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 random email I got today about …
Here’s a random email I got today about an article full of what have turned out to be some very profitable predictions and principles for investors that I wrote a few years ago. It’s remarkable how many emails I get from random people about articles I’ve written, three or five or even ten years ago. […]
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 […]
Let’s analyze the price Microsoft paid f…
Let’s analyze the price Microsoft paid for Skype, the reason why Microsoft bought Skype and how we should trade our Microsoft now. First off, let’s talk price. $8.5 billion is a lot of money and as a Softee shareholder, I do wish they’d only paid the $7 billion plus as was originally reported by the […]
Instead of Microsoft common, I’ve ended …
Instead of Microsoft common, I’ve ended up buying Microsoft call options, mostly with the $25 strike price, that will expire in January 2013. It always shocks me how cheap the premium for call options in Softee can be when the stock flatlines for a few months as it has been of late. I’m writing a […]
A gentle rally to start the day in the b…
A gentle rally to start the day in the broader stock markets and in the precious metals too. And our portfolio’s up gently this morning too. Let’s be gentle traders today, shall we? Meaning, let’s not force anything but let’s dig in and look for some opportunities to trade without feeling pressure that we have […]
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
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 […]
Celestica also reported some very strong…
Celestica also reported some very strong fundamental numbers this morning. This stock is one of the cheapest stocks I can find — even after today’s pop, it’s cheaper because the fundamentals are going up even faster than the stock price. Here’s the scoop on the numbers today, from Briefing again: InPlay: Celestica beats by $0.02, […]
Japan’s dumping thousands of tons of hig…
Japan’s dumping thousands of tons of highly radioactive waste into our oceans, China raises rates and bank reserve requirements, our own Republican/Democrat Regime continues to find trillions in new forms of corporate and banker welfare as they cut trillions in social services for the elderly and poor, the banks in the PIIGS (Portugal, Ireland, Italy, […]
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 […]
Social butterfly. Social security. Soc…
Social butterfly. Social security. Social drinking. Social smoker. Social sciences. Social distortion. Let’s talk social for a minute because it’s one of the key drivers in all things related to tech, media, and advertising. First off, let’s touch on this Wedbush report I got in my inbox today that says we’ve entered a brand new […]
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 […]
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 […]
Thar’ she blows! And another day is in t…
Thar’ she blows! And another day is in the books once again. It’s a bit painful paying 1x or even worse, 2x, more than these stocks were at when I first added them to the Revolution Investing portfolio, but that is yet another reason why I’m starting off so steadily in my approach and tactical […]
I’m starting to scale into those aforeme…
I’m starting to scale into those aforementioned MSFT calls and I’ve settled on the Jan 2013 $25 strikes for less than four bucks (about $3.75 right now). Look at another way, I’ve now got 100 shares of upside leverage in every $375 I spend on each of these MSFT calls I buy. As long as […]