Cody Willard

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Brexit matters. And that’s a good thing

A few years ago, when Grexit was the EU crisis du jour I explained why Greece just didn’t matter to the world’s economies or the US stock markets in articles like this one called, “Apple is bigger than the entire Greek economy.” Did you know that Britain’s

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Brexit, EU and crises du jour

It seems like the last fifty times the markets tanked off any EU-related over the last five years has been a great opportunity to buy stocks. I found this article I wrote back in 2011 about the “EU Crisis” and it’s funny how much of it still applied just

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Trade Alert: QQQ profits PLUS A look back and ahead

A few housekeeping items and other notes to start. I’m going to sell 1/3 of my QQQ call options that I’d bought into the teeth of the Brexit panic, locking in some profits but leaving 2/3 of the position on the sheets. BenjaminGraham wrote: “Successful investing

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Cody Kiss & Tell: Brexit, auto sales, gold, banks and more

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Brexit back and forth

Markets getting another breath higher this morning. The bears/shorts were sure Brexit was the next bear market catalyst. Still might be, but not this morning. Join me right now for this week’s Live Q&A Chat at 2pm EST at https://twc.scutify.com/members/ or on

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Brexit, Brexit, Brexit: Let’s get a grip

Quick note first – Axogen is getting added to the Russell 2000 index, which means that any ETFs that are supposed to mimic the RUT, as its called, will have to buy some Axogen. It doesn’t really change anything for us as investors in the company, but it is a

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Trade Alert: Two small tranches

I came down with the flu or something last night and am aching and miserable today. I’m going to do another small tranche of buying today, but am not rushing into anything. Then I’m headed to the doctor. I’m buying a small tranche of common stock in

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Trade Alert: Options nibble

Nothing shocking, no drastic moves for me today. I am going to bid on some QQQ call options into the close, starting a tiny toehold position in them today. Looking at QQQ call options that will expire in August or so with strike prices around $105 or $106. Again, just

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Trade Alert: Today’s game plan

So, stocks are indeed getting crushed today as the world digests the possibility that Britain might be its own mostly sovereign nation once again and not a full quasi-state in the European Union. Remember when nations were just nations? As you guys know I’ve raised a lot of cash

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Brexit brings buying opp

Stock market futures have tanked, with the major US indices looking like they’ll open down 4-5% tomorrow morning. The UK stock market is looking like it will I’m quite sure that Britain and the world will be better off the day the EU goes away anyway. More prosperity,

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Connecting and learning in Toronto: No live Q&A today

I am in Toronto meeting with some quite brilliant hedge fund managers. I have already learned a lot on this trip. I won’t be able to make the 2:00 p.m. EST live Q&A chat today. All eyes on Brexit for now. The market seems to

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Un-Trade Alert: Facebook

“Played bridge in Ruidoso today, 8 ladies, all except me are mid 70’s up! Conversation got around to keeping up with your kids, one lady said….that’s why I use Facebook, it’s very easy for me to see what my kids, grandchildren, and great grands are doing.