The hedge fund manager told CNBC Monday that he would still keep a large
position in the stock even if he lost the vote.
Not exact matches
In the U.S., the company prides itself on its development programs for
even junior
positions like business analysts, who help co-ordinate the flow of product, and merchandising assistants, who work with buyers to choose which products to
stock and negotiate costs with vendors.
Last Friday, for example, 5 of our 7 open
positions (all long) moved higher,
even though not a single one of the main
stock market indexes closed
in positive territory.
We think we will still have the time, patience and interest
in being sophisticated investors across all styles, but frankly we can't
even be truly relied upon to do something as simple as rebalancing our
stock and fixed income
positions once a year.
Apple
stock is
positioned to move
even higher
in 2017.
Mining
stocks are an extremely volatile asset class where the odds of any investor getting into a story, experiencing impressive gains, only to then take a round trip back to break -
even... and finally into NEGATIVE territory are actually quite high (sadly)...
In fact, that dreaded rollercoaster ride where you see all your once «hefty» profits in any single position later eviscerated into NOTHING is something that I've experienced more often than I'd like to admit.
In fact, that dreaded rollercoaster ride where you see all your once «hefty» profits
in any single position later eviscerated into NOTHING is something that I've experienced more often than I'd like to admit.
in any single
position later eviscerated into NOTHING is something that I've experienced more often than I'd like to admit...
If you are only planning to buy 100 shares of a
stock, the ADTV of an equity basically becomes a non-issue because it will be easy to liquidate such a small
position,
even in a very thinly traded
stock.
When the
stock market is
in correction mode (or
even in transition), an excellent way to reduce your overall risk is to simply reduce your average
position size until the market generates a fresh new buy signal.
Although the light seasonal volume has been keeping upside momentum
in check, 2 of our 4 open
stock positions jumped to new 52 - week highs yesterday,
even as the major indices were unchanged.
Investing may earn you more based on oft - quoted long term averages but, consider this, if the market tanks by 50 %
in one year, it would take over 7 years of so called «average
stock market returns of 10 %» to return to the same
position you were
in just prior to the loss, and that is not
even factoring
in inflation.
In fact one could
even make the argument that the best trade for that type of situation is a long gold / short gold
stocks position, but we digress.
If you're earning an average of 10 % per year
in your
stock portfolio, but paying 12 % per year
in interest on your credit cards, you are losing money —
even though you seem to be making a higher return on your
stock positions.
When we bought the
stock in 2015 we believed that the company's popular nonfiction video content was ideally
positioned to leverage the global distribution capabilities of streaming technology and would profit
even as streaming video conquered the traditional cable TV bundle.
It's often called a «safe haven» currency but it was rising
in January
even as the US
stock market was soaring... so there's something else
in play... any unwinding of the massive short Yen
positioning in the futures markets could accelerate the rally.
Although the turnaround
in the
stock's fortunes may only prove to be temporary, few short sellers can afford to risk runaway losses on their short
positions and may prefer to close them out
even if it means taking a substantial loss.
As befits the man who holds the most prominent
position in Sportianity, Erickson is efficient and distinguished, and
even more important for the Fellowship, which has a distinctly regional heritage and stamp, he is of sturdy Midwestern Lutheran
stock.
After a barrage of bad press over his
position on Trident and his flip - flop over the so - called «shoot - to - kill» policy for armed terrorists, you'd expect Jeremy Corbyn's
stock to be sinking fast,
even among the most starry eyed of the «Jez - we - can» supporters who voted him
in as leader of the Labour party
in September.
This very domination, and the fact that only 1 % of the 8k new dating apps created every year are
even marginally successful, means that taking a
position in a smaller
stock in the online dating market is extremely risky.
When you're managing $ 10 billion dollars, taking
even a 1 %
position in a
stock is a $ 100 million investment.
