Buying replicel stock thread

[ccmethinning]

The symbol is REPCF or REPCF.OB depending on which site you use. I use scottrade. Its legit, simple, and cheap with with $7 commissions. Scottrade also has offices in most cities if you need help.

[BoSox]

Is it difficult buying stock? Do I need somebody or can I just sign up on etrade or whatever and just buy stocks? How often would you get paid if stocks go up? Basically I don't know shit about stocks, all I know is replicel is worth taking the risk and I have 1 grand I can throw in.

[ccmethinning]

Is it difficult buying stock? Do I need somebody or can I just sign up on etrade or whatever and just buy stocks? How often would you get paid if stocks go up? Basically I don't know shit about stocks, all I know is replicel is worth taking the risk and I have 1 grand I can throw in.

It is not difficult. It'll take about 10-15 minutes to sign up to a site like etrade or scottrade. Right now, and probably not in the future either, Replicel doesn't pay dividends, so you won't get any money unless you sell the stock. David Hall has been pretty straight forward in saying that they intend on selling to big pharma if their method works. So your sole profit will be in the form of capital gains on the stock you own. Replicel will get bought out by someone like Merck, and Merck will make something like $15 tender offer on your shares. You should agree to this tender offer and sell your shares to Merck for $15.

In this situation lets say you used scottrade and bought shares today with your $1000. You will pay a $7 commission to the broker to buy the shares, so you have $993 to buy 413 shares @ 2.40/share and will have $1.80 left over. Lets say Replicel works, and the board agrees to a tender offer (because the directors McElwee, Hall, Hoffmann, and some investor dude own a huge amount of the shares) to Merck at $15/share, and you agree to the tender offer, you will sell your 413 shares to Merck for $6195 (I'm not sure if you have to pay a commission when selling on a tender offer or not). So your capital gain on that sale would be $5202. If you sold within one year, you are liable to pay a 20% capital gains tax, or $1040.40, if you sold after holding your shares for more than a year, you are liable for a 15% capital gains tax, or $780.3.

[BoSox]

@ ccmethinning

Thanks for the reply, and information! If I were to invest in Replicel now, how soon would other companies seek to buy them? Is this after the treatment is released, or as soon as their data is released proving it works can I make the money?

Thanks again.

[ccmethinning]

@ ccmethinning

Thanks for the reply, and information! If I were to invest in Replicel now, how soon would other companies seek to buy them? Is this after the treatment is released, or as soon as their data is released proving it works can I make the money?

Thanks again.

If it is effective, I'm not sure at point a buyout comes at. But even if a buyout isn't imminent, and phase 1 results are very positive, you can still sell your shares on the open market.

[young]

You either become rich with a head full of hair, or poor and bald.

[clandestine]

Best to err on the side of caution I suppose. I'll probably put in a few hundred and see what comes of it.

[chrisis]

Can someone explain why people here are investing in this stock?

Also, what are you waiting for in terms of news that make you all rich? A trial of some sort?

[NotBelievingIt]

Can someone explain why people here are investing in this stock?

Also, what are you waiting for in terms of news that make you all rich? A trial of some sort?

There are three reasons people invest in baby biotech growth stocks:

1) They actually "understand" the product being developed and have high hopes and/or a strong belief for its success.
2) Pure speculation. Biotech growth stocks tend to have swings in value, but when very positive news is released they increase substantially in price.
3) They are trading those swings. For instance not too long REPCF was trading around $2 and about 1.5 weeks later it was trading at $2.60 - that 30% rise is pretty substantial.


What are we waiting for? Well, considering the context of the forum - we're in the #1 crowd.

[chrisis]

But what's so promising about this treatment, in a nutshell? Also, what's the timeline for finding out whether it's the real McCoy?

[BoSox]

But what's so promising about this treatment, in a nutshell? Also, what's the timeline for finding out whether it's the real McCoy?

just a cure for baldness, no biggie.

[chrisis]

just a cure for baldness, no biggie.

Not very helpful if I'm honest

I'm researching this but anyone who's prepared to answer the specific questions, I'd appreciate it.

I see now that end of March is the results of the current trials.

Looks promising.

[clandestine]

Not very helpful if I'm honest

I'm researching this but anyone who's prepared to answer the specific questions, I'd appreciate it.

I see now that end of March is the results of the current trials.

Looks promising.

You've got to check out the Replicel threads mate. Information regarding Replicel has been iterated again and again. There's one more besides this one I believe. End of march is when they will be releasing a statement regarding efficacy of their phase I trial.

[chrisis]

Also, does anyone know why the stock spiked at upper $20-$30 between 2004 and 2006 before plunging towards $1 for a few years?

Obviously we had the late 2000s stock market crash, but that wasn't until the end of 2007.

[chrisis]

You've got to check out the Replicel threads mate. Information regarding Replicel has been iterated again and again. There's one more besides this one I believe. End of march is when they will be releasing a statement regarding efficacy of their phase I trial.

Ok, I'm going over all of this stuff now. There goes my plans for a productive Friday

Still, I'd be very interested in finding out why the stock has had such a rollercoaster history over the last decade.