Stock Trading - Entry 54

Originally, I started my investing journey with actionable steps to start building wealth. Given where my stock market dives have taken me and that I have gotten over the hurdle actually getting myself to invest, I am changing tack. Dispelling investments myths are still at my core. While I am still not dispensing financial advice, what will follow are considerations I make in managing my portfolio as well as dispelling other investing myths as I come across them. Today, the topics are quantum computing and artificial intelligence (AI).

I did not start my side quest into this realm without first reading AI Snake Oil. That book was written by two highly proficient AI techies who are on a mission to help the rest of us distinguish between snake oil (BS) surrounding AI and what is entirely plausible even with technological advancements over the next two decades. What follows IS NOT a book review. It was simply one of my starting blocks.

A Stock I Like

A stock I have my eye on is Quantum Secure Encryption (QSE). While the price is low, I do not see the required indicators given how they talk about their services. While I don't expect them to use questionable technical approached mentioned in AI Snake Oil, a sizeable client company using QSE's stuff to make a splash on some market segment seems missing. Since that stock is trading above my tolerance (as of January 2026), it has only made it to my watchlist.

A Stock I Find Dubious

Be honest. Would 'anonymous' capture your attention when combined with 'intelligence' as words in a company name when searching for AI companies? Newsflash #26: The name of a company should not deter you from peeking under the hood or behind the curtain.

When I found Anonymous Intelligence Co. Inc. (ANON), I took a quick look at their product line. Their product list made me ask what do they really offer that highly commercialized solutions don't?? why don't I see ads for their stuff? Also, when I skipped over to their investor page, I found that the management narrative is based on an expectation of the stock price going from 20 cents to 50 cents within two years based on recent share offerings. Ok, nice words, but what are they backed up by? Apparently, they have bought a bunch of blockchain mining rigs. In other words, they are banking on blockchain tokens going up in value.

When I combine a lack of presence of their product line in places I expect to see them plus a move to bank on blockchain mining with no clear link between the two, that doesn't spell reliable and consistent messaging to me. I am curious as to their intent, but I will look elsewhere for investment opportunities.

A Stock I Liked enough to Buy

AI Snake Oil was one starting block in exploring this whole field and the other starting block was an attempt at a primer on all things quantum (this article is a tiny example). Suffice it to say, I found it difficult to wrap my brain around am an still struggling, although the core concepts of it are ones I have accepted. Again, there will be a lot of limits on quantum computing in the coming decade in terms of applying it to the real-world, but I do expect that field to grow in spite of technical challenges.

One ability offered by quantum computers - that operate VERY differently from conventional computers - is to crack regular software security measures with ease.

That has even prompted my own shrewd federal government to take it super-seriously. Ok, so...what is there in Canada? Right off the bat there is Quantum eMotion (QNC). I checked it out and in late autumn 2025, it seemed to find a new price floor just under $3. While hesitant that I had not fully explored that market segment by then, I bought a few shares and setup a notification for when to consider selling those shares. Sounds like a nice standard operating procedure, eh?

Well, a few days later, I received that very notification. The price had increased over 45%, so I freaking sold!

Should quantum theory have made me think differently? Newsflash #27: It is STUPID to think that I should have been able to predict a 45% gain and bet the house on it to become rich in a matter of days. With investing, the first move you have to make is mindset, which is about being open, being calculated, and not being greedy. I learned about greed in entry 10. I am learning what my calculations need to be. Finally, I have been constantly working on mindset (generally) for over a decade.

See, the price of QNC continued to go up and seems to have settled somewhere around the $5-mark.

I made what I made on that trade. There was no way for me to know the price would continue rising, so, I am happy with that trade and I will be with others when I sell at prices that work well for me. There is no reason for me to ride right up to the edge before selling every single time. I will likely be wrong in my calculations for attempting that and trying to correct for that is stress I can easily do without. But I could miss out on so much you say, well...

what is a pile of money to you when you are dead of a heart attack - and relatively early in life to boot?

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