DAILY DIARY
Heading Out Soon
I am planning to leave about 30 minutes before the close today.
I want to leave everyone with one thought...
The market's narrow advance (The Nifty Seven) coupled with the recent decline in a number of individual equities has created an unusually attractive reward vs. risk for a number of stocks that I plan to build up further in this correction phase.
Thanks for reading my diary all week and today.
Enjoy the weekend.
Be safe.
DNA, VZ and CMCSA
I have covered my DNA short under $12 for a small profit.
And I'm no longer holding Verizon (VZ) or Comcast (CMCSA) as the correction is creating more attractive longs.
Tweet of the Day (Part Five)
Tweet of the Day (Part Four)
GLD
I have sold my (GLD) common on the small rise today.
I am holding on to a small call position.
Breadth
Here are the market breadth and heat maps as of 10:10 am.
This Morning's Trades
* Purchased (DIS) at $142.1.
* Covered my (SPY) short at $461.20. (Bought some SPY for a rental at $460.85 and sold out at a profit.)
* Added to (BA) ($196.70), (C) ($64.50), (JPM) ($161), (VIAC) ($32.68), (MSOS) ($27.85), (IVZ) ($23.40), (T) ($24.18) and (TLRY) ($10.37).
* Covered all of my (NVDA) under $320.
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Long DIS, BA, C, JPM, VIAC common and calls, MSOS, IVZ, T, TLRY.
Short BAC calls, C calls, VIAC puts, MSOS calls, IVZ calls, T puts.
Some Good Morning Reads
* Why everyone is moving to Texas.
* The end of Sears and Kmart?
* Who is right about inflation?
Pummeled Stocks
So you all know, I am a rather aggressive buyer of a number of stocks that have been pummeled in premarket trading.
The Decline in OIH
It has been a breathtaking drop in VanEck Vectors Oil Services ETF (OIH) since mid October - from $230 to $181.
Tweet of the Day (Part Trois)
Crypto falling hard:
My View on the New COVID Variant
I am going to take a contrary view and suggest that the new COVID variant could result in even more severe supply chain bottlenecks and higher inflation relative to expectations.
Accordingly, the tapering and tightening cycle may, in fact, not be delayed.
I plan to materially add to my bank holdings.
Tweet of the Day (Part Deux)
Take Gold
Gs (gold) over Bs (Bitcoin) today!
My Tweet of the Day
New COVID Strain Likely to Alter Fed's Actions
I am certain that concerns about a Fed tightening due to the emergence of a new strain of COVID will now be pushed back to later in the second half of next year.
For example, Goldman Sachs (GS) , which just pushed forward its rate hike expectations, will reverse it shortly.
Tweet of the Day
The Long and Short of My Trading in SPY
I have covered my entire short SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) position at $461.20 on the COIVD news out of South Africa.
In its place, I have taken a short-term long rental in SPY at $460.85.