Special to Quantum ComputingIt's often said the people who made money during the Gold Rush were pick makers and Lewis Jeans Co. In the digital world, leaders in computing power are at the forefront of the biotech, robotics and AI revolution that we have embarked on. Grab your seat... "mutability" is a powerful skill to have. Understanding the environment and adapting to the ever changing landscape has never been more important. Let's talk about those SPACs Never been a fan until just last week more as a co-research project I'm working on for security.
Let's focus on one that was announced last Feb 2022 and is heading to a Special Shareholder Vote tomorrow. "D-Wave Systems, a provider of quantum computing systems, software, and services, said Tuesday that it has agreed to merge with special purpose acquisition company DPCM Capital (XPOA) to become a publicly-traded entity."
There is a special shareholder meeting for holders of this SPAC to readjust to the changing times. That event will happen tomorrow August 2nd 2022. If you missed it, check with IR and SEC public filings at edgar.sec.gov As a US regulated company, it should all be there. D-Wave in Canada is currently private and apparently firing on all cylinders from informal observations.
Canada filings would be done within the appropriate Authority & Regulator for that Jurisdiction. Check with a financial advisor. I'm just an observer on a keyboard that likes to look at charts, keep my nose clean and study the markets to find possible gems in the muck of "stuff".
D-Wave Systems is a great candidate for a SPAC reverse-IPO thing. Let's hope the Regulators on both sides of the border work together to make sure all eyes are on this one.
Note: This was the last update with summary from Feb 2022:
Update: D-Wave to Go Public via Merger with SPAC DPCM Capital; DPCM Shares Rise
Feb 8, 202208:47
(Updates with stock move in the headline and last paragraph.)
D-Wave Systems, a provider of quantum computing systems, software, and services, said Tuesday that it has agreed to merge with special purpose acquisition company DPCM Capital (XPOA) to become a publicly-traded entity.
Upon closing of the deal, shares of D-Wave Quantum Inc., a newly formed parent company of D-Wave and DPCM Capital, will start trading on the NYSE under the symbol QBTS.
The transaction values D-Wave at an equity value of roughly $1.2 billion. D-Wave plans to use proceeds of $340 million to further accelerate its delivery of in-production quantum applications for blue-chip customers and to build on over 200 US patents that it has been granted.
After the closing of the deal, the combined entity will continue to operate from D-Wave's R&D and head office location in British Columbia, Canada.
The Analysis:
TA As of August 1st 2022. Tradingview TA www.tradingview.com (note: XPOA symbol to change to QBTS apparently?)
Summary: SELL 14,7,5 (watch last number increase as Yes vote gets confirmed, the current hypothesis)
Oscillators BUY 1,6,4 (mostly neutral at 6 but 4 should be increasing)
Moving Averages STRONG SELL 13,1,1 (MA-only based short sellers/algos/traders want to sell. This could be a formidable short squeeze potential in vote is large, or shorts could be predicting this is garbage).
Fundamentals
Everything depends on the vote tomorrow. Based on all information findable in Public (via SEC Edgars and other official sources). This is a Watch or Casino Bet pending vote. Tomorrow will confirm a Bullish Run or an abysmal US SPAC failure. Dog Food Fund Candidate "pre-IPO" "smelly SPAC" XPOA -> NYSE QBTS Quantum Computing "junior" that is a leader in its North American space. Place your bet, trade or investment .
Quantumcomputing
Quantum Computing is Coming. Is the Crypto Industry Ready?A lot of public and private interests are pouring a lot of money into quantum computing right now, and there have been significant breakthroughs in the technology in the last few years that has made it possible for people to start thinking about practical applications. Quantum computers are attempting to crack encryption algorithms such as Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm (ECDSA) that Bitcoin runs on - putting the entire ecosystem at risk if the emerging technology is successful in becoming commonplace.
A quick look at some of the emerging concepts coming out of research institutions and their potential effects on the crypto market as a whole.
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I think you buy IBM and hold it for a decadeIBM dipped after its earnings report Friday and now sits at an important support level. While I'd love for it to dip to $110 or even $100 so I could place a larger buy order there, I have my doubts that it will dip that far. Dips have been hard to come by in this bull market. And while IBM had a disappointing quarter, executives forecasted that it will be back on track to sustainable revenue growth by the end of the year.
For a technology stock, IBM is surprisingly inexpensive. I've currently got the stock's forward P/E at about 10.5, and forward P/S at about 1.4. Compare that to, say, Microsoft with a forward P/E over 30 and a forward P/S over 10. In addition to providing a good earnings yield, I forecast that IBM will yield 5.8% in dividends over the next year. Overall, I estimate that IBM has over 17% upside to its median price-to-value ratio of the last four years.
The reason IBM is so cheap is that its EBITDA per share has been in a long, slow slide for the last ten years. For the last four years, EBITDA has shrunk over 1% per year. Sales growth over the last four years was barely positive, with a growth rate of 0.01%. However, I'm not convinced that these are the most relevant numbers. EBITDA is not a very good measure of profitability, and in fact its current popularity in the investment world is a bit worrisome. A better metric is IBM's free cash flow, which has grown about 0.5% per year over the last four years. And its dividend has grown about 1% per year. So personally I think the company has already turned a corner to the upside in terms of profitability. Plus, IBM has unusually good ESG ratings and generally positive market sentiment, with put/call ratios looking quite bullish and average analyst price target 15% above the current price.
Most importantly, I think IBM has incredible potential as a technology leader. They've had more patents than any other company, by a wide margin, for 27 years running. They're averaging 82 patents per year per billion dollars of market cap, which means you're buying an incredible amount of cutting-edge technology for the price you pay. Of the companies I follow, the next best value in terms of patents-to-market-cap is HPE, with just 26 patents-per-year-per-billion. And IBM's patents are in potentially world-changing fields, like AI and quantum computing. This is by far the best value in the market for a Singularity technology play. And that, more than anything else, is why I think you buy IBM here and hold it for a decade.
IBM has crossed into the lower half of its ten-year triangle and has fairly good risk-reward within the triangle from here. Assuming it eventually breaks out of the triangle to the upside, I'd expect it to eventually recapture its 2012 highs over $200 per share.
