Being wrong about the direction of a stock, or a market is part of this business. What I have found in my nearly two decades trading in financial markets is that embracing the fact that …
Continue readingMorningWord 9/7/16: High (Low) Times
Netflix and Gap Fill?
I’ve written about Netflix (NFLX) on a few occasions of late (here, here and here), and while the subscription growth (or lack thereof in Q2) reported in July was disappointing, the M&A environment we find ourselves in makes …
Continue readingBig Printin’ – Alibaba (BABA)
Shares of Alibaba (BABA) are up more than 4% today, trading at a new 52 week high. BABA is up 28% on the year, and up 82 from its 52 week and all time lows …
Continue readingMorningWord 9/6/16: Circling Vultures
Smart money is constantly hunting for the next big technological service, standard or platform. To get a sense what that smart money is looking at (to eventually bet on), I follow a bunch of VC …
Continue readingApple (AAPL) – Release Me
On September 7th, Apple is holding an event to reveal the next iteration of their iPhone / iOS software, and possibly the the first update to the Apple Watch since its release in April 2015. Rumors and leaks …
Continue readingLet Me Check My Calendar – (EEM)
The other day we updated a position in the emerging market etf EEM. I got a good question in our QnA section on that roll as far as why we did it and why we …
Continue readingMorningWord 9/2/16: Goldilocks is still Sleeping
In case you missed it before your holiday weekend sign-off, the August non-farm payrolls came in below expectations at 151,000 jobs added (vs 180,000 consensus), well below the 2016 average of 182,000 and well below the …
Continue readingBig Printin’ – Twitter (TWTR)
This morning CNBC’s David Faber spoke of the possible interest of activist investors in Twitter (TWTR), watch here: .@davidfaber : Next week on Sept. 8 there will be an important board meeting for this company …
Continue readingMorningWord 9/1/16: Head in the Clouds
Last night Salesforce.com (CRM) reported fiscal Q2 results that were generally inline. They guided the current quarter down a touch, and left full year guidance intact. The stock was down 8% last night in the …
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