It's just flat out ugly out there in the stock markets today, with higher-beta tech leading to the downside. (Higher-beta means that the stocks are more volatile on most days than the broader stock market indices). I've been steadily putting money to work today, as I'd noted I would earlier. I've purchased Celestica and Nuance and shorted LPS. I might do another round of … [Read more...] about It’s just flat out ugly out there in the…
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It’s a very ugly open this morning…bec…
It's a very ugly open this morning...because of new concerns that Spain and Italy are to join Ireland and Greece as problem children of the EU...again. Each and every time we've seen the markets get hit badly here in the US over some concerns about some smaller countries in Europe who are going to bail out their bankers and cut social services to kick the can further down … [Read more...] about It’s a very ugly open this morning…bec…
Here’s a list of my positions, in approx…
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 … [Read more...] about Here’s a list of my positions, in approx…
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 … [Read more...] about Here’s a list of my positions, in approx…
It’s an ugly day in the markets and our …
It's an ugly day in the markets and our portfolio's red too. I just bought some Celestica common stock on its weakness today following its recent weakness in days of late. It's still one of the cheapest and least-covered tech stocks in the world. … [Read more...] about It’s an ugly day in the markets and our …
What one stock taketh away, another give…
What one stock taketh away, another giveth. (Flip it.) The hits we're taking in Cisco and Celestica are being countered by the profits in Riverbed and Silver. Most of the rest of the portfolio is hardly budging and that means our portfolio is flat-to-slightly down on the day, much like the broader markets. I find myself almost disappointed that Cisco isn't down more so we … [Read more...] about What one stock taketh away, another give…
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 any triggers so far today. As noted by one of our loyal subscribers, … [Read more...] about Silver has dislocated itself to the down…
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 … [Read more...] about Here’s my positions, in general order fr…
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 6th cls - Already reported on Apr 21st csco - May … [Read more...] about We are probably now more than halfway th…
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 big profits before covering. Microsoft is down a couple percent after reporting a strong quarter, but … [Read more...] about It’s a flattish open, but the story of t…