Examining ‘Group Stink’

And fading it…

I don’t own and am currently short (and have been recently short C, JPM, GS, MS, UBER, NFLX, homebuilders, etc.) some of the most consensus sectors.

I am long some of the most non-consensus sectors.

Consensus Longs:

* Memory: SanDisk ($SNDK), Micron ($MU), Intel ($INTC), AMD ($AMD), Applied Materials ($AMAT) (“it’s different this time”)

* Value Tech: Adobe ($ADBE), Oracle ($ORCL), ServiceNow ($NOW) and Nvidia ($NVDA)

* Tech With Biggest Moat: Apple ($AAPL)

* Value Industrial: Caterpillar ($CAT)

* Best Overall Value: Homebuilders

* Streaming: Netflix ($NFLX)

* Autonomous: Uber ($UBER)

* Entertainment: Disney ($DIS)

* Financials: JPMorgan ($JPM), Citigroup ($C), Goldman Sachs ($GS), Morgan Stanley ($MS) 

* Frontier Exposure “For The Long Haul”: SpaceX ($SPCX)

Non-Consensus Longs:

* Cannabis: $MSOS, $VRNOD, $TRLV, $GTBIF, $GLAS

* Private Equity: Apollo ($APO), Blackstone ($BX), KKR ($KKR)

* Consumer Staples: Kimberly-Clark ($KMB), PepsiCo ($PEP), Procter & Gamble ($PG)

Positions:

Long MSOS (L), VRNOD (S), TRLV (S), GTIBF (S), GLAS (S), APO (S), BX (S), KKR (S), KMB (S), PEP (S), PG (S)

Short SPCX (VS), SNDK (VS), MU (VS), INTC (VS), AMAT (VS), AMD (VS), CAT (VS)

 

PE Additions

Added to private equity longs – all of them are a couple off the intraday highs:

* BX ($BX) $121.64

*KKR ($KKR) $94.26

*APO ($APO) $118.95

Positions: Long BX S KKR S APO S

Adding to 3 Longs

I’m adding to private equity longs:

* $APO $118.22

* $BX $119.37 

* $KKR $92.44

An investment and not a trade.

Position: Long APO (S), BX (S), KKR (S)

New Private Equity Positions

I neglected to mention that I took starter long positions in private equity late yesterday:

* KKR ($KKR) $91.85

* BX ($BX) $117.15

* APO ($APO) $116.96

I plan to reshort banks/brokers as a pair trade with this long.

Positions: Long KKR VS BX VS APO VS