If there is a lot of short interest
in a
stock, but for some reason the
stock goes up, suddenly a lot of people will be scrambling to buy that
stock to cover their short
position — which will drive the price up
even further, making the problem worse.
Even if growth slows down
in the coming quarters, investors seem to be overreacting to this possibility, and Apple
stock looks well
positioned to deliver strong returns
in the years ahead.
Charlie Munger once mentioned that
even though Coca Cola was one of the largest
stocks in the S&P when Berkshire spent a billion dollars
in the late 80's to take a big
position in the
stock, it was still quite undervalued.
Even if activists or financial acquirers do not make a run at the company, SureWest would be
in a far better negotiating
position with a potential strategic acquirer, such as Comcast, with a higher
stock price.
My view is that it is best to maintain a moderate
position in stocks at times of high valuation and that it is also best not to go too extreme on the high side
in one's
stock allocation at times of low valuation (because
in the short - term
stocks may drop sharply
even from a starting point at which valuations are low).
In my small unique book «The small stock trader» I also had more detailed overview of tens of stock trading mistakes (http://thesmallstocktrader.wordpress.com/2012/06/25/stock-day-trading-mistakessinceserrors-that-cause-90-of-stock-traders-lose-money/): • EGO (thinking you are a walking think tank, not accepting and learning from you mistakes, etc.) • Lack of passion and entering into stock trading with unrealistic expectations about the learning time and performance, without realizing that it often takes 4 - 5 years to learn how it works and that even +50 % annual performance in the long run is very good • Poor self - esteem / self - knowledge • Lack of focus • Not working ward enough and treating your stock trading as a hobby instead of a small business • Lack of knowledge and experience • Trying to imitate others instead of developing your unique stock trading philosophy that suits best to your personality • Listening to others instead of doing your own research • Lack of recordkeeping • Overanalyzing and overcomplicating things (Zen - like simplicity is the key) • Lack of flexibility to adapt to the always / quick - changing stock market • Lack of patience to learn stock trading properly, wait to enter into the positions and let the winners run (inpatience results in overtrading, which in turn results in high transaction costs) • Lack of stock trading plan that defines your goals, entry / exit points, etc. • Lack of risk management rules on stop losses, position sizing, leverage, diversification, etc. • Lack of discipline to stick to your stock trading plan and risk management rules • Getting emotional (fear, greed, hope, revenge, regret, bragging, getting overconfident after big wins, sheep - like crowd - following behavior, etc.) • Not knowing and understanding the competition • Not knowing the catalysts that trigger stock price changes • Averaging down (adding to losers instead of adding to winners) • Putting your stock trading capital in 1 - 2 or more than 6 - 7 stocks instead of diversifying into about 5 stocks • Bottom / top fishing • Not understanding the specifics of short selling • Missing this market / industry / stock connection, the big picture, and only focusing on the specific stocks • Trying to predict the market / economy instead of just listening to it and going against the trend instead of following
In my small unique book «The small
stock trader» I also had more detailed overview of tens of
stock trading mistakes (http://thesmallstocktrader.wordpress.com/2012/06/25/
stock-day-trading-mistakessinceserrors-that-cause-90-of-
stock-traders-lose-money/): • EGO (thinking you are a walking think tank, not accepting and learning from you mistakes, etc.) • Lack of passion and entering into
stock trading with unrealistic expectations about the learning time and performance, without realizing that it often takes 4 - 5 years to learn how it works and that
even +50 % annual performance
