How about some news headlines and analysis to get us on track for the dog days of July. Check out this chart showing Apple’s downtrend following the stock split – Chart of the Day comes from Micah Lamar showing $AAPL action from pre- and post- stock split. Fascinating picture of a classic “Sell-The-News” trading event. Why deflation is a blessing – I […]
Trade Alert: Trimming more TWTR and Cody Kiss & Tell Transcript
One housekeeping item: I’m trimming one-fourth of my remaining $TWTR call options, locking in more profits. Will likely trim all of them and be out of the trade if it gets near $44 or $45 or so. Onto the transcript from this week’s Live Q&A Chat. Join me live next week at 2pm EST at […]
Would rather be short than long GoPro after the IPO pop
What’s the goal of going public again? To raise money for the company to invest in its future. GoPro just blew it and at this point I’d rather be short than long GoPro as it goes vertical on its IPO here today. Let me explain why. First off, there’s the the Facebook IPO vs Twitter […]
Chat, gold, markets and BKS/Nook
Don’t forget to join me for this week’s Live Q&A Chat at 2pm EST at https://tradingwithcody.com/chat. A few notes: The recent strong momentum rally action has abated to something softer this week. Gold’s action makes you say Hmmm too. Careful out there, as it’s been a while since we had a panic in the stock […]
Updated analysis on some of our long-held positions
Investing isn’t supposed to be exciting. Remember that. Let’s just run through some updated analysis for some of the stocks in our portfolio. Lindsay – When you see those big circles of crops from the airplane window seat or when you see them on upclose spraying water over the crops as you drive cross-country, you’re […]
Three drone stocks stand out for now
Commercial and consumer drones are coming and they’re coming fast. For the last few months, I’ve been highlighting companies that will benefit from the many applications and markets that are about to be created as drones become mainsream over the next few years. Like it or not. See, the most obvious applications for drones are […]
Trade Alert: Selling half TWTR (And Cody Kiss & Tell Chat Transcript)
Quick trading note. I’m selling about half of my $TWTR call options — all of my June dated expiries — for a nice profit today. Here’s the transcript to this week’s Live Q&A Chat. Q. Cody, hi, what should we do with the JUNE $TWTR calls?? A. I’m going to sell all my June Twitter […]
Q&A Live Chat rescheduled for tomorrow
I’m on the road giving a talk to a bunch of hedge fund managers tonight about Drones/Wearables/Robotics and some of the ideas I’ve been giving you about the best way to try to profit on these unstoppable trends. I won’t be able to make today’s scheduled Live Q&A Chat at 2pm EST, so let’s reschedule […]
Trade Alert – Two new Drone/Robotics/Wearables stock picks
You DARE to come to me for a heart, do you? You clinking, clanking, clattering collection of caligenous junk! – Wizard of Oz I’m headed to speak a hedge fund conference hosted by the terrific value investor, Vitaly Katsenelson https://twitter.com/vitaliyk in Vail. I’m gonna give a talk about some of this very stuff. Drones, Robots and Wearables, […]
Trade Alert: Trimming several recent big winners
Today is the greatest day I’ve ever known Can’t live for tomorrow, tomorrow’s much too long I’ll burn my eyes out Before I get out – Smashing Pumpkins “Today” The broader stock markets have been hitting new all-time highs all year. Corporate profits and corporate profit margins have been hitting all-time highs for several years. Confidence […]
Must-reads and commentary
Markets are flat and so are most stocks on my screens today. I’ve added a few new longs and one new short in the last couple weeks and for now it’s back to steady-as-she-goes. Investing and trading isn’t always exciting (or fun, for that matter). Speaking of how investing and trading isn’t always exciting and […]
Cody Kiss & Tell: Pandora, Yelp, gold and forget the drones, it’s a Dog’s POV
Let’s rock n roll.Time for this week’s Live Q&A Chat, ask me anything. Q. Hi Cody. Any renewed interest in $P puts? A. Not yet on the $P puts, with the Beats deal and music “hot” right now, I don’t like the near-term risk/reward on the $P downside for now. Q. Cody any month and […]
Cody’s Latest Positions by weighting with ratings
Don’t forget this week’s Live Q&A Chat at 2pm EST at https://tradingwithcody.com/chat today. Here’s a list of my latest positions. I’ve broken the list into Longs and Shorts. And from there, I’ve broken down each list into refined categories in order from the largest positions within each category to the smallest. Finally, I give each […]
Trade Alert: Reading the writing on the wall at BKS
Nook is dead. BKS to follow. I told you I’d continue looking for the next opportunity and I think I’ve found one for us. I think we’ve been handed a terrific opportunity to short Barnes & Noble BKS. The stock has rallied big over the last few months and it’s back to above $20 where […]
The Wearables Revolution (and commentary on markets and Apple’s stock split)
Let’s talk markets before I jump into today’s article. You see headlines like this everywhere today. World stocks inch towards all-time high. When was the last time you talked to somebody, bull or bear, who was actually looking for a major pullback? Even the bears are bullish right now, no? Volatility is gone. Hardly a […]
Steal from the savers til their morale improves. Or, Why we have yet more bubbles ahead
It always helps to break down supposedly complex economic and financial concepts and policies to their most fundamental level. This morning, you’ve no likely already read or heard about how the European Central Bank has officially forced negative interest rates upon its citizenry. As the WSJ puts it this morning: ECB Enters Uncharted Territory on […]
Cody Kiss & Tell: Biotech, gold premiums, and a lot of stock talk
Howdy folks, let’s saddle up and go round ’em up. Q. Cody ~ As gold creeps down towards the $1,200 level I’m getting interested in making my first purchase of that shiny metal. As a rookie in metal investing, I was wondering what is a reasonable mark-up on the spot price to expect to pay? […]
Elad, FSLR, Wants/Hopes/Feelings and other notes
Don’t forget this week’s Live Q&A Chat at 2pm EST at TradingWithCody.com/Chat. As our estimable Elad Ryba, investor extraordinaire and TradingWithCody.com Chat Moderator put it this morning: “FSLR VERY strong almost 1 hr in VOL is powerful 3M shares vs avg daily vol 4.4M shares- First Solar FSLR +4.40% shares rose 3.2%. The solar panel maker […]
Be vigilant, be level-headed and keep your emotions in check
…Industrial wealth Global economy, in it for self Heart full of madness, covered with kind Pleasure designed to take over your mind Furnished in godliness, painted in good This tainted priesthood got real saints misunderstood While classes in government, set up the veil And cultivate minds for more mythical tales… – Lauren Hill, Check Your […]
The Wearable/Robot/Drone Revolution: Finding Secular Growth Investments
When you’re looking at long-term, revolutionary-type investments, you’re obviously trying to find markets and companies that are growing quickly with huge potential in front of them. There are two types of growth, secular and cyclical. Cyclical growth happens when a company and/or a market see upside along with the broader economic cycle. Energy companies, metals […]