As we gear up for the first trading week in 2021, right before huge potential catalysts like the Georgia Runoff election, Tesla and Neo reporting delivery numbers and of course Bitcoin going on a complete care rallying above 30 000 for the first time. Well, with all of this in the forefront, many are coming from far and many are coming from wide. They are all coming back here with just one simple question. And that question is What? What? Charlie are the top three stocks for this week? Well, in this video, we're going to be talking about the top three stocks for this week.

But first, we must talk about what happened last week. Well, in last week's top three stocks video, we talked about Baba Baba Goshipa. Baba Baba got beat down like a rabid dog due to regulatory concerns. I made the case back then that it was undervalued and I'm still making that case, but since then baba bounced back to 245 before cooling off a bit.

In my opinion, this is still an obvious buy. I think it's going to be a rocky road to recovery, but I see a recovery. Next we spoke about Osmt and how it has an Fda approval decision coming up and how it likes to react massively to said approvals. We talked about playing pre-anticipatory runs, but not holding through the catalyst.

People always say why Charlie? do you stress not holding through catalysts and this is why folks ran up massively before the catalyst in anticipation, but then got beat down. So my take is that you can't control the risk of any catalyst, so why hold through it instead play the pre-anticipatory run in the post-reaction run. Most of the time, the pre-anticipatory run is worth all the profit is anyways. But anyways, before we go into this week's picks, I do want to go ahead and remind you that we trade like spoiled Brats on this channel.

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Don't forget coupon code holiday75. Okay, so the first top stock this week is none other than Neo. I know we don't talk about Neo too often on this channel, so I'm sorry if this is coming as a surprise and I actually made a whole video talking about Neo yesterday, because quite frankly, so much is going on with this stock that it deserves its own video, and I recommend watching it before this week and certainly before Neo day on the 9th. But anyways, in that video, I stressed two different important risk factors for Nia.

and in the last 24 hours since I posted that video, Eo has already coincidentally addressed both of them before the week even started. In yesterday's video, I speculated that Neo would need to hit or exceed 6654 deliveries to meet Neo and investors expectations. And actually it came out this morning that Neo delivered 7007 vehicles, which beats my estimate for what they need and also beats Neo's own internal estimates from last quarter. And so that's certainly a bullish factor heading into this week.

and that's certainly something we like to see. And we also talked yesterday about the threat of pricing war with with Tesla lowering their price for the Model Y and how that's threatening to Neo. Well, Neo actually partially addressed that as well with the launching of their Neo-certified program. This is essentially a used car service network that will allow Neo to offer even more competitive rates.

To get yourself into a Neo vehicle, Neo will offer purchasers of this new car, extended warranties, a free power home charger, and of course the battery as a service program that gets these folks looped into Neo's subscription service. Now, of course, this move makes Neo more competitive with Tesla, but the entrance into the used car market also highlights. One of the big advantages that Neo has. this is going back to the battery as a service model.

One of the cons of buying a used electric car is that you're getting a car with reduced battery capacity because batteries get worse as they age. And in terms of Tesla and many other Ev car companies, it costs an arm, a leg, and a tow in order to upgrade the battery. But when it comes to Neo, they operate on a battery as a service model, so it's easy to upgrade your battery. And obviously, this has many, many advantages to it all across Neo's business model.

but it's also going to be highlighted in terms of the used car market. It's ever so important to have an affordable way to upgrade a battery for people who are buying a used car because people who are buying used electric cars, they probably don't have the money or don't want to spend as much to buy the brand new ones. and they probably don't want to spend that much to upgrade the battery either. I also think that this Neo certification program is going to be very, very good for Neo's resale value.

Going to build a lot of trust in the brand if Neo is willing to offer extended warranties and stand behind even their older used vehicles. That says a lot about the quality that Neo is producing, and as you may recall, my price target on Neo if Neo continues to hit and exceed its goal post is around a hundred dollars to 110 by mid 2021, and the recent delivery news, the upcoming Neo Day, and now the announcement that Neo is willing to take aggressive action to compete in this pricing war. Well, all of those things suggest that my price target is getting clearer and clearer. But anyways, if you want to see my complete breakdown of Neo and Neodym what you need to know, I'll go ahead and put the link below to my Neo Day video.

Okay, so the next stock that we're going to be talking about is Mara. Now, unless you've been living under a rock, you are aware that Bitcoin and the crypto market have been on fire. And for folks looking to get in on this rally via the stock market, there are a few options. The one that we'll be highlighting today is the crypto mining side of cryptocurrency.

