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VACATION ALERT: I’m going to take the next few days off for a much needed break away from the computer and Internet in general. I’ll be back next Tuesday night and will have lots pent up to write about when I hit the ground running again next week.
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From the markets reaction to the Ukraine/Malaysia/Gaza wars and escalating currency and economic wars between Putin’s Russia and the Republican/Democrat Regime’s US, you’d think they’re meaningless. Fog of war makes them important potential Black Swan events. The fog of war (German: Nebel des
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A couple trading and market notes first. Prayers for all hurt by these conflicts. Traders seem to want to look past the impact of wars, which is unfortunately much more serious and risky to US investors than things like Greek Debt Crises. “U.S. stock futures fell Monday, as investors
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It’s the end of the rope for our July call options. We made 400% gains on the remaining AAPL July call options that we bought near its annual lows a few months ago and we took sizeable profits already along the way as its risen. Selling the last of
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Here’s a complete run down of what every tech investor and trader needs to know into the weekend. News of Malaysian plane crash in Ukraine hits stocks – Prayers to all involved with the Malaysian airline missing over Ukraine. Part of my job is to analyze events and their impact
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The world is aflutter with the latest and greatest from our US Federal Reserve, a privately-owned bank that pretends to regulate itself somehow. When I worked with the editors at Marketwatch to create Revolution Investing, part of the idea was to help people navigate what I called the Brave New
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Does anyone out there actually doubt that wearables are going to create whole new billion dollar markets for chip vendors, software and application companies, gadget makers, and so on? I received hundreds of skeptical and often ad hominem emails and thousands of comments from readers and viewers when I used
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A non-markets note for you. LeBron heading home (I did that recently). He wrote an amazing note about life and responsibility. Count me back on the LeBron bandwagon. Big time. Here are the Top 7 Inspirational Quotes from LeBron James’ coming home letter. Source: http://www.si.com/nba/2014/
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Somber mood out there this morning as the markets open down big. Portugal bank Espirito Santo gets suspended and freaking out the world. On Monday I turned short-term bear writing “Path of least resistance has now turned downward.” So it goes for now. The response from Marketwatch readers on these
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Don’t forget this week’s Live Q&A Chat at 2pm EST at http://tradingwithcody.com/chat. Random thoughts. Deep Thought of the Day: If you’re stressing too much for comfort over the big hit momo stocks have taken this week, you’re too long. Just something
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It’s starting to feel sloppy out there, especially amongst the momentum highflying stocks, including some of our own. For the last couple weeks, I’ve been saying that I wouldn’t want to chase these stocks up here, and I still wouldn’t. We entered most of these positions
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If you want to invest in gold miner stocks, I suggest sticking with the GDX vs.GDXJ. There are more differences than just smaller cap and more volatility when it comes to comparing GDX with GDXJ. For example, the GDX describes itself as a “modified market-capitalization weighted index primarily comprised
