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Dennis da Silva Albemarle Corp ALB-N BUY Mar 04, 2024

The energy transition from fossil to renewable takes time. That's the reality. There's plenty of lithium in the world, but how quickly can we get it to market? The market was surprised by how quickly brine mining in Chile. Also, people aren't buying EV's as quickly as the market expected. Lithium is close to the bottom, so the risk/reward looks good.

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BUY ON WEAKNESS

Lithium is notoriously volatile and has been down because Wall Street has fallen out of love with EVs. But this remains a major growth area. Recently they reported a strong quarter and hugely raised their full-year forecast. He believes in lithium and EVs long term. Sell into strength and buy on weakness, like now.

BUY

They'll move 1.9 million metric tons (of lithium) this year, and 3.7 by 2030. It bounced off $185 and is a great entry point here.

SELL

There's lithium everywhere. It's going to be an opportunity for EVs. But if you look at the price of a giant like ALB, the shares have come down, and that's just gravity taking hold of high valuations. If you need to sell, sell. Restructuring restricted share trading earlier this week.

RISKY

Lithium exposure good for investors. Speculative investment given nature of commodities. Don't get over exposed. Balance in portfolio. 

BUY ON WEAKNESS

Lithium prices have plunged. She will add to her position but not until lithium stabilizes. Commodity weakness is already built into the lithium stocks.

DON'T BUY

Not bullish. Lithium sector tough. 

DON'T BUY

Very tough business to predict. Collapse of share price very hard to understand. Capital intensive industry with risky bets. Lithium excitement got ahead of the market. However, in fact, there is lots of Lithium in North America. Unless company is low cost producer, not a good investment. 

DON'T BUY

The EVs market isn't ready yet; there aren't enough charging stations.

BUY

Lithium prices are -55% the past year. This is about China, which has the worst GDP throughput to earnings; GDP doesn't enhance earnings. However, commodity prices do. China amounts to 60% of all EV sales. If economic stimulus continues there, it will put a floor under lithium prices.