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Trade Alert: A Coronavirus Vaccine Stock

I have a new name for the portfolio, a platform-like play on potential COVID-19 vaccines. The company is called Dynavax, the symbol is DVAX, and it’s a small cap stock so don’t go nuts chasing it if it spikes here. (I collaborated on this write-up with a friend

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Markets Ignoring Bad Earnings Reports, Poll Results And Coronavirus Fatigue

Earnings, earnings, earnings. Uber stock is flying after hours tonight after the company confirms the bullish case out there. Square took off today on what I thought was just an okay earnings report last night. Our new position Dynavax is down after hours, but I thought the call is fine

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Video: Markets, Economy, Elon’s Insane Tweets And Much More

Well, that was the kind of action of the last couple days that I’m been preparing us for. Stay cautious, but I’m not sure we should be bearish either. As I explain in detail as I discuss the markets, the economy, the lock down, golf, Elon’s tweets,

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Fast & Furious Earnings Season: Have The Tuna, No Crust.

“I live my life a quarter mile at a time.” – Dom Toretto | The Fast and The Furious (2001) It’s earnings season and the reports are flying fast and furious all around this week. So are the stocks. I’ve never seen a Fast & Furious movie. I tend to

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The Oil Market, Nikola Motors Is A Joke, Boeing Trouble And More

Markets strong to start off the week, especially small cap stocks. The QQQ and mega cap tech stocks were not participating in the rally. Don’t try to game the markets. Meanwhile, I’m sticking with our stocks and keeping some cash and hedges in place. Here’s the second

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Why they shut down the economy, Capitalism was already dead, Cash Strategies and More

Here’s the first part of the transcript from this week’s Live Q&A chat, featuring discussions on the economy, markets, politics and cash strategies. Cody: All right, everybody. Welcome. Thank you for joining. My biggest problem with the markets is I just can’t get my head

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You Can’t Model Nothing Right Now

I’m pretty much a hermit as much as possible, but I have to say that I sure do miss interactions with random people at restaurants and hotels and grocery stores and on the street. And I am not thrilled about analyzing the same economic and market set up that

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The Contrarian Trade, Covered Calls Strategies and More

Here’s the transcript from Friday’s Live Q&A Chat. Q. Hi Cody. It’s amazing how my portfolio is close to its highs from February. I’ve sold down a bunch of longs and am sitting on about 30% cash. Now, though, I feel like I’m

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Top Down Analysis of The S&P 500 Is Not Bullish

With all that’s going on with the Coronavirus Crisis, it’s shocking that the the markets are back to where they were just a few months ago, late 2019 levels. The Nasdaq is actually back to where it was in December: Aren’t you glad you didn’t panic

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Latest Positions: Splunk, Spotify, Sony, Cryptos and Shorts

Here is a Part 5 of 5 of the list my latest personal portfolio positions and most of the hedge fund positions with updated commentary and ratings for each position. Let’s do this week’s Live Q&A Chat today at 1pm ET today (Friday). Come directly to

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Latest Positions: The Content, Space, Defense and Genetics Revolutions

Here is a Part 4 of 5 of the list my latest personal portfolio positions and most of the hedge fund positions with updated commentary and ratings for each position. Tonight I start with this picture of a folder that my great-grandfather used to keep stamps in. My mom just

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Latest Positions: Energy, China, And The Trillion Dollar Club

Here is a Part 3 of 5 of the list my latest personal portfolio positions and most of the hedge fund positions with updated commentary and ratings for each position. Yesterday, I’d noted, “That was another rather amazing day at the markets, with Tesla and Virgin Galactic leading the