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Stocks for Dummies
An English explainer series. One ticker per entry, six fixed sections, and a hard line between what is provable from sources and what is just narrative circulating on X. Educational content, not financial advice.
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Sources separated from narrative
AbCellera Biologics Inc.
Nasdaq · Biotech / Antibody Discovery Platform
AbCellera runs an antibody-discovery engine, it uses its platform to find and optimize therapeutic antibodies, earning milestones and royalties from drug-developer partners while building its own programs.
Absci Corp
Nasdaq · Biotech / AI Drug Discovery
Absci uses generative AI plus lab automation to design therapeutic antibodies from scratch, aiming to create drug candidates faster than traditional discovery and to partner them out or advance its own.
WhiteFiber, Inc.
Nasdaq · AI Infrastructure / Neocloud (HPC data centers + GPU cloud)
WhiteFiber builds and operates high-performance-computing data centers and rents GPU cloud compute, selling the infrastructure that AI training and inference run on rather than AI models themselves.
Sivers Semiconductors AB
Nasdaq Stockholm · Semiconductors — mmWave Wireless + Photonics
Sivers Semiconductors designs specialized chips in two areas — millimetre-wave wireless for 5G/6G and compound-semiconductor lasers (photonics) for optical communication and sensing — selling components to systems makers rather than finished devices.
LPKF Laser & Electronics SE
Xetra / Frankfurt (Prime Standard) · Laser systems / Advanced semiconductor packaging (glass structuring)
LPKF builds laser-based systems for industry, and its LIDE process structures glass with high precision — a capability the semiconductor industry is eyeing for next-generation glass-core substrates used in advanced chip packaging.
FUELCELL ENERGY INC
Nasdaq · Data Center Power
FuelCell Energy makes stationary fuel cell systems that generate electricity through a chemical reaction rather than burning fuel.
MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC
Nasdaq · Memory & Semiconductors
Micron sells memory and storage products, including DRAM and NAND.
Sandisk Corp
Nasdaq · Memory & Semiconductors
Sandisk sells products to computer manufacturers, OEMs, cloud service providers, resellers, distributors and retailers worldwide.
AST SpaceMobile, Inc.
Nasdaq · Satellite & Space
AST SpaceMobile is building satellites that act like cell towers in space, so an ordinary smartphone can connect directly to them where there is no ground coverage.
Applied Optoelectronics, Inc.
Nasdaq · Photonics & Optical
Applied Optoelectronics makes the optical transceivers and laser components that turn data into light to move it through data centers, cable-TV networks and telecom links.
Lumentum Holdings Inc.
Nasdaq · Photonics & Optical
Lumentum makes lasers and optical parts that help move data as light inside AI data centers, telecom networks and industrial machines.
COHERENT CORP.
NYSE · Photonics & Optical
Coherent makes optical parts, lasers and transceivers that help AI data centers and communications networks move huge amounts of data as light.
Rocket Lab Corp
Nasdaq · Satellite & Space
Rocket Lab is a space company: it launches satellites into space on its own rockets (its Launch Services segment) and builds spacecraft and satellite components for other operators (its Space Systems segment).
Ouster, Inc.
Nasdaq · Humanoid Robotics
Ouster, Inc. sells lidar sensors and related products and completed the StereoLabs acquisition in early 2026.
Vishay Precision Group, Inc.
NYSE · Humanoid Robotics
Vishay Precision Group, Inc. designs and manufactures precision measurement and sensing technologies including sensors, weighing solutions, and measurement systems.
Penguin Solutions, Inc.
Nasdaq · AI Infrastructure
Penguin Solutions, Inc. develops and sells advanced computing products, integrated memory solutions, and optimized LED products.
Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd
Nasdaq · AI Infrastructure
Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd is a Cayman Islands company whose ordinary shares trade on Nasdaq under the symbol CRDO.
Merlin, Inc.
Nasdaq · Defense
Merlin, Inc. develops autonomous flight technology for defense and commercial applications.
Bloom Energy Corp
NYSE · Data Center Power
Bloom Energy Corporation designs, manufactures, and sells solid oxide fuel cell systems that generate electricity on-site for commercial and industrial customers.
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Narrative vs Filings
Separate the story circulating on X from what the company actually filed.
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Pipeline is not Backlog
An opportunity pipeline is not signed revenue. Conversion is the whole game.
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Platform vs Single-Asset
One product is one coin-flip. A platform is many shots from the same engine.
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What a 10-K actually tells you
Four numbers tell you most of the story before the narrative starts.
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