in the long run is very good • Poor self - esteem / self - knowledge • Lack of focus • Not working ward enough and treating your stock trading as a hobby instead of a small business • Lack of knowledge and experience • Trying to imitate others instead of developing your unique stock trading philosophy that suits best to your personality • Listening to others instead of doing your own research • Lack of recordkeeping • Overanalyzing and overcomplicating things (Zen - like simplicity is the key) • Lack of flexibility to adapt to the always / quick - changing stock market • Lack of patience to learn stock trading properly, wait to enter into the positions and let the winners run (inpatience results in overtrading, which in turn results in high transaction costs) • Lack of stock trading plan that defines your goals, entry / exit points, etc. • Lack of risk management rules on stop losses, position sizing, leverage, diversification, etc. • Lack of discipline to stick to your stock trading plan and risk management rules • Getting emotional (fear, greed, hope, revenge, regret, bragging, getting overconfident after big wins, sheep - like crowd - following behavior, etc.) • Not knowing and understanding the competition • Not knowing the catalysts that trigger stock price changes • Averaging down (adding to losers instead of adding to winners) • Putting your stock trading capital in 1 - 2 or more than 6 - 7 stocks instead of diversifying into about 5 stocks • Bottom / top fishing • Not understanding the specifics of short selling • Missing this market / industry / stock connection, the big picture, and only focusing on the specific stocks • Trying to predict the market / economy instead of just listening to it and going against the trend instead of following
in the long run is very good • Poor self - esteem / self - knowledge • Lack of focus • Not working ward enough and treating your
stock trading as a hobby instead of a small business • Lack of knowledge and experience • Trying to imitate others instead of developing your unique
stock trading philosophy that suits best to your personality • Listening to others instead of doing your own research • Lack of recordkeeping • Overanalyzing and overcomplicating things (Zen - like simplicity is the key) • Lack of flexibility to adapt to the always / quick - changing
stock market • Lack of patience to learn
stock trading properly, wait to enter into the
positions and let the winners run (inpatience results
in overtrading, which in turn results in high transaction costs) • Lack of stock trading plan that defines your goals, entry / exit points, etc. • Lack of risk management rules on stop losses, position sizing, leverage, diversification, etc. • Lack of discipline to stick to your stock trading plan and risk management rules • Getting emotional (fear, greed, hope, revenge, regret, bragging, getting overconfident after big wins, sheep - like crowd - following behavior, etc.) • Not knowing and understanding the competition • Not knowing the catalysts that trigger stock price changes • Averaging down (adding to losers instead of adding to winners) • Putting your stock trading capital in 1 - 2 or more than 6 - 7 stocks instead of diversifying into about 5 stocks • Bottom / top fishing • Not understanding the specifics of short selling • Missing this market / industry / stock connection, the big picture, and only focusing on the specific stocks • Trying to predict the market / economy instead of just listening to it and going against the trend instead of following
in overtrading, which
in turn results in high transaction costs) • Lack of stock trading plan that defines your goals, entry / exit points, etc. • Lack of risk management rules on stop losses, position sizing, leverage, diversification, etc. • Lack of discipline to stick to your stock trading plan and risk management rules • Getting emotional (fear, greed, hope, revenge, regret, bragging, getting overconfident after big wins, sheep - like crowd - following behavior, etc.) • Not knowing and understanding the competition • Not knowing the catalysts that trigger stock price changes • Averaging down (adding to losers instead of adding to winners) • Putting your stock trading capital in 1 - 2 or more than 6 - 7 stocks instead of diversifying into about 5 stocks • Bottom / top fishing • Not understanding the specifics of short selling • Missing this market / industry / stock connection, the big picture, and only focusing on the specific stocks • Trying to predict the market / economy instead of just listening to it and going against the trend instead of following
in turn results
in high transaction costs) • Lack of stock trading plan that defines your goals, entry / exit points, etc. • Lack of risk management rules on stop losses, position sizing, leverage, diversification, etc. • Lack of discipline to stick to your stock trading plan and risk management rules • Getting emotional (fear, greed, hope, revenge, regret, bragging, getting overconfident after big wins, sheep - like crowd - following behavior, etc.) • Not knowing and understanding the competition • Not knowing the catalysts that trigger stock price changes • Averaging down (adding to losers instead of adding to winners) • Putting your stock trading capital in 1 - 2 or more than 6 - 7 stocks instead of diversifying into about 5 stocks • Bottom / top fishing • Not understanding the specifics of short selling • Missing this market / industry / stock connection, the big picture, and only focusing on the specific stocks • Trying to predict the market / economy instead of just listening to it and going against the trend instead of following
