Markets flattish to down again today. Not sure we’re headed for an immediate correction, but the upside does seem a bit exhausted for the near-term at least. Drug stocks getting hit on Trump talking about pricing. Pandora getting smashed again today, as has been the case lately. I think it’s headed lower still. Same with […]
Cody Kiss & Tell: Apple vs Samsung, Facebook TV and more
Here is the transcript to this week’s Live Q&A Chat. Visit the Trading With Cody Chat room on the Trading With Cody iPhone app,, the Trading WithCody Android app or in the Chat Room. If you have any questions about our service, just email us at support@tradingwithcody.com. Q. I think $AAPL‘s ER supports your thesis that the-y’re incrementally taking market share from Samsung. Great forward thinking on your […]
Snapchat IPO vs Google’s IPO vs Facebook’s IPO
Snapchat is likely to come public in the next few months. I’ll have to wait to get some insights from their filings to go public about their model and strategies, growth rates, etc before I can really analyze Snapchat. I will let you guys know every bit of analysis I do on Snapchat as it comes […]
Un-Trade Alert: Facebook
“Played bridge in Ruidoso today, 8 ladies, all except me are mid 70’s up! Conversation got around to keeping up with your kids, one lady said….that’s why I use Facebook, it’s very easy for me to see what my kids, grandchildren, and great grands are doing. The other lady said… Oh, Facebook is way too […]
Notes on the markets, AI, Facebook’s dominance, the Panama Papers and more
US stock markets get hit today, in part because the Yen is spiking against the dollar while investors in US-based multi-national corporations want a weak dollar. I could just see the Yen breaking thru to new highs and taking out the resistance levels…and then topping. All that said, I don’t trade currencies. I do own $SNE […]
Cody Kiss & Tell: TradingWithCody Twitter, Synaptics, Facebook, Fitbit, Palo Alto Networks, and much more. August 19th, 2015.
Q: What is your latest feeling on $SYNA & $TWTR? A: $SYNA‘s very cheap. SYNA’s on track to grow revenue 20% this year and 10% or more next year, earning nearly $7 per share this year and nearly $8 per share next year. With $12 per share net cash on the balance sheet, that makes their enterprise […]
Trade Alert: Adding to Synaptics PLUS analysis on Sony and Facebook
I heard you on the wireless back in Fifty Two Lying awake intent at tuning in on you If I was young it didn’t stop you coming through They took the credit for your second symphony Rewritten by machine and new technology and now I understand the problems you can see I met your children […]
Twitter, Facebook, Scutify and the future of social networking
“You hear the sound, you wait around and get the word, You see the picture changing everything…” Neil Young – Change Your Mind I’ve built up my Twitter position to about half where I want it to be, so I’ll probably do a little more scaling in next week to round it up a bit more. But […]
Apple splits and Facebook rocks
How To Split An Apple With Your Bare Hands The Proper Way Detailed instruction and close up video of the proper way to split an apple with your bare hands In Cody’s Latest Positions, I went through each of the current long positions in the portfolio and gave them a current rating on a scale from […]
Facebook vs. Twitter: A look back and a look ahead
Back when I used to host my TV show on Fox Business, I used to admonish Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg for not bringing his company public early enough so that the retail investors of the world could ride Facebook’s early stages of growth to riches for the broader public. When Microsoft invested $240 million into Facebook […]
Facebook, Twitter, Apple, Google: See me in ten years
Don’t forget this week’s Live Q&A Chat at 2pm EST today at https://tradingwithcody.com/chat. Also, if you have a blog, are on Facebook or Twitter or otherwise have somewhere to link to Scutify.com, I’d sure appreciate it. It will help with viral marketing and with search-engine-optimization. Thanks in advance. The markets have reversed today and I’m […]
Facebook, Twitter and the markets: Hit or miss, win or lose
Like I said in this week’s Live Q&A Chat — Feet to fire, I’d be looking for a temporarily range bound market here for a few days maybe, and then maybe a headfake of a 1-2% up day in the markets and then after that we’ll have another down whoosh of 3-5% or so and […]
Facebook and Twitter are not identical twins
Julius Benedict: My name is Julius and I am your twin brother. Vincent Benedict: Oh, obviously! The moment I sat down I thought I was looking into a mirror. – Twins 1988 Want to know why I have been so bullish and long Facebook since it first collapsed after coming public and why I’ve never […]
Trade Alert – The single most impressive number from Facebook’s report
Hate to say I told ya so, but remember when I was the “only idiot buying $FB” (Cody Willard: Why I’m the Idiot Buying Facebook) back when it was below $20 a share? I do. I remember all that displaced hate and anger (Bring on the Facebook hate). In fact, made a steak dinner bet with the best value investor I […]
Trade Alert – Remember my outrageous Facebook price target?
I’m buying a little bit of XONE call options, dated out into November, with strikes around $45. Very risky, but just a small tranche of trying to add some additional exposure to this part of the 3-D printing basket while it’s down in a straight line. I am also going to add a last small […]
Trade Alert – Facebook rocks, so you know what to do now
And where do we go from here? Which is the way that’s clear? Still looking for that blue jean baby queen, Hey, kid, rock ‘n’ roll, rock on – Rock on, David Essex (1973) Wow, what a move we’ve had in the markets, in our portfolios and in Facebook lately huh? First things first, I […]
Cody Kiss & Tell: Bankruptcy Trading, Facebook Reassurance and Apple Stagnation
Here is the transcript to this week’s Live Q&A chat. Join me next Wednesday at 2pm EST at https://tradingwithcody.com/chat or send me an email with your question at support@tradingwithcody.com. Howdy folks let’s ride. Ask me anything. Q. You are always speaking of targets for your stocks and a strong market into later 2014 or early […]
TradingWithCody Chief Guide Elad Ryba on why Facebook will dominate and Twitter will just do ok
Social media is the future. No doubt about that. People have loved to communicate for as long as man has been on this planet. Telephone lines into homes were a revolution, everyone wanted to talk to one another from a distance. The stock of RCA radio went from 50 to 400 just so they can […]
Cody Kiss & Tell: Confiscating Gold, Analyzing Bitcoin and Facebook’s Future
Here is the transcript to this week’s Live Q&A chat. Join me next Wednesday at 2pm EST at https://tradingwithcody.com/chat or send me an email with your question at support@tradingwithcody.com. Howdy folks. Ask me anything. Q. Cody, I have a question about your investments in gold coins. Do you completely rule out a history-repeating-itself scenario of […]
Trade Alert – Playbook on Facebook and Latest Positions
I think FB is ready to run to $40. I bought a little more common stock today before they report earnings and unless the report is a total disaster, I’ll buy more on any weakness after the report. Here’s a list of my latest positions in approximate order from largest to smallest. I give each […]