Hyatt Hotels Corporation Class A (H)

* My revised levels I don't want there to be any ambiguity about the size of my positions, or about my buy and short levels, as I strive for as much transparency as possible. "When the time comes to buy, you won't want to." - Walter Deemer "When the...

Stocks sold off hard from the early morning highs -- with S&P 500 futures about negative 45 handles below the best levels.   Volatility weakened and then rose, coinciding with the breadth reversal (something I was laser focused on this morning).   I...

I was out of the office on Friday but I was active nonetheless: * I sold out my iPath Series B S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN long rental for a small profit. (Remember, VXX as well as leveraged ETFs are vehicles intended as a short-term rental a...

* I declared an audible and covered all my Index shorts after the close on Monday evening * I have often written about being flexible and opportunistic - I view last night's move as fulfilling my task of being flexible, and admitting that my short t...

Bought more (moved to large), shorted more , , and (moved to large) - raising my net short exposure further.

My hospitality shorts - and - are starting to roll over technically.

I have moved my Hilton and Hyatt shorts to large-sized.    

Yesterday I took a trading short rental in two hotel plays - Hyatt and Hilton :    Nov 16, 2020 ' 11:05 AM EST DOUG KASS Hotel California... Not Such a Lovely Place? "There she stood in the doorway I heard the mission bell And I was thinkin' to myse...

"There she stood in the doorway I heard the mission bell And I was thinkin' to myself 'This could be heaven or this could be hell Then she lit up a candle And she showed me the way There were voices down the corridor I thought I heard them say..." -...

* My continued mantra is less pontificating and more trading/investing * Considering a short in SPY and QQQ on further strength   * Breadth disappointing (negative - 1475 advancers, 1565 decliners on the NYSE) relative to +25 S&P and +210 Nasdaq * I...

* Yesterday may have represented a classic "sell on the good news" * While many were cheering about the vaccine news, I was waiting to sell, red tickets in hand * Some stocks and sectors had a great year yesterday * And some stocks and sectors got s...

* My revised levels I don't want there to be any ambiguity about the size of my positions or about my buy and short levels as I strive for as much transparency as possible. "When the time comes to buy, you won't want to." -- Walter Deemer "When the ...

CNBC is reporting that in New York City alone, 34% of hotels are delinquent, and hospitality investment bank Robert Douglas sees more hotels at risk of closing.  We've heard quite a bit about the airlines over these last few months, but the hotel ne...

* It's the mother of all short squeezes (part deux) * Does he live under water?  "Yeah, like Bizarro Superman, Superman's exact opposite, who lives in the backwards Bizarro world. Up is down, down is up, he says hello when he leaves, goodbye when he...

* At least for an afternoon! Some takeaways on the day:  Equities peaked at around 11:30 a.m. and started a steady retreat that intensified late in the day. Market breadth was 3-1 negative. The S&P 500 fell by nearly 40 handles from the day's high. ...

This morning I moved from small net long to between small and medium net short in exposure: * I have covered my short calls. * I have moved my long to large. * I have initiated an short. * I have added to my individual stock shorts: 1. Added to and ...

* After "playing" the rally off of the March lows (with plenty of longs) I have recently (again) gotten net short of exposure To summarize some my recent activity: * I took off numerous investment longs (for profits) into the rally -- including , , ...

* Fundamental concerns and weakening technical signs might be converging now In the last few weeks and days I have eliminated all my equity investments in my personal pension plan, I have personally shorted S&P futures (at 3202 Monday night), I have...

With the exception of a short and an elimination of my holdings - I have done little this morning. * Breadth is still a strong 3.5:1. * Ss (S&P) over Ns (Nasdaq), again, and despite strong gains in Tesla and Amazon . * Bonds are quiet. (I covered my...

We are now in one of those times, like 52 years ago in 1968, that we and our children will always remember. Many of us have spent the weekend watching America burning in despair. As I write this missive, an extended portion of I-95 (in Palm Beach) h...

* I have liquidated a lot of my long positions and have been averaging into Index shorts lately * I worship at the altar of fundamentals and not of price momentum * Monday I will present a more lengthy analysis of my concerns over the balance of 202...

I am again considering my former speculative basket of Hilton Hyatt and Vornado -- that I previously profited from in a short-term trading rental. The next leg lower I will be a buyer.

* This month I learned that being long can be fun. * Breadth has been stuck at 4-1 (positive) for several hours. * Again, we could be seeing a powerful pivot away from growth and towards value. (I am hopeful that this is the start of such a transiti...

* May be viewed as possible trading rentals I often defer to the old trading adage that stocks that are green in a sea of red can be considered as trades on a turn in the markets. Today's candidates on my screen that are trading higher include , , a...

My large put position has a lot of gamma - so as stocks decline, I get shorter. I plan to buy back a number of stocks that I sold out (e.g., , , , etc.) into a further drop in order to maintain close to a market neutral exposure.

* My revised levels I don't want there to be any ambiguity about the size of my positions or about my buy and short levels as I strive for as much transparency as possible. "When the time comes to buy, you won't want to." --Walter Deemer "When the t...