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Meme-stock fever spreads to more companies on ASX
Tom RichardsonMarkets reporter and commentator
Aug 16, 2021 – 3.21pm
The meme-stock fever gripping US sharemarkets has reached the ASX as retail traders swarm towards popular companies on social media, message boards and budget trading apps

Hi CYU291.
II note this is your first post on HC and note you're a holder.
HHave you been in AXE for long?
II don't have any of that social media and would be interested to know if Archer is indeed trending much on these platforms.
AAnyone else aware of Reddit etc. hype?

Certainly an unflattering article isn't it.

Originally posted by cyu291: ↑

The meme-stock fever gripping US sharemarkets has reached the ASX as retail traders swarm towards popular companies on social media, message boards and budget trading apps.
The young investors who are part of this new wave prefer to conduct research on Reddit, Facebook, TikTok and Twitter, and speculate on stocks they expect to rise, without any reference to fundamentals.
The result is befuddled valuations across the market where online forums and social trading determine valuations far more than estimates of future cash flows.
The meme-stock asset class’ new frontrunner is South Australian minerals explorer turned deep-tech quantum computing hopeful Archer Materials. It climbed 21 per cent on Monday to a record $2.88 on a valuation of $655 million.
Under its chairman and significant shareholder Greg English, Archer has sold its mineral tenements to focus on developing a quantum computer chip capable of working in mobile devices at room temperature, but for now, has no product, with the potential technology in development.
Over the 12 months to June 30, Archer posted an operating cash loss of $2.3 million on zero sales. Staff costs for the year totalled $1.78 million with administration costs of $750,000.

The chairman’s salary from July 1, 2020, of $370,000 accounted for about 14 per cent of the company’s total annual cash expenses. The chairman and chief executive’s salary of $251,850 combined equalled 24 per cent of total expenditure over the year.
In other words, the tech company boasting a $655 million market value has only a handful of staff, no product, and spent just $2.6 million in operating expenses last year.
Frenetic rally
Its shares are up more than five-fold from 51¢ in August 2020 and up 26-fold from 11¢ in August 2019. The frenetic rally follows a string of positive announcements around the quantum computing chip’s development – there have been three announcements since August 10 reporting that the technology has been granted patents in South Korea, China, and the US.
One of just three directors, Alice McCleary resigned on July 29 and was listed on June 17 as owning 3.87 million shares after acquiring an additional 1.17 million via options.
A request for comment from Ms McCleary or Mr English received no response from the company. Nor was there any reply to queries on the number of full-time staff Archer currently had working for it.
It has just two board members in Mr English and Kenneth Williams, who joined less than a year ago.
The group’s crazy $655 million valuation may be a standout, but it’s not unique as meme-stock valuations mushroom across the sharemarket thanks to their popularity on meme-infused message forums such as Hotcopper.

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