It’s a flattish open as we remain catalyst-less until we fully enter earnings season in the next couple weeks. Here’s a list of my longs and shorts so far: Longs- Apple Ciena Celestica Cisco Cypress DBA Corning Google Microsoft Nokia Nuance Riverbed Shorts – Lender Processing Services XLF I’m going to look to start building […]
So far today, I have bought more Nuance,…
So far today, I have bought more Nuance, Cisco and Corning calls. These positions are getting closer, at least half as large as what I’d consider a full position for my personal account. In other words, if I were expecting to expose say, $100,000 total, to Cisco, I should have more than $50k exposed to […]
I’ve bought a big chunk of Nuance so far…
I’ve bought a big chunk of Nuance so far and I don’t know whether I want it to start rallying just yet…I want to buy some more before it runs, if it runs. Here’s why Nuance is up 7% today: March 30, 2011 7:20 AM EDT FBR Capital reiterates an ‘Outperform/Top Pick’ Nuance Communications (NASDAQ: […]
I bought some Nuance and that’s about it…
I bought some Nuance and that’s about it into the close. Is the week already over?! It’s important for investors and traders to acknowledge the broader macro-economic cycle and how it can affect your portfolio. And more to the point, with government helping fund most of the biggest corporations and the financial sector that […]
The strong week continues and the market…
The strong week continues and the markets climb steadily higher for day 6 out of the last 7. Aren’t you glad you didn’t panic and sell into the Japan nuke collapse last week? Indeed, if you steadily scaled in and if you got aggressive with me when I said it was time to get more […]
So the markets look as though they are g…
So the markets look as though they are going to try and stabilize here around the DJIA 12,000 level. I think we’re going to need some sort of a catalyst, perhaps some good news out of the middle east and a subsequent drop in the price of oil. Or, maybe some positive domestic economic confirmation. […]
I’m following almost the exact same play…
I’m following almost the exact same playbook I’ve been outlining for the last year. Despite the pullback they were already in, and despite the heart-wrenching tragedies and worrisome radiation threats from Japan, the broader stock markets have hung in there, down only 5-10%. Meanwhile, many of my favorite “app revolution” stocks, some of which were […]
Nice intraday rally continues as the emo…
Nice intraday rally continues as the emotions and worries over Japan’s disaster today start to fade and traders look to position themselves into the weekend. The shorts have had a huge week, and are feeling great about double digit gains in many of their most-hated positions. And that propels them to cover some of those […]
Thar’ she blows! And another day is in t…
Thar’ she blows! And another day is in the books once again. It’s a bit painful paying 1x or even worse, 2x, more than these stocks were at when I first added them to the Revolution Investing portfolio, but that is yet another reason why I’m starting off so steadily in my approach and tactical […]
Let’s review the moves I made today — I…
Let’s review the moves I made today — I used just a couple percentage points of capital to buy some long-dated, cheap call options giving me big upside exposure and limiting my losses — while still potentially 100% and with a expiration date to boot — on the downside to the capital allocated. I also […]
Okay, let’s rock. But let’s get started …
Okay, let’s rock. But let’s get started slowly. Looking to invest only 10-20% of my capital this week. Buying a little bit of NUAN common stock now. Will buy some slightly-out-of-the-money calls expiring in 2012 in Cisco too. Easy does it for now.