My Tweet of the Day

Position: Long Cannabis

My View on Apple

Given the state of the average Joe (weakening), I disagree with Gene.

I am of the belief that demand elasticity will take hold after the large price increases in the Apple ($AAPL) products:

Position: None

Abby Normal (Part Deux)

Market structure risks are mounting amid a casino-like backdrop.

Remember this column from earlier this month?

Abby Normal

Dr Frankenstein: Now that brain that you gave me, was it Hans Del Brooks?

Igor: No.

Dr. Frankenstein: Would you mind telling me whose brain I did put in?

Igor: Abby someone.

Dr. Franksenstein: Abby, who?

Igor: Abby Normal – I am almost sure that was the name.

Dr. Frankenstein: Are you saying I put an abnormal brain into a 7 1/2 foot long, 54 inch wide gorilla?  

– Young Frankenstein Abby normal scene

Consider the following price changes in today’s session:

* SNDK -$201

* MU  -$101

* AMD -$51

* MRVL -$38

To me, this should make investors consider whether the market has been nothing more than a casino — in which the many momentum-based investors know everything about price but nothing about value.

And that, as I have observed, the concepts of risk vs. reward and “margin of safety” have been generally ignored.

Position: None

Position: None.