Do you remember back in January 2019 when Tim Cook wrote this letter in which Apple warned that sales had collapsed? The headlines and analysis you read most places read this way: "A shock revenue warning from Apple has stoked fresh fears about trade tensions and spending in the world's second largest economy. But analysts say the cut to its sales forecast reflects … [Read more...] about Trade Alert: Sell Something You Bought During The Crash To The Casino Crowd Tomorrow
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A Vaccine Stock Strategy, The Future Of College, Bitcoin Better Than Gold, Etc
Here's the transcript from this week's Live Q&A including a couple trade alerts. Q. Cody, with the significant pull back in tech, should we start nibbling? I never nibble on a Friday on the way down but maybe start next week? Or let AAPL, et al report first? Thanks. A. Well, let me put it this way -- with the big pullback in many tech names and other highflyers, I'm … [Read more...] about A Vaccine Stock Strategy, The Future Of College, Bitcoin Better Than Gold, Etc
Trade Alert: Investing In The New Republic Note
I’ve mentioned in the past that I’m on the Advisory Board at Republic, a leading crowdfunding platform (check them out at republic.co). I’ve linked to their site several times in the past and have found some interesting startups that might be worth throwing a tiny bit of investment capital at, but I’ve not pulled the trigger because I wanted to spread some of the risk out … [Read more...] about Trade Alert: Investing In The New Republic Note
Trade Alert: A Pop Goes The Weasel Market
This song plays on several of my littlest daughter's toys and it gets stuck in my head sometimes. Today, it was stuck in my head because I think it's a good analogy for what's happening to the retail investors stock market right now: "All around the mulberry bush The monkey chased the weasel The monkey thought 'twas all in fun Pop! goes the weasel A penny for a spool of … [Read more...] about Trade Alert: A Pop Goes The Weasel Market
Trade Alert: What Could Go Wrong with a Relentless Rally, Daytraders Everywhere, Momo’s Highfiving?
The relentless rally rollicks right on. Many of our stocks actually at or near new all-time highs. Meanwhile, the markets overbought, with small caps and penny stocks going vertical. Meanwhile, there are more retail investors jumping into the stock market pool than ever before. A few weeks ago in a Live Q&A Chat, we talked how millions of people around the United States who … [Read more...] about Trade Alert: What Could Go Wrong with a Relentless Rally, Daytraders Everywhere, Momo’s Highfiving?
Market Analysis: Why Small Cap Stocks Have Sucked
I started this write-up yesterday around 1pm ET. Then I got pulled into other projects and didn't get back to writing on this analysis until about 1pm ET today, 24 hours later. And I guess we're back to a wildly volatile market as the small cap stocks, which are a large part of today's topic, are down nearly 10% in the 6.5 trading hours since I started writing about … [Read more...] about Market Analysis: Why Small Cap Stocks Have Sucked
Latest Positions: The Cloud Revolution Stocks
Here is a Part 2 of 5 of the list my latest personal portfolio positions and most of the hedge fund positions with updated commentary and ratings for each position, including a couple Trade Alerts. Well, that was another rather amazing day at the markets, with Tesla and Virgin Galactic leading the way higher. I am getting increasingly cautious but not outright bearish. … [Read more...] about Latest Positions: The Cloud Revolution Stocks
Latest Positions Part 1: TSLA, UBER, FB, TWTR, SNAP
Here is a Part 1 of 5 of the list my latest personal portfolio positions and most of the hedge fund positions with updated commentary and ratings for each position, including a couple Trade Alerts. It's amazing how quickly the prices of individual stocks are changing. If I'd written this part of the Latest Positions update three weeks when we were buying stocks near their … [Read more...] about Latest Positions Part 1: TSLA, UBER, FB, TWTR, SNAP
Deep Thoughts About The Coronavirus Economic and Market Ramifications
I'm going to riff on a bunch of related deep thoughts and than summarize them all up at the end with strategy and trading ideas. (Let's do a Google talk tomorrow (Friday) at noon for this week's Live Q&A Chat at 12pm ET. We're going to jump on the video conferencing train and use Google Hangout Meetings. You can join the video chat at … [Read more...] about Deep Thoughts About The Coronavirus Economic and Market Ramifications
The Difference Between Down And Up (And I’m Trimming This Spike As Planned)
Up, no, now down! Wait, up and up more. Wait down, it's a crash. It's another crash. Wait, it's a big rally! Can you tell the difference between the up and down days? Well, today brings us just exactly the kind of insane bounce of 10-30% in some of our names into which I told you I'd trim these positions when I sent out the Trade Alert that I was buying them...just … [Read more...] about The Difference Between Down And Up (And I’m Trimming This Spike As Planned)