in high transaction costs) • Lack of
stock trading plan that defines your goals, entry / exit points, etc. • Lack of risk management rules on stop losses,
position sizing, leverage, diversification, etc. • Lack of discipline to stick to your
stock trading plan and risk management rules • Getting emotional (fear, greed, hope, revenge, regret, bragging, getting overconfident after big wins, sheep - like crowd - following behavior, etc.) • Not knowing and understanding the competition • Not knowing the catalysts that trigger
stock price changes • Averaging down (adding to losers instead of adding to winners) • Putting your
stock trading capital
in 1 - 2 or more than 6 - 7 stocks instead of diversifying into about 5 stocks • Bottom / top fishing • Not understanding the specifics of short selling • Missing this market / industry / stock connection, the big picture, and only focusing on the specific stocks • Trying to predict the market / economy instead of just listening to it and going against the trend instead of following
in 1 - 2 or more than 6 - 7
stocks instead of diversifying into about 5
stocks • Bottom / top fishing • Not understanding the specifics of short selling • Missing this market / industry /
stock connection, the big picture, and only focusing on the specific
stocks • Trying to predict the market / economy instead of just listening to it and going against the trend instead of following it
Still,
even with the dividend cuts I'm still holding on to most of my
stocks (I've only sold one
stock due to severe dividend cuts) and just let the (now diminished) dividends from other
positions continue to roll
in every month.
Shares of
stock offset a short
position in the same
stock, so the purchase, which occurs on the trade date, can trigger built -
in gain
even though loss won't be reported until the short
position is actually closed, on the settlement date.
To
even be
in the
position to regularly buy
stocks at all is a blessing that a lot of people around the world don't have.
What this means
in practice is that traders can take a
position in the market
even if they only think they can estimate how a
stock will perform compared with the broad economy, not
in absolute terms.
Ignoring the negative impact of the Internet on the company's paper directories, as the
stock price drops further, I add more to my
position in June 2010 to capture an
even higher yield.
The trader can manage their trading schedule themselves, and it is
even possible to open and close
positions late at night or early
in the morning before
stock markets are
even open.
I believe the company is being overly optimistic
in regards to their dividend projection and would caution that
even if the dividend is payed and the
stock falls to $ 0.06, as mentioned
in this article, I would be very cautious of forming a
position in the company
in hopes of more to come.
So,
even though there was put buying yesterday
in FCX, it is just as likely traders were actually hedging a new long
stock position.
And then
even if the
stock market does well over the long term, the retiree might be
in a
position where they don't get to fully benefit from the
stock market performance.
I would normally view a book with such a title with considerable skepticism
even though, as the previous blog post reveals, I've long been a believer
in having a 5 to 10 %
position in some combination of gold or precious metals
stocks, mutual funds or ETFs, or the underlying physical metals (coins or bullion bars).
This is made
even easier by the fact that Buffett tends to hold
stocks for a very long time, which means you don't have to worry about constantly trading
in and out of
positions to keep
in line with his holdings.
But I always try to keep perspective and remember that
even being
in a
position to buy
stocks at all is amazing.
I would be willing to concentrate my portfolio (10, 15, or
even 20 %) into one
stock if I truly understand the business and I determined that it had a competitive advantage and a durable
position in the market place (think Coke or Berkshire Hathaway).
I would be willing to concentrate my portfolio (10, 15, or
even 20 %) into one
stock if I truly understand the business and I determined that it had a competitive advantage and a durable
position in the market -LSB-...]
Stock consolidation patterns give investors potential to take up new
positions in trend following or
even add on a successful
position.
-LSB-...]
Stock consolidation patterns give investors potential to take up new
positions in trend following or
even add on a successful
position.