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Here’s the story. Back in 1997, right after Steve Jobs took back over the CEO job at Apple, Michael Dell told a bunch of tech investors that if he were in charge of Apple he would, “‘d shut it down and give the money back to the shareholders.” Then
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Here’s a random email I got today about an article full of what have turned out to be some very profitable predictions and principles for investors that I wrote a few years ago. It’s remarkable how many emails I get from random people about articles I’ve written,
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I bought some more Google common this morning as I’d noted. I’m not forcing any buys, but you’ll notice I’m following the playbook that has been working so well for us — that of buying/covering on big down swings in the broader market and selling/shorting
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The markets are trying to get uglier and the bulls are retreating. Most violent on my screen this morning is Riverbed, which has been one of the most volatile stocks in the market for months now: And it’s been wildly volatile the last week too: Long-time subscribers know that
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It’s a pretty bloody red open this morning, after Hewlett-Packard pulled a Cisco and guided lower for the second quarter in a row. HPQ’s getting killed and so is most of tech, but speaking of Cisco, it and a few other longs of ours are up today despite
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Rougher day for the portfolio today than we have had even on most down days of late. Our silver puts and other bearish bets were all profitable for us today, while most of our longs were in the red. So be it. Three quick news articles for you to look
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I just bought some more Visteon common. I thought the call options on this one, which has been trading in a $20 range between $60 and $75 for the last year, would be cheaper than they are right now. This stock’s kind of range performance for such a sustained
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Here’s a list of my positions, in approximate order from largest notional size, to smallest: Longs – Corning Nuance Riverbed Cisco Cypress Celestica Ciena Microsoft Apple Google Adtran DBA Visteon Nokia Shorts – GLD SLV LPS LYV XLF CVC
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IMF head arrested on rape charges in NYC. Israel fires across the Syrian border. The Middle East revolutions continue driving death and despair. Lowe’s offers disappointing guidance and is down pre-market. And there’s a smattering of smaller M&A deals announced today too. The futures here are
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Let’s look at some Cloud Revolution charts and behold the mindblowing growth of the fastest growing subsector (cloud revolution) of the fastest growing marketplace in the history of the planet (the app/smartphone/tablet/cloud revolution). First off, how about the explosive growth in the movement to storing on
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What a week it was. Lots of back and forth and grind, but the stock markets end up just about flat on the week as we head into the final contra-hour of the week. Our portfolio actually had a pretty good week though, much better than the broader markets, with
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Quick bulls, what’s the bear case?! And tell right now, bears, what’s the bull thesis? Several years ago, I trademarked the term “Flip It” because I noticed how crucial it is for great investors, traders, thinkers, business people, comedians, and everybody to flip conventional wisdom upside down. The