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I sold MT and JIVE, but added to IMMR, in order to raise cash and allocate assets to a name that I fervently believe in. Both JIVE and MT were designed to be technical break out plays, not based upon a story. IMMR is a story, which is working, so I bulked up into the bell.
The situation with treasuries is a JOKE. Believe you me, it will be resolved and everything will be fine. However, we’re dealing with a bunch of melodramatics in the media, who enjoy conjuring up fear on main street, which in turn affects Wall street.
Sell your illiquid names, the ones that are pure gambles. Anything you buy, do it with purpose, have a reason behind your purchases and try to do so in liquid names.
Liquid to me is a stock that trades at least 500k shares per day.
My day was flat, after gaining 1.5% in the morning. I had losses in FRO and gains in USG, IMMR, YZC and PAMT.
God strike me down if I get bearish again. For now, let’s just call my act of conservatism a pause in the degeneracy that I typically partake in on a daily basis.
Treasuries are getting smashed, sending yields to new highs. Since everyone is pondering when the Fed will stop QEing, rates are going up–organically. We haven’t had anything to worry about since European sovereign rates were blowing out. Well guess what?
If US rates continue to surge higher, borrowing costs will become burdensome, precipitating another credit downgrade. It’s one of those self-fulfilling prophecy thingies that we’re all so fond about.
The market is still up, but gains have been cut in half. Don’t look now, but a major panic is right around the corner if TLT continues lower.
Do yourselves a favor and get some protection, raise some cash, and DO NOT retweet this post or share it with anyone, else they’ll steal some of these ideas for themselves.
UPDATE: I sold JIVE and MT, raising cash levels to 35%.
Many of you are so battered, bruised, by the crash of 2008, you’ve never gotten over it. You’re still living in this fantasy land where gold, silver and bitcoins are your savior and the financial system is on the verge of collapse. You’re self-deceptive, molding a reality to fit your end–the purest form of insanity is always via delusional thinking.
Its been many years since the collapse and people have gotten very rich since then, yet you’re still waiting for civilization to implode to validate your farm land and 20 years worth of dry goods in your basement.
Back in the 1950’s, people built nuclear bomb shelters, equipped with enough food and water to last for decades. Yet, all the while, America was at its best. Had you been stuck in your retarded shelter back then, you would’ve missed out on the great “nifty fifty” run of that era.
What are you so afraid of anyway? Do you want to live forever?
By no means am I writing this post to rub salt in your wounds, putting myself on a pedestal–just because this market has gone up everyday for the past 6 months. I am doing you a favor by letting you know the truth. The country isn’t on the verge of collapse and the dollar is here to stay. Housing has recovered, even I bought a new house last year. You and Peter Schiff live in alternate realities, one that doesn’t conform with true facts.
The quicker you realize you’ve been fighting a futile war, the more expeditious your travels upon the path to recovery will be.
From the darkest corner of his house, Benjamin Bernanke lights his cigar, filled with marijuana leaves, turns on CNBC, and excitedly says “got you bitches again,” then blows plumes of smoke into the air–whilst listening to his favorite rapper: Richard Ross.
Futures are +15, based upon Central Bankers doing long lines of cocaine, buoying world markets at the behest of the controlling elite, the plutocracy. Those who are readily betting against them, via misguided short positions, will soon see their possessions seized by the marshal and auctioned off to the highest bidder.
Now, there are two questions you need to ask yourself before the market opens.
1. What sectors shouldn’t I be aware of?
2. What sectors should I be aware of?
The answer to those questions can be answered with one simple train of thought.
You don’t want to chase down dogs that haven’t run yet. Quit being such a damn contrarian. This is a momentum based market and if you’re not participating in it it is more likely as a result of your stubbornness to buy what is being bought, than a bout of poor luck.
For example: CSIQ is up nearly 30% this morning off of great earnings. The entire solar space has caught fire. What is an investor to do?
Well, obviously, you should be buying solar, not coal or oil. And, you should’ve bought TSLA for the $100 roll, like I told you last week. Due to the run in solar, alternative energy stocks caught fire last week, led by FCEL, BLDP and CPST. Look for that trend to continue and gain momentum. Other names to be made aware of are PLUG and QTWW.
Might the coals go higher? Perhaps. I am long YZC more for its chinese burrito exposure than for its deliciously carcinogenic coal.
I’ve also taken a liking to JIVE, IMMR, MTL, MCP and PAMT. See these are “good” ideas, not some hodge podge of lazy misdirected themes put together by a cold caller.
You want to know another “good idea?” How about FRO? Earnings are right around the corner and they’re not supposed to show any improvement, whatsoever. However, they have enough cash to last until 2015. Therefore, in my view, there is significant room for an upside surprise in the shares, as they’ve baked in nothing at all.
None of them were any “good,” per se. I’ve looked into all of the names that you listed, hundreds of them, and they all came up short. You must be doing your research from the bottom of a whiskey bottle, or worse–if at all possible.
Some of the names listed in the previous post should trade lower, dramatically, over the next 6-12 months. I am not surprised that these “gifts” were bestowed on me for my birthday.
You may try to assassinate me, many have tried before. All have failed.
I have my own ideas, which shall and will be represented on this blog for the next 500 years. You will be long gone, and dead, but the stock picks will still be generated here, via PPT3000 auto-trading algorithmic ATM machina–the future of algorithmic trading.
On a serious note, markets look poised for another up day. I’ll be sure to visit you fine folks in a few hours, after I deal with some soon-to-be-leaving company from the House of Fly.
Let’s hear your stock ideas for next week. I’ll post my favorite on Sunday or Monday, depending on how hung over I am.
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I bought PAMT at the behest of The Devil. He promised me “unparalleled fortune” in exchange for my soul. A deal too good to refuse.
Alt energy plays were the theme today. Keep your eyes on FCEL, BLDP, CPST and PLUG next week. They might go solar to the upside.
Fannie Mae moved up 37% today and one of the craziest short squeezes ever has been taking place in under the radar junk stock play LOTE. Look at the chart and then blow your brains out.
KWK looks interesting for a trade.
Bottom line: I managed to make some coin this week, even though it was real dicey early on. I got my JIVE and FRO going strong (black power!) and want this god damned IMMR to stop teasing me already. It trades like a stupid stock. Tomorrow is my birthday, so I expect to receive stock idea gifts from the unwashed public. I will create a new post tomorrow morning for you to affix them to.
TSLA is going to do “The $100 roll.” I think the valuation of the stock is insane. But that doesn’t mean anything. The stock, mind you, is going to $104, AND MORE, whether you like it or not.
Once again, trash is bubbling to the surface. Today’s theme is alternative energy names like CPST, BLDP and FCEL. There is likely more upside to be had in these names.
For me, I love my IMMR and JIVE positions, both top 5 positions of mine by size and stature. JIVE was going to be acquired by SAP, according to reports, but said talks broke down today. They were discussing a merger for 5 weeks, yet couldn’t agree on the details. Well, those details are always based upon money. Hopefully, they’re not making an absurd mistake. My money says they (insiders) know something we don’t and opted to cancel merger talks in order to see their share price climb higher, organically.
Bottom line: The bull isn’t dead. All of you pikers need to get back to work.
Often times ipos go unnoticed until their outperformance is praised by the media or until the stock price demands attention, by ripping tits off. I have a screen that isolates stocks with less than 12 months of data to monitor these stocks. Feel free to perform voodoo on some of these companies or buy them, if you’re into that sort of thing.