And of course, that's in the context of Mara. And honestly, I've been a bit shy of talking about any Bitcoin mining stocks in the past, and that's mostly because these mining companies have a lot of overhead. It's expensive to mine crypto, and thus these companies often have a hard time being profitable. and it's really only a business model that makes sense if the currency is going up and up and up.

And of course, cryptos can have very long periods of just slowing down of growth. But I've developed a little bit on this issue because of the recent crypto boom. Combining the crypto boom with the fact that there's only really a few publicly traded major companies that do mining, I see a lot of opportunity. Someone actually ran a poll in our free Ziptrader circle Facebook group about what people looking to invest in Bitcoin should buy, and the biggest answers were: Riot, straight up Bitcoin, Mara, and Gbtc.

Now, although Maura wasn't the top choice amongst our group, I actually like Maura quite a lot. Unlike Riot, Mara is trading at a discount from all-time highs, and Mara in terms of valuation is about half that of Riots. And yes, Mara is behind Riot, but it does have the advantage of having a potentially higher growth rate at an earlier stage in the company. Tomorrow right now is betting huge on itself, and as a result, it will have a huge payoff in terms of upside and growth rates if crypto continues going up this year.

Now again, I do see Mara as an underdog to Riot, but this is part of the reason that I like it. Combination of Mora being in an earlier stage than riot and also having some upside even to get back to its own all-time highs combined with the fact that they're betting massively on themselves, Mara has a lot of potential to be a faster growing stock than Ryan. But if you consider what Mara can accomplish, if Crypto continues going up this year, I think Morrow has a really, really good opportunity. Now, Would I just blindly buy and invest in a mining stock? Probably not.

I personally see these as great opportunities when crypto booms, but these are not stocks that I'd want to get stuck with long term. Again, I don't love the business of crypto mining, but I see a lot of short-term strength in this, as long as the cryptocurrency rally continues. If you see value in crypto long-term I consider looking at the direct currency instead of buying subsidiaries. Also, I do want to take a moment to invite all of you to our free zip trader Circle Facebook group.

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so just go ahead and click the link in the description below if you'd like to sign up. Okay, Lee. Now in my opinion, Lee is trading way way too cheap. This is one of the competitors to Neo, but unlike Neo, it doesn't have quite the same cult following and it hasn't held up as well.

But in my opinion, it's really, really underrated. I think this is a lot of potential. There's no doubt in my mind that this one is cheap. It's even trading below the average Analyst monkey price Target.

It has almost 25 percent of Upside to get back to the average analyst price targeted just under 36 dollars. Which is really saying something because usually analysts hate Eevee stocks, They see an Ev stock and they're like, uh, but the interesting thing is, Lee just reported a delivery blowout and that's closing off a great year. with deliveries increasing 530 percent year over year and 31.9 month over month, and Lee has a strong infrastructure as well. At the end of 2020, it had 52 retail stores covering 41 cities and 114 servicing centers, and Lee authorized body and paint shops operating in 83 cities.

And there's indication that Lee is only getting started and because of this cheap share price, I'm very excited given the fact that Lee ended the year on a high note. and given the fact that the Ev market is totally on fire right now leading up to Neoday, I see this as a great week for Lee. Even if this was trading at like 40 right now, I'd be looking at this and saying okay With these catalysts of good deliveries and with the overall context of this market. I'm very, very bullish on Lee.

But look at where Lee's trading. It's trading way down here, so certainly keep your eyes on this one folks. Also, quick Bonus: I talked a little bit about this yesterday, but Expev x Peng trading very very low as well. Similar situation to Lee where it closed off the year on a very high note and it's also trading very cheaply.

This is also another one that could run up in association with Neo and Lee and the overall bullishness in the sector, so keep this on your watch list as well. This is our bonus stock pick for the week. as always, remember that any stock presented in these videos are just battlefields and dirty battlefields. I could sit here and talk about tons of different battlefields, but it's ultimately up to you to go into battle.

So make sure that your swords are sharpened, make sure that you go in with a clear strategy and plan of attack, and make sure that you're intentional If you're just to go into a random battle and didn't know anything about the battlefield. Well, obviously you get you know, so make sure that you have a complete understanding of that before you partake on any of these stocks. Okay folks, well if you have any questions, feel free to reach out to us in the comment section below or join us on the lovely Zip Trader Circle Facebook group. If you'd like to learn how to trade, would like access to our private chat and of course our daily morning briefings.

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Anyways, folks, have a great day and I'll see you in the next video.