Category: Daily Diary

* The last chapter…

Twitter/X has an addictive quality. 

The “discussions” on X mirror the anger that characterizes discourse in this country today.  

As to my constant criticism of the financial media, Fin TV (in particular) prizes the consensus. It favors “first-level thinking” and generally ignores “second-level thinking.” This non-rigorous delivery is effective when the “tide is coming in.”  Not so much in corrections when the “tide is going out.”

Many corners of the media have too often become an echo chamber of opinion. It is sometimes dishonest in the sense that it is not transparent (no timestamps and no ownership for investing/trading boners). But, at this point, I have made this point often enough.  

In case you missed my Tweet of the Day:

In a way Twitter mirrors drug addiction by hijacking your brain's dopamine system. Just as a drug triggers a massive chemical flood, Twitter creates a "compulsion loop" of intermittent, unpredictable rewards—likes, retweets, and outrage—that keeps you constantly craving your next…

— Dougie Kass (@DougKass) May 26, 2026

Position: None

* Cyclical stocks tend to peak with what appear to be low price-earnings multiples

Cyclical Stocks 101: Final highs don’t come at high P/Es. They come when earnings are peaking and P/Es look deceptively “cheap.” Semis—especially MU—are classic: they screen undervalued right before the cycle turns. https://t.co/MPD0s25iVy

— Milton W Berg CFA (@BergMilton) May 27, 2026

Position: Short MU (VS)

$mu up a casual $60B in market cap in the after hours session… or the entire value of the company 5 years ago

Probably nothing pic.twitter.com/5rVgM48wG9

— Ross Hendricks (@Ross__Hendricks) May 27, 2026

Position: Short MU (VS)

Dougie Kass

Last night shorts (off solely (massive) overboughts) and not for homegamers! Put on very small AMD $506.21 MU $949.56 SNDK $1636.

Position: Short AMD (VS), MU (VS), SNDK (VS)

The S&P Short Range Oscillator is back into overbought territory at 0.74 vs. -0.71.

Position: Short SPY (M), QQQ (M)

Added to index shorts:

* $SPY $752.01

* $QQQ $733.06

Position: Short SPY (M), QQQ (M)

“Just one more thing.”

– Lt. Columbo

The vitriol on Twitter is growing ever deep and more hostile with the division that is permeating our country and with the schism expanding between the "haves" and "have nots."
Too many residing in Twitter's cheap seats are shrouded in anonymity – taking swipes under the…

— Dougie Kass (@DougKass) May 26, 2026

Position: None

After-Hours % Advancers

After-Hours % Decliners

Position: None

Closing Volume

– NYSE volume 3% above its one-month average
– NASDAQ volume 7% above its one-month average 
– VIX index:  up 1.86% to 17.01

Breadth

S&P 500 Sectors

% Movers

Nasdaq 100 Heat Map

Thanks for reading my Diary today.

I am off to a 4 PM research call.

Enjoy your evening.

Be safe.

Position: None