This stock got hit before Christmas on some news about a deal with Express Scripts ... after going sideways since last August. Recent up move may be a nice spot to put on a short if it breaks below $101.75. Keep an eye on it.
Movies Watched -- 12 O'Clock Boys
I'm watching the top 100 movies of 2014 (according to Rotten Tomatoes) so you don't have to.
First up was 12 O'Clock Boys, a documentary about ghetto kids in Baltimore who ride dirt bikes on the city's streets every Sunday in a pack. The movie was only 75 minutes long, which was good. I'd be totally unaware of ghetto life in Baltimore if it weren't for the Wire -- I've seen every episode, and recommend you do the same.
This movie confirms how hopeless and awful things are for these poor, black people. I kept thinking about the rule that when you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop digging; these people don't, for the most part. The dirt bike riding serves as a release for them, but it's dangerous and innocent bystanders occasionally get hurt and killed. Anyway, I didn't fast forward it so it earns a yellow rating (green = go, yellow = consider, red = stop).
Dragonvale -- Leaf Dragon
Light + Seaweed ... took many, many tries. Since the bring 'em back campaign began, I got a Victory dragon and bought a Kite dragon with saved up gems, and now with the Leaf dragon's arrival I only have one dragon left to go (the impossible Ovalith, which is Bloom + Panlong). I'm not counting the newly released Snowflake dragons in the total. It's good to have a purpose in life.
Business Insider Crashes TweetBot Reader
Whenever I click on a Business Insider post in TweetBot, the TweetBot reader crashes. Wonder which thing running in the background is responsible for this? (click image to enlarge)
ETF Trading Portfolio Update -- January 5, 2015
Several people are aware of my crude oil call back in August (mainly because I've been crowing about it endlessly on Twitter), but the Euro also reversed then, which you should be aware of.
No changes this week.
2015.01.13 ... Corrected gain / loss for short positions:
Kinross Gold Back to $2
Want to see KGC fall to $2 ... the chicken entrails are divining it and who wants the yellow metal in a deflationary world?
Louie -- S04 E01 to E14
Discovered on the airplane that season four of Louie had been released. I count on Twitter to notify me of when good TV is on, but somehow it failed me last summer when S04 apparently came out. I loved the first and second season of Louie, feared for it a bit with season three, but season four wasn't bad.
If you're not familiar with the show, it's a half hour of semi-disjointed comedy sketches, some of them wonderfully bizarre. I don't think the show plays well in the Heartland, but appeals to coastal elites, esp. fat middle-aged bald white men with goatees and small children.
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Apple Back to $120
Sorry for the paucity of posts, been jetlagged after our return from the holidays.
Seeing this bullish pattern across a lot of things including Intel, Texas Instruments, Taiwan Semi., and Micron -- look at all those charts if you have time. Anyway, Apple has its fans so I thought I'd feature it. I'm seeing lots of iPhone 6s and especially 6+s in the hands of my Chinese colleagues and elevator co-riders. I continue to use my $27 robin's egg blue Nokia 1050 happily.
Incidentally, I'm still bearish on Twitter and expect it to get under $35 even with these bullish tech stock patterns.
Update on Twitter Short
I pointed out the set-up in Twitter before Christmas, and there was a good spot to get short late in the day on Friday (that's a 5-min. chart below). Hope some of you caught it. If it gets to $35 I'll crow about it; if it reverses and races to $40 I'll never mention it again.
ETF Trading Portfolio Update -- December 29, 2014
No changes this week. Lousy year to be a trend follower (for the most part) ... go back and look at all the closed trades for the last 52 weeks and be thankful that you have a day job. I see the posts don't go back 52 weeks here but the earlier entries are still on the Tumblr (yet to be exported).