Caterpillar Inc. (CAT)

Adding to on the better action. Re-shorted - I believe I made a mistake in covering (though I made a nice profit).

* It will be interesting to see whether good earnings reports (expected tonite) have been discounted "I've looked at clouds from both sides now From up and down and still somehow It's cloud's illusions I recall I really don't know clouds at all" -- ...

* I have other, more compelling, short fish to fry! Called an audible and covered the balance of my short just now.

I took in my Caterpillar short (done in pre-market) at around $137. The shares are -$5 on the day and -$7 from the pre-market gap. Moved back down from medium-sized to small-sized.

Traders might be making the same mistake in Caterpillar as they did last night in Texas Instruments (where I profitably shorted and covered). Talking heads read the headline EPS release -- but failed to note the small beat was a byproduct of a non-r...

Here are my key observations from today's action: * A record setting day. * Liquidity, price momentum, selected EPS reports and "animal spirits" were likely contributing factors to the rush higher. * Breadth was strong -- about 3-1 advancers to decl...

Here are my key takeaways from today: * Mr. Market bent but didn't break. * Breadth was modestly negative (1,373 advancers, 1,555 decliners). * Bonds continue to point toward slowing economic activity in the U.S. and globally.  The yield on the 10-y...

Chad Dillard, the equity research analyst at Deutsche Bank who downgraded Caterpillar shares to Hold with a $128 price target this morning was just on CNBC. Here's the quick rationale behind the action:  He expects earnings estimates to fall after b...

Alright folks, we've got a slew of things driving the market in general and stocks in particular this morning. As we get ready to kick the day off, futures are up nicely following the late night headlines that the U.S. and China are moving closer to...

is still a Dog.    

We have moved basically to flat breadth over the last hour. Some other cautionary near term signposts include: * Weakness in transports and the Russell Index. * Apple still red. * Banks well off the early morning highs. * Large cap tech at day's low...

Recent new longs- and . Recent new shorts - , , , and .

*Raising net short exposure Some late morning observations: * With Google and Amazon market beasts -- now both medium sized -- I feel "comfortable" adding to my short hedges. * Added to my Micron , Caterpillar and Coca-Cola shorts. * So weird that t...

I have added to my and trading short rentals today.

Recent trading short rentals in two popular cyclicals, and (I recently added to both shorts this week), are beginning to pay off.

* Revisiting Trouble Ahead - My Market Concerns Are Expanding Yesterday's opening missive, "Trouble Ahead, Trouble Behind," took a look at certain price momentum concerns that have developed in the last two weeks: I have more market concerns today t...

In addition to larger Index shorts (in and ) in the last few weeks, I have taken about 10, new trading and investment shorts on - including Apple , Disney , Caterpillar , Home Depot , Microsoft and several others (that are too speculative to discuss...

* My market concerns are expanding "Driving that train, high on cocaine, Casey Jones you better watch your speed Trouble ahead, trouble behind And you know that notion just crossed my mind." - The Grateful Dead, Casey Jones I have more market concer...

* Further reducing gross longs * And increasing my overall net short exposure I have also moved my position from large-sized to medium-sized. (And I plan to stay there.) With the recent liquidation of ,  , and longs, profit taking in a substantial a...

As you all know I am short Caterpillar - on a trading basis. Relatedly, from my pal Steve Cortes:

* I stand with a calculator and a contrarian streak in my investment strategy * I have steadily expanded my net short exposure all week While I am respectful of price and momentum that, in part, have been influenced by the changing market structure,...