This is the historical record of all posts Cody Willard has published since 2010. It is open to the public.
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Tense morning on Wall Street. And as usual, tense morning on Main Street. Here’s a note from this morning from one of the best, most-seasoned, and steady-as-she-goes money managers I know – “Very strange markets for me. My Restaurant Strategies portfolios are outperforming. My Low Volatility/High Dividend Strategies outperforming.
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“When advertising is involved, the user is the product.” – Whatsapp CEO, Jan Koum, on wanting to build a biz without advertising Let’s talk the future, because being a successful trader or investor ultimately is about maximizing your returns while getting your money in front of the future moves more
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The markets, pretty much all of them — stocks, gold, bonds — are all wound tight. There’s pressure on both the bulls and the bears right here. There’s pressure on holding cash. There’s pressure buying real estate. There’s pressure to hold your job in this high-unemployment market. There’
The market showed us something very odd yesterday. It repealed all the good tech positioning from last week that just began to inch its way into something we could have called a rotation. Did a fund who owns more than just Gold, who borrows so much more, just blow up
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Watching these images of the Boston Marathon explosions is heart-wrenching and sickening. I can tell you from having lived firsthand through 9/11 from Ground Zero itself, that all of the news and reports you are getting out of the mainstream media and news sites are PR at best, as
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Maybe all the goldbugs are selling their gold to buy BitCoins! Just kidding. But what I’m obviously not kidding about is that gold has crashed today. A few weeks ago, I started trying to find a reputable local physical gold dealer (and no, I didn’t need a prescription,
Gold Morning! Ok, Corny but the shiny metal, not to be confused with the shiny edible corn product, is TANKING this morning down 10% deep into further bear market territory. I for one had liked Cody’s idea to buy gold as the world central bankers were printing money and
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Wild, wild morning in the currency markets once again. The currency wars (make sure to check out our ever-improving and incredibly helpful currency wars page) Gold specifically is down nearly 10% on the day and down much more than that in the last week. That is the definition of a
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Here are my trades for the week of April 8th through April 12th: Common Stock: Stock Action Date Initiated Time Initiated Price CIEN – Ciena BUY 4/8/2013 10:48am $15.30 JNPR – Juniper BUY 4/8/2013 10:48am $17.70 FSLR – First Solar BUY 4/10/2013 9:
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“You wanted the best and you got the best! The hottest market in the world, S&P 500!” – Kiss Alive II Markets are down a bit this morning, but obviously still near their newest, latest and greatest all-time highs. There’s a lot of greed out there amongst the
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I’m going to start writing a lot more about The Currency Wars. Global currency wars, the BitCoin Currency Bubble, and how all this is causing the Giant Stock Market Bubble I’ve been preparing for is finally here. Let’s start with a few resources on these topics today
Microsoft was downgraded today at two firms as PC shipments fell nearly 14%. The stock is down nearly 5% this morning. Is it a surprise? My kids almost exclusively use iPads and iPhones for video, chat, text, FB, instagram, homework research etc. So this past weekend I was at a
