Trade Alert – Forced to play the game (and a flip & a trim)

The cross currents in the markets and the economy and especially in the political world are swarming faster than ever. As always, it’s crucial to step back and get some perspective on what is dominating the headlines. Deciphering what matters from hype is one of the most important keys to staying in front of the [...]

Trade Alert – Relative Valuation Analysis (and buying more metals)

Don’t forget this week’s Live Q&A Chat at 2pm EST at http://TradingWithCody.com/chat. Be there or be square. Speaking of being square, I don’t think the action in the gold and silver markets is “squaring” with the reality of actual prices in the market place. There’s a serious and non-stop demand for physical gold and silver [...]

Trade Alert – Locking in more VIX gains, Ciena pops and Kansas is dry

As green as Kansas normally is, it’s shocking to see the yellow and brown fields throughout most of the west part of the state. The drought is bad here too, though not anything like it is in New Mexico right now. Water is the new oil. And water will someday be the new gold. Probably [...]

Trade Alert – Dorothy we aren’t in Kansas anymore

I’m traveling to Kansas with my parents today for their 50th high school reunion. Markets are cracking this morning. This is part of the playbook as we have been expecting. Juniper is the only green stock on my screen as the CEO confirms the uptick in carrier spending. I’m going to sell half of my [...]

Trade Alert – Social add and Bottom-up analysis on our long positions

First, the trade – I’m adding to Zynga and LNKD this morning, double the size of what was a very small position. It’s still just a small position. Remember that LNKD and ZNGA along with the larger position in Facebook is part of a basket of stocks I plan to own for a decade and [...]

Trade Alert – Social Decade Basket (and updated analysis on real estate)

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Trades first. I’m buying a little bit of FB, ZNGA and LNKD common stock this morning, as I’d mentioned I wanted to in yesterday’s chat session. I’m going to put the shares I buy in each of the three of them this morning in a “Do not touch for ten years” basket and let this [...]

Trade Alert – Here comes wearable computing (and VIX trim)

Budget ceiling! Panic, hurry, Greece is imploding. Oh man, the Fed’s gonna stop QE tomorrow, sell everything! Oh no, rates are finally rising and…wait, you mean, there’s no headlines panicking over the sharp rise in Treasury rates? The only thing you’ll find in the headlines about suddenly spiking rates is a debate of whether or [...]

Trade Alert – The best way to set up for higher rates

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I told you guys over and over that this ongoing stock market bubble could last longer and go higher than just about anybody thought possible. The stock market bubble we set up for four years ago when we launched Revolution Investing and I wrote the following are here. http://blogs.marketwatch.com/cody/2009/11/05/a-couple-ideas-on-how-to-trade-the-money-supply-bubble/ “And I do think we’ll see [...]

Trade Alert – Get your bucket out in the $80 trillion river

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The bubble continues to blow bigger. And with every new article you see in the mainstream media explaining to you why it’s so rational for the markets to go straight up for the past few weeks, months, or years, the closer we get to at least a short-term top. The more you see people acting [...]

Trade Alert – Locking in some gains (And Cody’s Latest Positions)

Good morning and welcome back to the airport, where the jets take off and land, but you always need a little bit of help on the ground. A couple trades this morning to mention. First Solar is up nearly 50% since we added it to the portfolio just a few weeks ago, and I’m going [...]