Before we jump in, and more on this below: I'm taking most of the rest of the profits on these call options that we bought a few weeks ago when the markets were near those recent lows that seem so far away now... Now, onto the column. It's very important to have a baseline outlook for the economy and the markets. Part of that is thinking through the various major … [Read more...] about A Framework For Successful Revolution Investing And Avoiding Black Swans
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Trade Alert: A Naturally Healthy US Economy
By numbers. By mirrors. By water.By dots made at random on paper. By salt. By dice.By meal. By mice.By dough of cakes.By sacrificial fire. By fountains. By fishes.Writing in ashes.Birds. Herbs.Smoke from the altar. A suspended ring or the mode of laughingPebbles drawn from a heapOne of these thingsWill tell you something. Let's tell the future Here are some markets, … [Read more...] about Trade Alert: A Naturally Healthy US Economy
Trade Alert: Putting Some Money To Work On The Long Side
This is the kind of ugliness that a bear market can bring. It's U-G-L-Y, you ain't got no alibi ugly out there, people getting panicky.It's what I was warning about over and over last year and during the good times. Remember when everybody in chat was always like, "Cody, this is so much fun buying stocks and making tons of money every day!" And I was always like, "Please … [Read more...] about Trade Alert: Putting Some Money To Work On The Long Side
Trade Alert: Avoiding The Frauds, Finding The Opportunities
It's sad to think about all the hundreds of billions of dollars that have been torched as Wall Street met what seemed like endless demand for new issues with a bunch of not-so-good companies. Whenever I scroll through any lists of small- to mid-cap stocks, I'm amazed at how many of them are so bad. The prospects are questionable, they're burning through cash, sometimes … [Read more...] about Trade Alert: Avoiding The Frauds, Finding The Opportunities
Trade Alert: Taking Some Profits (And Some FTX Analysis)
A few housekeeping items. First, next time I feel compelled to apologize for my stock picking, remind me to load up on everything we own. The markets, and most all of our picks, exploded upwards after I sent out that recent note that included buying cloud stocks in the midst of it all. The Trade Alert we sent out the next day was full of big winners too. As you might expect, … [Read more...] about Trade Alert: Taking Some Profits (And Some FTX Analysis)
I Apologize For The Poor Performance (And Trade Alert: Cloud Stocks)
I'm sorry that my stocks have picks have been so bad lately. I haven't been able to find many, if any, good Revolutionary investments lately. We've been living through a crash in tech stocks that rivals what we saw after the dot com bubble popped. While I've been extremely defensive and cautious for a long time that is no excuse for having picked any names that tanked after we … [Read more...] about I Apologize For The Poor Performance (And Trade Alert: Cloud Stocks)
Trade Alert: Officially Out Of TWTR, Thoughts On Meta
I'd mentioned before that I "expect that Elon will end up buying the shares I've owned in my personal account from me." Well, today's basically that day. I've sold TWTR out of my personal account, locking in long-term gains from our original purchase at $14. If you'd like to hear more about my thoughts on the future of Twitter under Elon, you can listen to this interview I did … [Read more...] about Trade Alert: Officially Out Of TWTR, Thoughts On Meta
Trade Alert: Trimming Some Exposure Into This Rally As The Volatility Continues
It's that time in this bear market when I once again remind any of you that if you were losing sleep or in pain at the lows [checks calendar] four days ago that now is a good time to do some trimming. And if you have some stragglers in the portfolio that are down big and are probably not coming back anytime soon, you might consider selling it here as it's probably bounced big … [Read more...] about Trade Alert: Trimming Some Exposure Into This Rally As The Volatility Continues
Trade Alert: Cleaning Up The Portfolio As Rates Continue To Rise
A few housekeeping items to start here. I've been scaling out of IBB, XBI and JD, taking gains on all of them, the prior two being short-term gains and the JD position being one we have owned for years. I still think biotech might be a pretty good sector to be in for the next year or two, but I want to clean up the portfolio and reduce the number of positions again, for … [Read more...] about Trade Alert: Cleaning Up The Portfolio As Rates Continue To Rise
Where I’d Buy More Of Each Of Our Stocks
Sure feels like a lot of pent up emotions from both bulls and bears right now. Who do you think is more scared right now, the bulls or the bears? You can post your answer on the twitter poll I just posted by clicking here. Here's where I'd buy more of most of our stocks: NAME SYMBOL PRICE I'D BUY MORE AT RECENT PRICE % AWAY Apple Computer - … [Read more...] about Where I’d Buy More Of Each Of Our Stocks