This Obscure Stock Has Outperformed Tech And EV Giants
This Obscure Stock Has Outperformed Tech And EV Giants
Vertex Energy Inc (NASDAQ:VTNR) has an average trading volume of over 2 million, so it is no slouch of a stock in terms of interest.
Vertex 能源公司 纳斯达克股票代码：VTNR）的平均交易量超过200万，因此就利息而言，它绝非易事。
Vertex engages in recycling industrial waste streams and off-specification commercial chemical products. The firm focuses on recycling used motor oil and other petroleum by-products.
Vertex 从事回收工业废水和不合规格的商用化学品。该公司专注于回收废机油和其他石油副产品。
Since the start of the year, the stock's performance has been pretty remarkable compared to some tech giants, motor and EV stocks that dominate media channels.
自今年年初以来，与一些主导媒体渠道的科技巨头、汽车和电动汽车股票相比，该股的表现非常出色。
Vertex has increased by 100%. Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) has decreased by 20%.
顶点增加了 100%。 微软公司 纳斯达克股票代码：MSFT）下跌了20％。
Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) has decreased by 15%.
苹果公司 纳斯达克股票代码：AAPL）下跌了15％。
Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) has decreased by 25%.
特斯拉公司 纳斯达克股票代码：TSLA）下跌了25％。
Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) has decreased by 18%.
Amazon.com, Inc. 纳斯达克股票代码：AMZN）下跌了18％。
NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) has decreased by 38%.
英伟达公司纳斯达克股票代码：NVDA）下跌了38％。
Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) has decreased by 32%.
福特汽车公司 （纽约证券交易所代码：F）下跌了32％。
Nio Inc (NYSE:NIO) has decreased by 43%.
Nio Inc （纽约证券交易所代码：NIO）下跌了43％。
General Motors Company (NYSE:GM) has decreased by 38%.
通用汽车公司 （纽约证券交易所代码：GM）下跌了38％。
XPeng Inc (NASDAQ:XPENG) has decreased by 53%.
xPeng Inc 纳斯达克股票代码：XPENG）下跌了53％。
However, if we take a closer look at Vertex, how good is the stock's performance?
但是，如果我们仔细看看 Vertex，该股的表现如何？
Below, I have the monthly time frame.
下面，我有每月的时间框架。
VTNR
VTNR
This price data goes back to its IPO price of $3,000 in 1992. It surged to its all-time high of $7,125 in 1993. The price plummeted to below $20 by 1997 and has barely recovered since. There have been moments where the price sparked to life, such as in 2000 when the price peaked at $480 and in 2004 at $114.
该价格数据可以追溯到其1992年3,000美元的IPO价格。它在1993年飙升至7,125美元的历史新高。到1997年，价格暴跌至20美元以下，此后几乎没有回升。有时候价格会重获新生，例如在2000年价格达到480美元的峰值和2004年的114美元。
It does not take much evaluation to see that this is a stock that has a poor history of performance, leaving investors frustrated.
不需要太多的评估就能看出这是一只表现不佳的股票，这让投资者感到沮丧。
Let's compare the monthly time frame of Vertex to Microsoft, which paints a very different picture of what a good stock looks like.
让我们把Vertex的每月时间范围与微软进行比较，后者描绘了一只好股票的样子，截然不同。
MSFT
MSFT
Despite the 20% decline since the start of this year, which is likely to be nothing more than a pullback/correction before the next surge higher, the price of Microsoft has seen a 10,000% increase in price since Vertex's IPO.
尽管自今年年初以来下跌了20％，这可能只是在下一次飙升之前的回调/修正，但自Vertex首次公开募股以来，微软的价格已经上涨了10,000％。
Now, if you like the Warren Buffett approach and are looking for undervalued stocks that have huge upside potential, this may be one of them, but the stock's history shows the odds are very much against you.
现在，如果你喜欢 沃伦·巴菲特 接近并正在寻找具有巨大上行潜力的被低估的股票，这可能是其中之一，但该股的历史表明，对你不利的可能性很大。
You may be holding this for a very long time before the price starts returning a profit. Who has the time?
在价格开始获利之前，您可能会持有很长时间。谁有时间？
Stocks that have a history of trending well and are creating new all-time highs have a much higher chance of returning a profit in a far more reasonable time frame of 12 to 24 months.
历史上一直走势良好并正在创造历史新高的股票在更为合理的12至24个月的时间范围内获利的可能性要高得多。
The moral of the story is: don't get caught up in short-term price swings. Instead, look for stocks that have a proven history of performance.
这个故事的寓意是：不要被短期的价格波动所困扰。取而代之的是，寻找表现久经考验的股票。
Trend following trumps undervalued stocks for the busy everyday person managing their portfolio from home and seeking consistent returns on their hard-earned money.
对于忙于在家管理投资组合并从辛苦赚来的钱中寻求持续回报的普通人来说，趋势追踪胜过了被低估的股票。