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This is no time for jokes, Boomhauer. This tornado’s already classified at level 2 on the on the fujusaki scale. A storm that strong will send an egg through a barn door. Two barn doors if one of ’em is open.- Dale from King of the Hill Good morning
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The one thing that’s clear to me from emails and questions in the chat is that subscribers to TradingWithCody.com need more understanding of the fundamentals of the stock market, the terms of trading, and the reasons why we buy common stock, buy options like calls or puts, short
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Pretty wild week and pretty great start to the year, though today’s Google hit didn’t help. I’ve got a special treat coming for you guys next week — a new $79 investment book called “The Dirty Dozen: 12 Stocks with Fundamentally Broken Business Models” that you guys of
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Morton: Horton, the kangaroo has sent Vlad! Horton: Vlad? Vlad, Vlad… I know two Vlads. There’s the bad Vlad… And then there’s bunny Vlad, the one that makes cookies! Morton: …Yeah, Horton, she’s sending you a bunny with cookies. I think it’s safe to say it’
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Here’s what I was reading and thinking about today when I wasn’t dreaming about getting a horse. I need a horse. Terrible Optics Watch: Obama to Accept Dem Nomination at Bank of America Stadium– It’s a good thing Obama and the democrats have been leading the charge
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All rightie, folks, we’re off the races again this morning and the horses are running tight. FFIV, our latest purchase, is up $10 this morning off of a very strong earnings report last night. I was a little disappointed that hardware revenues weren’t stronger, but the service side
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Good morning and welcome back to the forest where you don’t wanna miss it for the trees. Then again, you do wanna miss trees when you’re skiing. Anyway, it’s a pretty big day for us with earnings from Google and FFIV and PNC all reporting earnings. PNC,
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Have you ever had those recurring dreams where you go to sleep and you can just feel that your mind is going to show you the same images again? The world is stuck in the euroTwilightZone, constantly replaying the cycle of relief/elation/anxiety/reality check in regards to every
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No changes to the portfolio this morning. I’ll have more thoughts and updates in a bit. But in the meantime, here’s what I was reading and thinking about when I wasn’t trying to get my mind to get my body to get over this chest cold that
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Well it got pretty scary for the overinvested longs early this morning. The mainstream media is focused on the S&P downgrades of France and other Euro-zone countries but the real story is that the Greek bond “negotiations” on a “haircut” have broken down once again. The dudes
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I am nibbling on some FFIV and STX this morning. Here’s the analysis behind STX. You got the FFIV analysis on Tuesday. Just buying a little common on FFIV to get started and buying some March STX calls with strike prices right around the current quote. I’ve been
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Goog, VIX and the Nasdaq up fractionally to start the day. Calm before a storm or peace before a rally or are we about to stabilize? I’m leaning increasingly towards expecting a break out rally next, but I’m not changing any positioning yet. Don’t forget we have a chat at 2pm EST at TradingWithCody.