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DAILY DIARY

Doug Kass

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.

Position: None

No Mercy, No Malice

Professor Galloway's newest commentary, Red Friday

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More FGEN

Adding to (FGEN) at $12.15 now.

Position: Long FGEN

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.

Position: None

Tweet of the Day (Part Five)

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TROW Short

I have covered my (TROW) short at around $200/share.

Position: None

Tweet of the Day (Part Four)

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GLD

I have sold my (GLD) common on the small rise today.

I am holding on to a small call position.

Position: Long GLD calls

Breadth

Here are the market breadth and heat maps as of 10:10 am.





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A Cover and an Add

I have covered my Fastenal (FAST) short for a loss.

I have added to my (AYRWF) long at $17.55.

Position: Long AYRWF

Five Stock Moves

I added to (VRNOF) and (GTBIF) on weakness.

On the whoosh lower, I covered my (HD) short for a loss, and reduced my (KKR) and (BX) shorts.

Position: Long VRNOF, GTBIF, Short KKR, BX

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.

Position: See above

Some Good Morning Reads

* Why everyone is moving to Texas

* The end of Sears and Kmart? 

* Who is right about inflation?

Position: None

DIS Move

I am long Disney (DIS) at $147.10.

Small.

Position: Long DIS

DIS Interest

I am getting interested in Disney (DIS) on the long side now. 

Stay tuned.

Position: None

Pummeled Stocks

So you all know, I am a rather aggressive buyer of a number of stocks that have been pummeled in premarket trading.

Position: None

The Decline in OIH

It has been a breathtaking drop in VanEck Vectors Oil Services ETF (OIH) since mid October - from $230 to $181.

Position: None

Tweet of the Day (Part Trois)

Crypto falling hard:

Position: None

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.

Position: None

Tweet of the Day (Part Deux)

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Take Gold

Gs (gold) over Bs (Bitcoin) today!

Position: Long GLD common and calls

My Tweet of the Day

Position: None

Bye Bye, SPY

I am out of my SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) rental at about $461.80.

Position: None

More Premarket Moves

I have covered my Nvidia (NVDA) short for a very small profit (under $320).

I am adding to JPMorgan Chase  (JPM) , Citigroup (C) , AT&T (T) and Boeing BA.

Position: Long JPM, C, T, BA; short C calls, T puts, BA calls

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.

Position: None

Adding to 2 Bank Holdings

I added to my Citigroup  (C) and JPMorgan Chase (JPM) holdings in the premarket at $64.75 and $161.02, respectively.

Position: Long C, JPM; short C calls

Tweet of the Day

Position: None

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.

Position: None
Doug Kass - Watchlist (Longs)
ContributorSymbolInitial DateReturn
Doug KassVKTX4/2/24-32.96%
Doug KassOXY12/6/23-16.60%
Doug KassCVX12/6/23+9.52%
Doug KassXOM12/6/23+13.70%
Doug KassMSOS11/1/23-22.80%
Doug KassJOE9/19/23-15.13%
Doug KassOXY9/19/23-27.76%
Doug KassELAN3/22/23+32.98%
Doug KassVTV10/20/20+65.61%
Doug KassVBR10/20/20+77.63%