El Guapo: Would you say I have a plethora of pinatas? Jefe: A what? El Guapo: A *plethora*. Jefe: Oh yes, you have a plethora. El Guapo: Jefe, what is a plethora? Jefe: Why, El Guapo? El Guapo: Well, you told me I have a plethora. And I just would like to know if you […]
News you can use (or ignore, depending on the topic and application)
Let’s run through some headlines I was reading this morning and add some Revolution Investing commentary to each. One-month shutdown could cost stocks 30%: Barry Ritholtz – I love Barry and he’s an old friend of mine dating back to the time I met him when I walked off an investment panel in which Lenny Dykstra […]
You want the truth about the Twitter IPO?
In 2009, I met and then sat down and interviewed Twitter co-founder Biz Stone on my show, Happy Hour, on Fox Business. Twitter, at the time, was just a few hundred days old, but already had tens of millions of users. We spoke at length about the timeline that Twitter might end up coming public […]
Trade Alert – Ron Paul, Peter Schiff and a stock market bubble
Don’t forget this week’s Live Q&A Chat at 2pm EST at https://tradingwithcody.com/chat. I’m buying a second tranche of P January $24 puts today. Would like to buy one more tranche in the next week or so, but we’ll see what pitches cometh. I’m also covering about 1/10th of my SPY short exposure by covering a […]
Trade Alert – Revolution Investing headlines
I’m going to trim just about 1/10 of my ZNGA here this morning. The stock is straight up 30% plus in the last month and I’m just going to lock a part of the profits in. Tranche trading is key. Let’s continue our “quest for gestalt” with another round up of key headlines and some […]
Stand in the place where you live
If you are confused, check with the sun Carry a compass to help you along Your feet are going to be on the ground Your head is there to move you around So stand in the place where you live Now face north Think about direction Wonder why you haven’t before – REM, Stand (1989) […]
Trade Alert: Where we are in the App Revolution Stock Bubble
There will be more than a billion smartphones and tablets sold in 2013. It’s an app world and we’ve entered an App Revolution Stock Bubble, as I long ago said it would become (see How to invest in the coming app bubble Sept. 29, 2010 for example). You’ve either been on the app train or you’ve […]
Seeing through Wall Street’s anti-Apple backlash
I’ve tested and used as a primary phone several versions of Android and every version of iPhone over the last five years since what I was probably the first to call the “Smartphone Revolution” and then the “App Revolution”. I’ve spent thousands of dollars on apps and games to help me stay on top of […]
Bernanke Boy in the Plastic Bubble
Dr. Ernest Gunther: May we have the air conditioning ducts and heat vents closed, please. And no movement while the air settles down. Anybody down there planning on having an itch, please scratch it now. Not later, please. – The Boy in the Plastic Bubble (1976 TV Movie) No trades for me today. Here’s what I want […]
Who’s more scared right now?
FIRST, A CORRECTION – I bought the OCTOBER BBRY PUTS with strikes from $11-14. NOT THE SEPTEMBERS. SORRY for the confusion. One of the first lessons I learned on Wall Street was that the markets tend to make a fool out of the most number of participants as often as it can. That market is […]
Money Crash Your Portfolio with Cody
No trades for me today. Steady as she goes, really. We’ve been actively managing the portfolio and our positions within it as the markets, the economy, the Revolutions and the world do what they will. Such is the key to long-term financial security. Speaking of which, last week, I mentioned that I have started a […]
RevolutioNews Headlines and Analysis in the endless quest for gestalt
I’m going to use a round up of links about what are seemingly unconnected, but are actually very intertwined, events to help us further the gestalt we aimed for in last week’s headline round up. Claims Per Ounce of Deliverable Gold at the COMEX Rise to New High of 57.6 – It’s not as if the […]
Trade Alert – Analysis of Microsoft buying Nokia’s phone biz
Google’s rolling out Glass and Apple’s (hopefully) got some iWatch and other new form factors and tricks up their own sleeve and meanwhile Softee’s still trying to figure out how to sell more than 1 out of every 25 phones in the smartphone industry. MSFT’s down today on the news that it’s buying up most […]
Asking dumb questions
“You are probably saying to yourself ‘Hey, I’m a college graduate, I spent a lot of time in school. What does journalism have to offer me? What do I have to offer journalism? What is there to write about? What is there to write with? Should I use a pencil or a typewriter? What kind […]
Death May Be Your Santa Claus
How long ‘fore you realise what you missed How long ‘fore we we get out and may get pissed You get all the books from the corn exchange Really mad at this outrage How long how long ‘fore you realise that all’s strange I don’t care what the people may say I don’t give a […]
Trade Alert: Buying volatility and preparing for the next Black Swan
It’s starting to feel a little bit slippery out there in the stock markets. To the downside, that is. I am adding to my VIX calls, buying some December 14’s for about $1.30. Why? Well, take a look this one year Nasdaq chart. The markets can fall a long way, 10% or more, and still […]
The Cloud is dead; long live The Cloud
Don’t forget to join me for this week’s Live Q&A Chat at 2pm EST at https://tradingwithcody.com/chat. Did you hear that the NSA tracks, reads, listens and records nearly everything you do on “The Cloud”? Of course you did, thanks to Edward Snowden who’s opened the eyes of the world to just how massive the Republican/Democrat […]
Reading and investing for a global revolution
What a wild summer it’s been and we’re just 2/3 of the way through it. What a wild year it’s been and we’re just 60% through it. Did you know that the DJIA has had but only one 5% pull back so far this entire year. Complacency is high and fear is nigh. Be wary. […]
Trade Alert – Superbowl odds, earnings risk/reward and greatest NFL running back ever
I have a conundrum. I am a huge NFL fan, but as you know I can’t stand the idea of oligarchic team owners getting taxpayer assistance with their stadiums and their unbelievable not-for-profit(!) status which enables them to pay these ridiculous $20 million a year plus salaries for guys who play a game for a […]
Revolution Investor must-reads for the weekend
Let’s do a must-read weekend links fest. But, before we do, let’s think about this. You know what’s not news right now? The Euro debt crisis, which isn’t solved yet. The emergency subsidies and outsized profits based on profiteering and building imbalances in our nation’s economy, which isn’t being addressed at all and never will […]