Here’s a list of my positions, in approximate order from largest to smallest, though the variations between relative sizes are decreasing as time wears on and I get these longer positions built up. We’ll have some shorter-term and newer name trades in coming weeks to complement these longer-term positions. Longs – GLW Nuance Riverbed […]
Here’s a list of my positions, in approx…
Here’s a list of my positions, in approximate order from largest notional size, to smallest: Longs – Corning Nuance Riverbed Cisco Cypress Celestica Ciena Microsoft Apple Google Adtran DBA Visteon Nokia Shorts – GLD SLV LPS LYV XLF CVC
Silver has dislocated itself to the down…
Silver has dislocated itself to the downside again today, losing almost 5% this morning and making our SLV puts pop. Gold down. It sure seems to me that silver and not gold is the driver of the direction of the precious metals everyday. Nice gains in the portfolio again this morning and I’ve not pulled […]
I did not trade today, but we had a nic…
I did not trade today, but we had a nice pop in the portfolio despite the (as expected) moves in Silver and Gold going against us today. Corning was up more than 3% itself and as that and Nuance are two of our largest positions, we made out pretty green on the day. More on […]
Email from a subscriber: –First of all,…
Email from a subscriber: –First of all, CY, and now NUAN have many times over paid for my subscription, with every other trade above water, except RVBD. Could you post a brief response to the following question” If one has suggested to a friend to sign on, or has not bought any particular stock either […]
Here’s my positions, in general order fr…
Here’s my positions, in general order from largest notional position to smallest, though they all are about where I want them to be right now: Longs – Corning Cisco Nuance Celestica Cypress Riverbed Ciena Apple Microsoft DBA Visteon Google Nokia Adtran Shorts – GLD SLV LPS XLF LYV
Shorting gold and silver today. But firs…
Shorting gold and silver today. But first — one of our loyal subscribers writes me: “If we are long term, is today not a day to buy a little more across the board?” The answer depends on you and what you’re trying to do with your own portfolio. My mission here is to show you […]
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 […]
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 […]
Flattish open as we crawl into earnings …
Flattish open as we crawl into earnings season starting next week when the fireworks should really start. The biggest question, as usual, is what fundamentals are priced into these markets? We see Corning this morning getting hit at the open for a couple percent and it’s now almost back to the levels it was before […]
It’s a flattish open as we remain cataly…
It’s a flattish open as we remain catalyst-less until we fully enter earnings season in the next couple weeks. Here’s a list of my longs and shorts so far: Longs- Apple Ciena Celestica Cisco Cypress DBA Corning Google Microsoft Nokia Nuance Riverbed Shorts – Lender Processing Services XLF I’m going to look to start building […]
So far today, I have bought more Nuance,…
So far today, I have bought more Nuance, Cisco and Corning calls. These positions are getting closer, at least half as large as what I’d consider a full position for my personal account. In other words, if I were expecting to expose say, $100,000 total, to Cisco, I should have more than $50k exposed to […]
I bought some Nuance and that’s about it…
I bought some Nuance and that’s about it into the close. Is the week already over?! It’s important for investors and traders to acknowledge the broader macro-economic cycle and how it can affect your portfolio. And more to the point, with government helping fund most of the biggest corporations and the financial sector that […]
I’m following almost the exact same play…
I’m following almost the exact same playbook I’ve been outlining for the last year. Despite the pullback they were already in, and despite the heart-wrenching tragedies and worrisome radiation threats from Japan, the broader stock markets have hung in there, down only 5-10%. Meanwhile, many of my favorite “app revolution” stocks, some of which were […]
Nice intraday rally continues as the emo…
Nice intraday rally continues as the emotions and worries over Japan’s disaster today start to fade and traders look to position themselves into the weekend. The shorts have had a huge week, and are feeling great about double digit gains in many of their most-hated positions. And that propels them to cover some of those […]
I got some of my early morning purchasin…
I got some of my early morning purchasing done here when the market was at its (so far) worst of the day. I outlined the following playbook for my Revolution Investing newsletter subscribers back on February 8: “Here’s what my experience and analysis says on how the near-term market action will play out: “After all […]
Whoa nellie, it’s ugly out there this mo…
Whoa nellie, it’s ugly out there this morning, eh? I’ve been being very patient and steady and while I will continue to steady-pace, I am likely to double how much capital today than I have most of the other days this week. That is, I’m likely to try to put 10-20% of what I expect […]
Well, I was up at 5am here in NM time, t…
Well, I was up at 5am here in NM time, talking about cattle trading, inflation, the fallacy of a difference between the Republican and Democrat policies despite each of their respective claims of being otherwise, and…the opportunity in buying long-dated, Cisco calls. The stock is trading at about 7x next year’s earnings, when you account […]