty’; I invest to make ‘money.’ Capitalism is cold.
2. Time to Break the ‘Local Currency Curse’ and Install the ‘Dollar Engine’
In a capitalist market, shouting for ‘patriotism’ or ‘loyalty’ is one of the most foolish things you can do. My capital must work for me. It must seek higher returns and a more ‘secure’ system.
That moment is now.
The United States still has the most powerful capital market in the world. At a time like this, there is no reason to hold onto an asset that is already up 120% and, even worse, deceives its shareholders.
Moving the money earned from K-Battery to US stocks right now is like ‘swapping the engine’ in a car.
Let me explain this simply.
I made a 120% profit on K-Battery. A $100,000 investment became $220,000 (my $100k principal + $120k profit).
Many people say, “The exchange rate is too high right now, I’m scared to buy US stocks.”
Wrong. We are not buying the exchange rate. We are buying ‘assets that make money in dollars.’
The $120,000 ‘profit’ we made from K-Battery becomes our ‘exchange rate risk shield’ for entering the US market. In the worst-case scenario, even if the exchange rate drops 20%, we are still buffered by the 120% profit cushion we already secured.
This is the process of ditching an unstable, small engine and installing a proven, large ‘Dollar Engine.’
These opportunities, where the domestic market surges and narrows the gap with the US market, don’t come often. We seized this opportunity and ‘executed’ the move.
3. What’s After AI? The Market That Will Define Your ‘Lifespan’ in 10 Years
So, what should we buy with this precious ‘swap capital’?
If the theme that led the market for the past few years was AI (Artificial Intelligence), what theme will dominate our lives in the next 10 or 20 years?
I am convinced it is ‘Healthcare’ and ‘Longevity.’
While everyone is shouting about AI and semiconductors, the truly rich are looking elsewhere. The Baby Boomers, the wealthiest generation in human history, are retiring. What is most important to them? A better car? A bigger house?
No. It is ‘a healthy life’ itself.
The change brought by humanity’s ‘desire’ to live longer, healthier lives will be far more fundamental and massive than the speed at which AI changes the world.
If you think the AI craze has already passed, you’re mistaken. The real revolution is just beginning in the ‘Biotech’ and ‘Healthcare’ markets that are built on a foundation of AI.
I have begun rebalancing my entire portfolio, moving the K-Battery funds into US Healthcare sector ETFs and global longevity-related companies.
Sure, K-Battery might go to 500%.
But I believe the upward potential of US stocks, especially in the ‘Healthcare’ theme that invests in humanity’s most fundamental desire, will be far more stable and powerful.
4. Your Money Doesn’t Want ‘Loyalty’; It Demands ‘Execution’
While many people were cheering for a 120% gain, we were coldly analyzing the management’s ‘betrayal’ and planning and executing our next step. Capitalism does not reward those who stand still or those who just pray, “I hope it goes up someday.”
It only grants economic freedom to those who face reality, find better opportunities, and restlessly ‘move’ their capital to more reliable systems.
We achieved a successful 120% return in the domestic stock market, and we used that profit as fuel to ‘execute’ the installation of a ‘Dollar Engine’ for the next 10 years.
What about your account? Are you perhaps hesitating to take the next step, maybe because of a ‘sense of betrayal’ or even ‘patriotism’?
Money doesn’t want loyalty. It only wants execution.
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