If being right and not making money is a sin…I am going to hell. A very hot part of it. Every year I underperform in the markets. Not the averages, just my abilities based on the opportunities. I buy too late, I sell to soon. I am at mostly at peace with it because of …

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Last week, the markets were going to zero thanks to Ebola and Netflix. Nike was the new Fila and Apple was the next Blackberry. The $VIX spiked to 28 and the ‘Fear and Greed Index’ on CNN was 1. I was a buyer and outlined some of them in this blog post. As of this …

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The glass is half full in my world…despite the mainstream media, net neutrality, Ebola and negative interest rates, I pop out of bed every morning to invest. The internet is industrial, energy is ‘tilting to the power grid‘, the ‘personal cloud‘ is coming, the enterprise is getting ready to spend and hire, ‘fashology‘ is now …

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I love Netflix, I just don’t own it. Tonight, I feel a little less stupid. The stock has had more panic attacks than Tony Soprano. Tomorrow it is set to open down $120 points. Let’s put it all in a perspective: The stock has broken all laws of physics for technicians. Moving on… Since September….short …

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The US markets are now all down on the year…which I sum up below in a $cashtag: Goldman Sachs stock now negative on the year which means as usual…record bonuses… $GS — Howard Lindzon (@howardlindzon) Oct. 15 at 09:07 AM Go watch Jon Stewart from last night if you want a hint of any truth …

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Today we have a mild panic in action. I have no idea why it started Friday. It just did. I have been buying $XIV since Friday…it’s messy. It is a ‘juiced’ up way to get long the market and anything can go wrong short-term. Here is what it looks like recently with my awesome ChartIQ …

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The markets are serious, but they are also a game. On Friday, the CNN ‘Fear and Greed’ Index hit 1 (one). "@bumblebeecharts: $SPY $IWM $QQQ Greed O Meter hits 1 Extreeeem! fear, http://stks.co/d16ZU" // 0 is next. http://stks.co/a16VE — Le$ (@lcc007) Oct. 10 at 08:50 PM In english that means WTF!.. and Mortimer-get me out! …

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The markets always surprise me with something that I have never seen before and today it was $GTAT. The quick read on the story/mess is a good start at Business Insider. I have my own $GTAT story. It is s probably my best loss of the year. Ivan and I had this in our portfolio. …

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Today one of our investments went live with their site and I am really excited for the team. I had a chance to back Woody Levin, the founder, a few years back over a dinner at Henry’s Hunan in San Francisco. I passed and Woody built a great business that was purchased by $IGT. He …

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