This is the historical record of all posts Cody Willard has published.

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Trade Alert: Flip the market psychology script

What do you know, a down day in the markets in 2019? Who’da thunk stocks could go down? I’m doing a little nibbling in the hedge fund on some of the existing names in the portfolio, including Twitter, Verizon, Facebook, Google and Amazon. No rush, just nibbling and

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Trade Alert: One nibble, one trim, one sell

A few earnings updates and trades to alert you about. VIAV results were very strong, guidance looks pretty fine. 5G is the growth engine there and the stock remains cheap if the 5G growth continues to accelerate as I expect it will. I’m adding another tranche of this one

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The surprisingly relentless rally, Chinese investments, music and lots of stocks

Here’s the transcript from this week’s Live Q&A Chat, including topics like the ongoing crypto crash, what albums I’ve been listening to lately and what happens if the Fed cuts rates. Q. Cody are you surprised by the extent of this very positive start of

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Trade Alert: New 5G play and Who’s more scared

The markets keep rallying, the bears keep pushing their shorts, the markets keep rallying, the longs keep trying to get back into what they sold in December, and the markets keep rallying. Is it time for a pause? Maybe it’s time for our poll. You can post your answer

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Latest Positions, including a few Trade Alert updates

Here is a list of my latest personal portfolio positions and most of the hedge fund positions with updated commentary and ratings for each position. I’ve broken the list into Longs and Shorts. I’ve further broken the list down in order of highest-rated to lowest-rated (I’m no

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Personal account vs hedge fund explained

Markets rallying again, like I said last night, expectations have been so low (and perhaps fear still so high?) that Apple’s just okay quarter is met with broad based buying. Apple up more than 5% specifically and up $20 from its post-warning day’s low back just three weeks

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Trade Alert: Hospital, hedge fund, rallies and emotions

My gosh, it’s been a wild month and two days. I woke my wife up at 4am on December 27 because Amaris wasn’t breathing quite right and she went into the hospital 170 miles away that day. She’s still in there and today they told it would

Is China’s slowdown priced in?, The Cloud Boom, Verizon’s 5G Timeline, and more

Here’s the transcript from this week’s Live Q&A Chat. Q. Cody, do you think market has already priced in some of the slowdown in China? A. Great question. It all depends on whether China’s downturn here stabilizes and their economy bounces. If China’s downturn

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Updates and chat

Okay, we expect to get Amaris home in the next week or so and she’s doing much better all the time. I love snuggling her in her bed overnight as I’ve done several times, but I did have to get a chiropractor fix up today. I promise you

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Trade Alerts: A couple 5G plays, a trim and two shorts

Amaris is such a princess warrior and the doctors say we should be able to bring her back home next week. She’s off the ventilator and feeling much better. Here are most of the trades I’ve made lately in the hedge fund with a bit of commentary on

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Predictions for the markets, cryptocurrencies, earnings and lots of stocks

Here’s the transcript from this week’s Live Q&A Chat, including my feet-to-fire prediction for the markets, cryptocurrencies, earnings and lots of stocks. Q. Cody, what is your feet-to-fire prediction for short term ? For TWC portfolio, you do not have much puts I believe. Are you looking

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Trade Alert: Moves from the hedge fund (with commentary)

Amaris has been on the mend but she remains in ICU on a ventilator. Here are most of the trades I’ve made lately in the hedge fund — this time with at least a sentence or two of explanation. Longs: I bought a starter position in AAOI. The stock’s

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