Hyatt Hotels Corporation Class A (H)

A lot of activity today. A real lot. If you can't follow (which is understandable!) I am left with the following:  Longs: Verizon VZ, Bank of America , Citigroup , JPMorgan , Wells Fargo , , Shorts: Bonds, Homebuilders, Hilton , Hyatt , Twitter , Di...

* Peak speculation? * GME joins the parthenon of speculation previously reserved for Resorts International, Piggly Wiggly, and Volkswagen * We are likely getting close as grotesque speculation often presages a Bear Market * Intelligent and disciplin...

"Just one more thing." - Lt. Columbo   I have my hands full with quite a lot of business projects I am working on (including a new hedge fund).   I was actively trading -- before and after leaving my office this afternoon -- and I want to alert you ...

On the whoosh lower I have taken in half of my shorts in Hilton and Hyatt .  Will reshort on strength.  Now medium-sized.

* I now expect an acceleration in the pivot from growth to value * As reflected by recent voting results, Americans are more in the middle of the road than at the extremes  In a market warning in Monday's opening missive I wrote:  "The Georgia Senat...

I have added to my and shorts today.  

* 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...