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What a time to launch a new hedge fund! Markets getting pounded and I’ve been putting a little more money to work both long and short today. I do apologize for not writing with more details right now, but between the launch and my daughter being in the hospital
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The hedge fund is off and running. I’ll write up more analysis and details later but here are most of the trades I’ve put on so far this morning. I’ve bought some common and/or call options (in alphabetical order): AAPL AMZN GOOG PANW SEDG SNAP SQ
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I’m sure my house wasn’t the only one full of family, love and fund — with lots of talk about the markets and the economy too. Monday’s historic Christmas Eve sell-off didn’t bring good cheer into the holiday. After eight years of being steadily bullish and long
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“Panic” is the first word on Marketwatch’s headlines. I’m getting texts from old assistants, nephews, friends and other people joking or not joking about whether this is a crash. Well, the Nasdaq is now down nearly 25% from its highs of just 90 days ago, almost in a
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Last time I did a Latest Positions Update, in late September, I wrote this: “There’s a lot of momentum in this and other long-held Revolution Investments of ours, which is a function of how well they’ve performed in the last few months and years. Momentum money will rotate
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Tensions are running high on Wall Street and even in the Trading With Cody Chat Room. I’m trying to write up a Latest Positions but with the markets tanking yet again today, I’m going to sneak in another Trade Alert here. I’m selling most of the rest
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The markets remain jittery and today’s reversal coming after the Fed decision to raise rates 20 bps is getting the fear factor up. Maybe it’s not jittery now. It’s a hissy fitty market? I’m thinking sentiment is getting to be bearish enough to an extreme that,
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What a chat we had this morning. You’ll see below how many topics we ran though and I left them in the order they were asked and answered as there was an interesting “flow” to the chat itself today. You’ll see an undercurrent of worry with a little
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As I read through the most recent two editions of the Wall Street Journal , I was surprised at how much of what I was reading was actually meaningful, if you know what I mean. Long-time followers of mine know how often I tell you guys to look past the headlines
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Here’s the transcript from this week’s Live Q&A Chat. Good morning all. Let’s do this. Sorry I’ve not been around in the Chat Room much lately, I’ve just been in full hedge fund launch mode and as my wife told me this weekend
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Stocks bounced pretty strongly off their morning lows, with the Nasdaq leading the way, up more than 2% off the morning’s bottom. The markets won’t make it easy on the bulls or the bears. Expect more volatility. Be careful. Don’t chase. Buy panics. Trim and add hedges
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A lot of investors and pundits are starting to freak out. Meanwhile, I hope most of you, like me, have been cautious, actively raising cash and adding hedges already to prepare for this downturn. I got a bit bearish earlier this year and have been quite cautious ever since. The
