Out of my dozens of short positions, here are the five I think have the best long-term prospects for going lower.
Long-Termers
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DO Something!
You know how this goes. When an important FOMC meeting is on its way, everyone just sits around staring at one another, anticipating the big moment when another utterly pointless rate cut is announced, thus freeing them to trade again. Until then, it’s an endless, mind-numbing grind-fest!!!
Fool Me Quarce……
Rivian (RIVN) is a mystery. Long-term, it’s doing just fine. Medium-term, it’s a total trickster. There have been three recent instances in which the stock looked ready to rock the free world, only to tumble away, erasing virtually all its gains. I’m playing it safe and took my profits on RIVN. If we break above that red horizontal, maybe the grind is finally over.
The Myth of Midget Porn
I spend as much time as possible in my home office, surrounded by screens and memories. Since the vast majority of my work is staring at charts, which only occupies a bit of my brain, I have to entertain the rest of it with music and videos. Just now, YouTube send me my 2025 wrap-up (even though there’s almost a full month left, but it’s sort of like how stores put on their Christmas displays in August). It’s quite a study:
Fractional Morning
Here we are again. Equity futures up a fraction of a percent, just like always. Gee, it looked the market was actually getting interesting there for a little while, but the VIX tells the tale: it’s a dull grindfest, with no fear to be seen.
