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Nano Goes to Wall Street

By Carl Wherrett and John Yelovich March 16, 2004

If we needed a reminder that "nano" is slowly approaching the radars of mainstream investors, then First Trust Portfolios has provided it with the launch of a nanotechnology mutual fund (ticker: FTNATX).  This is the first commercial opportunity for those investors looking to dip their toes into the exquisitely small world of nanotechnology.

Punk Ziegel of New York could reasonably claim to have been the very first firm to put together a grouping of commercial nano companies, but that appears to be available only to its private banking clients. (If you are one of its clients, you can say, "Hey... my banker's a Punk!") But First Trust's nanotechnology portfolio can be bought by anyone with a minimum investment of $1,000 and an initial offer price of $10. Considering this is an unmanaged fund, the fees are steep with an initial sales charge of 1.05% with a limit running at a maximum of 4.95%.

There are 25 companies included in the fund with an interesting mix: 40% are small-cap growth stocks, and another 28% are large-cap growth stocks. These include General Electric (NYSE: GE), ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM), Dow Chemical (NYSE: DOW), and Dupont (NYSE: DD). Yes, folks, these are nanotechnology companies.
However, any nanotechnology they may develop over the period of time this fund is in existence will not impact the share prices of these behemoths in any meaningful way.

Among the small firms, we find a nano-materials company, Nanophase Technologies (NYSE: NANX); a nano-biotechnology company, Skyepharma (Nasdaq: SKYE); a nano-tool maker, Veeco Instruments (Nasdaq: VECO); and Headwaters Incorporated (Nasdaq: HDWR).

Bellwether Report, Initiates Coverage on VDWB, BIPH , and SVSE
TORONTO - MARKET WIRE - 10/08/04
The Bellwether Report believes that investors should pay close attention to Video Without Boundaries (OTC BB: VDWB), Biophan Technologies (OTC BB: BIPH), and Silver Star Energy (OTC BB: SVSE).

Video Without Boundaries, Inc. (OTC BB: VDWB), a pioneer in the emerging broadband media device market, has been invited by PC Magazine to demonstrate their products at the PC Magazine Digital Village at the DigitalLife Show. The DigitalLife Show is being held at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City October 14 - 17, 2004. Video Without Boundaries' groundbreaking technology will be on display throughout the event.

BWR will be keeping track of VDWB over the next 2 weeks to see how the markets and company react to these developments, and to see if the company can continue the upward momentum they've seen in the past two weeks.

The Bellwether Report will also be following developments with Biophan Technologies (OTC BB: BIPH), a developer of next-generation biomedical technology. The company has already traded their average volume and is up 4%, BWR feels that perhaps this is carry over from Wednesday's quarterly report announcement or that perhaps this could be the lead up to a corporate development.

...ich schreibe seit geraumer zeit gegen die psivida-euphorie
meine alternative? arrowhead research - bei denen gibt es auch einige patente.

siehe artikel:
Die Zukunft gebündelt

Von Anja Weingran

Arrowhead (deutsch "Pfeilspitze") Research trägt seinen Namen zu Recht: Ob es um die Neugründung einer Tochtergesellschaft oder die Beteiligung an aussichtsreichen Start-Ups geht - Arrowhead handelt schnell und zielsicher; vorausgesetzt, die jeweilige Technologie überzeugt, es existiert ein Prototyp sowie eine weitgehende Absicherung durch Patente. Laut einer Studie verfügt das Unternehmen mit 180 US- und internationalen Patenten über das weltweit am besten diversifizierte Patentportfolio im Nanotechnologie-Sektor. Zudem unterstützt man verschiedene Forschungsprogramme auf universitärer Ebene finanziell - im Gegenzug erhält Arrowhead die Vermarktungsrechte.

Finanzierung gesichert

Im Vergleich zu den für die einzelnen Projekte errechneten Marktvolumen (siehe Tabelle) ist das Unternehmen mit einer aktuellen Börsenbewertung von 54,8 Millionen Dollar unglaublich günstig zu haben. Bis 2008 muss Arrowhead für seine einzelnen Projekte jedoch rund 28 Millionen Dollar aufwenden, aktuell verfügt man über einen Cash-Bestand von 8,55 Millionen Dollar (Stand 30. September 2004). Eine Kapitalerhöhung dürfte daher unumgänglich sein. Arrowhead könnte aber auch ausstehende Optionsscheine einlösen, was dem Unternehmen rund 21 Millionen Dollar einbringen würde.