Out of public companies only, in everything related to advanced materials (nanotech, solar, etc.), my gig was to pick something related to alternative energy. They needed to buy and hold for 3 years. After a few months of analysis, I picked AMSC, which produces superconductive wire and products that incorporate it. They were not profitable yet. Very few analysts covered them, possibly because understanding superconductivity does require some fairly specific knowledge. The ROI was around 190%. This was from 2006-2009.
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