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The Hundred-Billion-Dollar Wearables Market

Now we don’t rush in our or out of any of our stocks. If you were in pain at the lows when the market was down 3% yesterday and the Nasdaq was in full 10% correction territory, you might want to consider trimming down a little bit on this

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Trade Alert: Selling remainder JRJC puts, Markets commentary and my first two months trading

Go Home with the JRJC Profits Time to sell the last of our JRJC puts for some very nice gains. The stocks is down nearly 60% in the six weeks since we bet on the stock going down with out of the money puts. My last tranche of remaining puts

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Apple trades with a Tim Cook Discount

In his letter to Apple today, Carl lists a litany of reasons why Apple’s stock is undervalued and how to get it up closer to what he thinks is fair value right now. I’d like to welcome Carl Icahn, once again, to the “Apple’s undervalued” camp. But

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Where’s all the supposed gains from the wonders of tech?

HOMEWORK, NO TRADES TODAY No trades for me today. I’ve done the trades and made the investments I want to make for now. I’m pouring over my short positions and considering covering some of the current long-held shorts like IBM and replacing it with other stocks that I

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What you should be doing as stocks sell-off big time today

The markets are down big and it’s flat out ugly out there. I’ve been writing for the last week or so that “The path of least resistance for the broader stock markets remains sideways with a slight upward bias.” That sure feels wrong today, but I don’t

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Best apps for traders and investors

Here are the must-have smartphone apps for traders and investors: 1. Scutify (Free) – By far the most value-add and outright best app for every investor and trader. 2. ChartIQ (Free) – Best stock charting app and the free version is packed, but it’ll cost you for real-time data. 3. FRED

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Trade Alert: More JRJC profits and Rebecca Diamond talks Wearables on Scutify

Don’t forget to meet me for this week’s Live Q&A Chat at 2pm EST at http://tradingwithcody.com/chat. JRJC’s descent continues and the stock is now printing with a $6-handle. I’ve trimmed about 1/3 of my puts now, locking in big gains.

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Two upcoming speaking events

I have a couple upcoming events to tell you about. From September 11 – 12, 2014, I’ll be speaking at The All Stars of Options Trading (See details below). And, from November 19 – 22 I’ll be speaking at The Traders Expo Las Vegas. Register for the Las Vegas event

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Not so random thoughts

A few not so random thoughts. First, I have a couple upcoming events to tell you about. From September 11 – 12, 2014, I’ll be speaking at The All Stars of Options Trading (See details below). And, from November 19 – 22 I’ll be speaking at The Traders Expo Las

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Snapchat is worth $10 billion and other true stories

Don’t forget this week’s Live Q&A Chat at 2pm EST today at http://tradingwithcody.com/chat. Meanwhile, the markets are struggling a bit this morning, and high beta stocks are down. Like I said earlier this week, I think the path of least resistance for the

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Must-reads about Apple, Google, bubbles and crashes

Lots of news, headlines and cross currents out there. Let’s jump right in and get some gestalt. I’m here at the MoneyShow in San Francisco to give a few presentations and sit on a few panels talking stocks and looking to get some gestalt from the folks here

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Markets, AAPL and San Francisco

Markets are up fractionally, slowly building their ongoing bubble blowing bull market cycle upon itself. Trader’s Deep Thought of the Morning: Is $AAPL overloved again? I’m literally up 100x from my first purchase of the AAPL stock from back in March 2003 and I still own it as