Weekly Roundup: When Earnings, Rates, and Oil Collide
We closed out a profitable position, added to two others, and adjusted several price targets. Here’s what we’re watching next.
VIDEO: Reading the Market Tea Leaves With Yahoo! Finance
Prepping for hyperscaler earnings and chatting on three others in the Portfolio.
Mea Culpa
I made a mistake covering my Morgan Stanley ($MS) short.
The hype surrounding the IPO market’s prospects, is, well, hype, in my view.
See More Tales From Nvidia (Issue #219) today.
Position: None
Market Hopium as Iran Lifts Equity Futures: 8 Key Items Shaping the Stock Market Monday
New inflation math, retail margin usage and other headlines moving stocks this morning.
Weekly Roundup: Chip Rout Tests the Market, but Here’s How We Aim to Capitalize
We raised a few price targets, added to three holdings, and locked in big gains in another.
Out of MS Short
MS ($MS) is trading -$6.70 to $221.82 and I have covered the balance of my short position.
Position: None.
Taiwan Semi Ups Spending Plans: 8 Key Items Shaping the Stock Market Thursday
War escalation, oil crunch prospects, Uber targeting Delivery Hero, and other headlines moving stocks this morning.
VIDEO: Assessing the Pressure on 2 Portfolio Holdings
Why Thursday’s TSM earnings report and next week’s July Flash PMI are on our radar.
Cashing in on a Second-Level Short
I just covered this morning’s MS ($MS) short for a quick +$7 gain (at $224.69).
From earlier this morning:
Second-Level Shorting
I have added to my Morgan Stanley (MS) short (at $231.37) after the “better than expected” earnings per share release.
Here is the complete release: 2Q26 MS Earnings Release
I am employing second level thinking. Howard Marks: The Importance of Second-Level Thinking • Novel Investor
Positions: Short MS S
BY Doug Kass · Jul 15, 2026, 8:20 AM EDT
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