Morton: Horton, the kangaroo has sent Vlad! Horton: Vlad? Vlad, Vlad… I know two Vlads. There’s the bad Vlad… And then there’s bunny Vlad, the one that makes cookies! Morton: …Yeah, Horton, she’s sending you a bunny with cookies. I think it’s safe to say it’s the bad Vlad. Horton: Yeah, good call. — Horton […]
Today’s links: Horses, banks and presidents
Here’s what I was reading and thinking about today when I wasn’t dreaming about getting a horse. I need a horse. Terrible Optics Watch: Obama to Accept Dem Nomination at Bank of America Stadium– It’s a good thing Obama and the democrats have been leading the charge on prosecuting fraud, robosigning, front-running, insider-trading and balance […]
Updates on FFIV and a look at EK’s BK
All rightie, folks, we’re off the races again this morning and the horses are running tight. FFIV, our latest purchase, is up $10 this morning off of a very strong earnings report last night. I was a little disappointed that hardware revenues weren’t stronger, but the service side of the revenue was on fire and […]
Trading updates
Good morning and welcome back to the forest where you don’t wanna miss it for the trees. Then again, you do wanna miss trees when you’re skiing. Anyway, it’s a pretty big day for us with earnings from Google and FFIV and PNC all reporting earnings. PNC, one of our recent shorts, is down 4% […]
Focus on secular growth: Despite the Europe crisis, this tech stock has legs
Have you ever had those recurring dreams where you go to sleep and you can just feel that your mind is going to show you the same images again? The world is stuck in the euroTwilightZone, constantly replaying the cycle of relief/elation/anxiety/reality check in regards to every European country. When you have a major economy […]
Today’s Revolution Investing links: Let the crash come and other must-reads
No changes to the portfolio this morning. I’ll have more thoughts and updates in a bit. But in the meantime, here’s what I was reading and thinking about when I wasn’t trying to get my mind to get my body to get over this chest cold that hit me yesterday. Your best home remedy suggestion […]
What the markets are missing about Europe’s crisis right now
Well it got pretty scary for the overinvested longs early this morning. The mainstream media is focused on the S&P downgrades of France and other Euro-zone countries but the real story is that the Greek bond “negotiations” on a “haircut” have broken down once again. The dudes in power over there are trying to put […]
Two new buys this morning
I am nibbling on some FFIV and STX this morning. Here’s the analysis behind STX. You got the FFIV analysis on Tuesday. Just buying a little common on FFIV to get started and buying some March STX calls with strike prices right around the current quote. I’ve been reading Robert Marcin’s cut-throat analysis since I […]
Quick update and see you at the chat chat at 2pm
Goog, VIX and the Nasdaq up fractionally to start the day. Calm before a storm or peace before a rally or are we about to stabilize? I’m leaning increasingly towards expecting a break out rally next, but I’m not changing any positioning yet. Don’t forget we have a chat at 2pm EST at TradingWithCody.com/chat.
New tech stock pick for tomorrow
The first week of trading in 2012 has come and gone, and we’re all still here. A couple good things happened in Europe, a couple bad things happened in Europe, a central banker profited from his policy decisions, and no one has any idea what’s going to happen with the Euro but they’re pretty sure […]
Trade Updates
It’s a rally day and the markets are trying to kick out of their recent range by breaking to the upside it seems. For now. And that’s got the VIX down today. For now. Meanwhile, Google’s down fractionally after having started the day with a pop. Technically speaking, if this stock fades further as the […]
I bought VIX calls, not puts
Well, I have to apologize for confusing you further when I tried to clarify. I wrote in the most recent post: We’re not going to be in these VIX options for more than a few weeks at most, so I expect the ETFs to track the VIX rather well in that time frame anyway in […]
Clarification and latest positions
Just a quick note of clarification for you guys regarding option trading the VIX. Some brokers don’t offer options on the VIX so you have to use the VIX-based ETFs like VXX or VXZ in that case. We’re not going to be in these VIX options for more than a few weeks at most, so […]
Two trades for this market
The weekend’s gone, just like that. And so is the new year and the holiday season. Just like that. And now the collective breath that had been held into new year, as I’d been looking for, is about to be let out. First, let’s hit on the markets. I think we’re about to break out […]
Updates on two stocks
Happy Friday! Markets are mixed which means we’re still at the levels we were at in 1998, 2002, 2008, 2010 and 2011. Apple’s up today and it’s up a lot over that same time period though, see what I mean about why we need to focus on finding the best longs and worst shorts to […]
Doing the driving ourselves
Early going and the indices are back where we were to start the year. I could be referring to either 2011 or 2012 of course in this 1 year S&P chart: Or I could be referring to the fact that the markets are still flat from where they were in the summer of 2010 or […]
As 2012 starts, who’s more scared?
Over the last few months, I’ve asked you guys several times to answer the following question — and every single time, the results of the poll have indicated the next moves of the market: Who’s more scared right now, bulls or bears? For more than a decade, I’ve asked this question of readers and it’s […]
Banks are still bad: Trillions of reasons to remain short these bank names
Welcome back friends, trust you all survived the holidays (read: relatives) and are looking forward to a prosperous 2012; another year of making money while the Chicken Littles scream about falling skies and failing currencies. At some point volatility will simmer down — but probably not for the time being. If 2011 was the year […]
Today’s links: Iowa, IO, waa!
Here’s what I was reading and thinking about when I wasn’t trying to get my hands warmed up in the chilly NM mountain air this morning. On Insurance Stock Indexes – Merkel’s thinking about starting an insurance-only hedge fund and the reason I like the idea is because that is a sector that he has more […]
New year action
Good morning and happy new year. I hope you all had a great break. The markets are screaming to kick off the new year, up 2% here in the early going. FIO’s continuing its wild ways, up 10% on the day. And Google’s kicking in again, making my Google calls rise even faster. Apple’s trying […]