Cody Willard

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Not to fade away: Near-term and long-term thoughts

I seem to recognize your face Haunting familiar here I can’t seem to place it Can I find a candle of thought to light your name Lifetimes are catchin’ on with me — Pearl Jam It’s fun to look at a grouping of recent headlines trying to explain the

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Today’s links: Banks, crimes, frauds, GDP and how it all relates to your investment approach

Here’s what I was reading and thinking about when I wasn’t sipping the only kind of coffee I really like — a double espresso with a little bit of steamed milk. Mud, I guess. A 21st-century version of cowboy coffee.  Italian cup of Jo’. Okay, I’ll get

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MERS is doomed and how to trade that concept

Here’s a very important explanation of why MERS (and therefor the administrator of MERS, our LPS short) is in so much trouble and why there is pretty much no solution that’s pretty for MERS, LPS or any of the TBTF banks who once again stupidly gambled on a

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The stock air show and my latest positions

Good morning and welcome back to the airshow, where most of the pilots have no idea what a cockpit looks like. Think about it. Markets are still in hold mode waiting for the EU/ECB/IMF/You-the-US-taxpayer to shift trillions more wealth to the TBTF banks and

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Must-reads: OWS jobs, Apple production reports and four stages of investment knowledge

Here’s what I was thinking and reading about when I wasn’t getting ready for a run to the border tonight — El Paso, that is. Investor Sentiment isn’t contrarian –  Really interesting market psychology and sentiment analysis from my old friend Jordan Kahn. Today, he writes a great Flip-

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That’ll fix things for sure, right?

Good morning folks. It’s another EU-will-they-did-they-or-can’t-they driven market today. The latest update is that a guy from the incredibly incompetent and rather corrupt IMF or World Bank or whatever is stepping into the hot seat at Greece and some other fresh

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I’d tell this “expert” who emailed me today to just go buy some index funds and go home

Here are a couple trader-psychology thoughts to help keep you in the right frame of mind today.  First, I just got this pitch from some pundit who didn’t bother to find out that I quit TV so his entire pitch was wasted on me anyway: The environment is

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They rode the sunset, horse was made of steel

They rode the sunset, horse was made of steel They rode the sunset, horse was made of steel Chased a gringo last night through a field Chased a gringo last night through a field The Cisco Kid was a friend of mine  — War Cisco, our second largest position, is up

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Cisco thoughts and a chat at 2pm EST

Don’t forget to meet for today’s anything-goes chat at 2pm EST on the site. The markets are trying to steady themselves down 2% plus on the day. I’m not doing any trades so far today. Been asked a lot about Cisco into their earnings tonight and

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It ain’t easy to skin a griz

Bear Claw Chris Lapp: Can you skin Griz? Jeremiah Johnson: I can skin’ em as fast as you can catch’ em. [Bear Claw runs through the cabin with a huge grizzly bear close behind and jumps out the back window] Bear Claw Chris Lapp: Skin that one, pilgrim, and I’

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Occupy Nation: Tomorrow’s market moving headlines and how to prepare for them

Last week, I talked about how the mainstream media has misreported, under-reported and propagandized the coverage of the Occupy Movements around the country. The reason, put simply is that these protests are focused as much against the welfare/cozy-connection of the media conglomerates that receive billions in special

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Who’s more scared right now? The bulls or the bears?

Let’s think about the current market set up in this context, my good ol’:  “Who’s more scared right now? The bulls or the bears?” Send me your emails to contact@tradingwithcody.com or leave a comment.