Looking at the portfolio and earnings calendar, I see that Linkedln reports tonight and I am buying a few puts to hedge my long LNKD common stock position. I’m buying August 2013 puts with strike prices of $210 and $215. I’m paying $13.50 for the $210’s and $17.00 for the $215’s.
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It's one of those unknown, unknowns that absolutely no one is thinking about right now.
This is what we expected, no? We said the Fed would cut and it didn't matter much to us if it the cut were 25 bps or 50bps. So far the playbook for the Fed that we've outlined repeatedly for the last few weeks is playing out.
Bryce and I had an amazing time, learned so much, worked very hard on our business and were received incredibly warmly everywhere we went. We will write more about our experiences, learnings and analysis, but in the meantime, here are the Top 5 Mindblowing Thoughts I had on our trip.
With the markets back to being close to their all-time highs, its probably a better time to be cautious than wildly bullish.