Lots of big moves in a lot of our stocks lately, though today we gave a little bit back to the trading gods. And with that, I’m going to call it a week, but I want to ask one thingof you dear subscribers, as our readership base is growing exponentially– please help us spread the […]
I’m pretty sure there hasn’t been a bigg…
I’m pretty sure there hasn’t been a bigger bull on the app/smartphone/tablet/cloud stocks than yours truly. I’ve literally jumped up and down on national TV with Whoopi Goldberg telling her to buy app stocks. And when I quit my TV job and started getting back into investing, I went through and categorized the entire App […]
A few months ago I wrote an article call…
A few months ago I wrote an article called “49 app stocks that should go up huge and one that won’t” and the whole article was about how I thought Research-in-Motion was doomed despite being so seemingly well-positioned to benefit from the fastest growing sector in the history of business — the app/smartphone/tablet/cloud revolution. The […]
We are probably now more than halfway th…
We are probably now more than halfway through with the earnings season, though next week will bring another barrage and there are a few laggard reporting schedules after that too. Here’s the earnings dates for all our positions: aapl – Already Reported on Apr 20th adtn – Already Reported on Apr 13th cien – June […]
It’s a flattish open, but the story of t…
It’s a flattish open, but the story of the day is the 15% drop, the crushing of RIMM. I’ve kept us out of RIMM and even had it as a short position in the Revolution Investing model portfolio last year before I started trading again where we rode it down from over $100 to some […]
From 2005 to 2007 and for the first year…
From 2005 to 2007 and for the first year of my show on Fox from late 2007 into 2008, I used to say one thing about real estate as an asset class whenever it came up, “There’s never been a better time to sell real estate than right now.” I used to write a weekly […]
I bought some Visteon Corp common stock …
I bought some Visteon Corp common stock because it’s a new purchase, but that’s about it for today.
More on the Cloud Revolution that we are…
More on the Cloud Revolution that we are investing in from yours truly: I’ve long touted the App Revolution as being the single biggest market in the history of the planet and even published a book called 50 Stocks for the App Revolution. In the four months since I published that book, the stocks in […]
Live Nation, one of our shorts, got an u…
Live Nation, one of our shorts, got an upgrade today: Live Nation upgraded by Stifel Nicolaus Briefing.com(Thu 8:02AM EDT) The stock is up nearly 3% this morning. Remember when Riverbed was down 5% one day and I said we needed to let it “settle” first. We subsequently picked up Riverbed calls 10% lower than that […]
The DJIA is hitting multi-year highs…y…
The DJIA is hitting multi-year highs…yes, despite all the bears out there explaining why the markets can’t go up any more, the markets just keep climbing. Remember when we talked about how we should set ourselves up into earnings season (see below for example) and I wrote “But even in the shorter-term, as we head […]
One of my mentors used to tell me, “Resp…
One of my mentors used to tell me, “Respect the streak.” And by that, he meant that whenever your stocks are moving with you and your portfolio is humming and it seems like most days you come in and the stocks go the right direction no matter what you do — well, respect that streak. […]
It’s true that people actually trade off…
It’s true that people actually trade off these types of headlines. But we don’t have to, and therein lies much of our advantage — we can and do ignore the noise: Bernanke lowers growth forecast Fed lifts 2011 inflation view Fed hikes forecast for inflation and cuts economic-growth view, though central-bank board members and presidents […]
Steady betty market this morning, and ot…
Steady betty market this morning, and other than Corning putting on another rally there’s little movement in our portfolio this morning. Amazon is up 4% after what could have been considered a “worse than expected’ report, and that “tells” us once again something about what to expect in the action in the stocks that we […]
Another huge day for the portfolio, with…
Another huge day for the portfolio, with lots of stocks up decently and our Corning and Cisco positions are adding some oomph to the P&L (profit and loss of the portfolio’s daily action) today. I’m looking to continue nibbling on a lot of the positions, using just common stock for now, trying to build them […]
“In fact, we don’t think it is sustainab…
“In fact, we don’t think it is sustainable. And, if we see the S&P 500 move through the next level of resistance with some volume, we will add to our beta positions.” I swear I just heard a real money manager just say that on CNBC. I suppose we could live our lives playing that […]
Here’s my longs, in order of notional we…
Here’s my longs, in order of notional weighting: Corning Nuance Cisco Riverbed Celestica Cypress Microsoft Ciena Nokia Google DBA Apple Adtran Shorts: LPS Cablevision XLF Live Nation
I’m going to start buying some Visteon C…
I’m going to start buying some Visteon Corp as my next purchase. Here’s why: It’s a brand new long, in an entirely new sector to help diversify us away from technology a little bit. The auto sector, including all its vendors and suppliers, restructured both operationally and financially in recent years, and capacity and competition […]
There’s little action in our stocks toda…
There’s little action in our stocks today and that’s probably a rather bullish way for these stocks to trade, at least for the very near-term. After putting on 5-10% moves from their recent lows, most of our stocks are now consolidating at these levels. Technicians/technical traders will call that building a base. I call it […]
Here’s some new news on LPS: The noose i…
Here’s some new news on LPS: The noose is tightening around Lender Processing Services. Last week, various news outlets revealed that Federal banking regulators had issued consent orders against major servicers, MERS, and LPS. Kate Berry of American Banker pointed out that LPS is exposed to making payments to servicers: In addition to the 14 biggest mortgage […]
Stocks are looking to open flat, and we …
Stocks are looking to open flat, and we might actually have a first day in a very long time without a huge move in any our stocks. But that’s because it’s Monday and there aren’t any major earnings reports until this evening and then our earnings catalyst will really kick in again starting tomorrow. We’re […]