Chips Enter Bear Market Territory Ahead of Big Tech Earnings
Is intense selling in AI-related names getting the market too bearish in front of key reports?
From The Street of Dreams
Wells Fargo lowers Its Netflix ($NFLX) price target to $80 from $105.
I continue to avoid this name.
I remain concerned that the company has saturated the more profitable developed markets —profitability is markedly lower in the growth-developing markets.
Position: None
Taiwan Semi Ups Spending Plans: 8 Key Items Shaping the Stock Market Thursday
War escalation, oil crunch prospects, Uber targeting Delivery Hero, and other headlines moving stocks this morning.
JPMorgan Lifts Price Targets for 2 Portfolio Holdings as Iran Tensions Rise
Here are the upcoming reporting dates for the Portfolio’s holdings.
Whispers of Black Monday as S. Korean Stocks Sink, Iran Fighting Resumes
I don’t think it’s ugly enough for a 1987 repeat, but just the idea can put a trader on edge. Let’s check the latest of the markets, Iran conflict, the Fed.
Weekly Roundup: Portfolio Extends Lead, Adds Firepower Ahead of Earnings Season
We locked in gains on three holdings, giving our cash levels a boost as the Q2 earnings season heats up.
Dogs With Fleas
* Uber ($UBER)
* Disney ($DIS)
* Netflix ($NFLX)
Position: None
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)
Michael Burry Vs. My Panic Points; Ferocious Foxconn Sales; Bad Jobs Data
Why I’m sticking to plan on memory stocks; also, let’s brace for the week ahead, check the markets’ charts, and interpret those jobs numbers.
June Monthly Roundup: The Market Stumbled in June. The Portfolio Didn’t.
As we extended our lead over the S&P 500, we locked in big gains on several positions, added to new holdings and made other buys.