Blackstone Inc. (BX)

* The market (and money) never sleeps -- and neither do I, it appears! * Futures steadily dropped throughout the night after the guide-down. * Thanks to late Friday afternoon and yesterday's (probably short lived but robust rally) S&P oscillator dec...

Another potentially disappointing signpost is the weak pin action in private equity shares - and .   KKR and BX are first derivatives of equities -- they should correlate with stocks and, with the strength of today's market rebound, it could also be...

* Outside day to the downside in the Russell Index. * Uninspiring breadth relative to the near 60 handle rise (at the top) in the S&P Index. * Blackstone was +$6/share on big earnings beat, now -$2/share. * Sharp intraday reversal in growthy tech na...

Upside - +48% (launches DriveMod Kit, a fully-equipped autonomous vehicle hardware integration module) - +22% (lands an energy as a service contract with large North American energy infrastructure company) - +10% (earnings, guidance) - +8.5% (earnin...

I covered my and shorts for a good profit on Friday - but I should have held on:  Feb 11, 2022 ' 02:02 PM EST DOUG KASS 3 Shorts Covered I covered my (SBUX) short at $94.18, (BX) short at $125, and (KKR) short at $123.80. I plan to reshort any stren...

I covered my short at $94.18, short at $125, and short at $123.80.

I just covered the following shorts - all banks, , and .

I plan to cover my bank shorts today on weakness. I am long Citigroup and JPMorgan Chase . I am short Bank of America and Wells Fargo . Speaking of financials, if Blackstone and KKR are not much lower, I plan to add to those shorts.

I am back to slightly net short.  And I have added to and shorts. - Reminder, I have a meeting between 2:30 and 4:30 today - so radio silence.

I'm doing a lot of trading this morning. I'm selling short March $454 SDPR S&P 500 calls at $11.35 I sold some more JPMorgan Chase at $156.54 I'm adding to KKR and Blackstone shorts on the morning gap. Oh, and FibroGen is on the move.

I am adding to my Blackstone  short. I have covered some short puts and I just added to my SPY short (March $440 calls). Getting shorter on strength.

Late Friday I reestablished the following shorts into the market's strength: , , , , , and .

I am out of all my trading long rentals: , , , , , (still in ), ,

I have covered the following shorts this morning - , , , , , , , and . I also covered and shorts just now. And I have covered my short.

I added to and on weakness. On the whoosh lower, I covered my short for a loss, and reduced my and shorts.

I have added to shorts in , and .

Covered a portion of my Blackstone short at $109.82.

Some of our shorts are excellent today: , , , , , , , , , , , .

I have covered half of my Blackstone and KKR & Co. shorts at $117.74 and $59.80, respectively.

* Bought and . * Covered and shorts. * Covered SPY short puts and added to short calls. * Shorted , , , , , , and .

I am covering a portion of my positions in the following shorts now: , , , , , , , , , , , and .

One of my favorite financial shorts is Blackstone :  * Exposure to China * Exposure to Real Estate * The new issue market may be closing.  * Private equity firms are basically leveraged longs.

* We remain in a 'Bull Market In Complacency' * There is certainty and precision of the bullish consensus despite a wide range of possible market and economic outcomes - many of which are adverse and market unfriendly * A deeper than expected (and "...