Caterpillar Inc. (CAT)

I have a lengthy list of stocks and Indices to short on more strength including , , , , . I have very few stocks I want to buy or add to.

I am covering my short trading rental (-$4+ in pre-market trading) for a nice profit.

"Yesterday All my troubles seemed so far away Now it looks as though they're here to stay Oh, I believe in yesterday" - The Beatles, Yesterday I was active trading yesterday. I added to my Index shorts ( and ) and to a number of individual equity sh...

With an hour to go, here are my key observations on the day: * Another smart rally off of the day's low (such a resilient market!) but not accompanied by a revival of breadth (which is now 1,175 advancers against 1,760 decliners). * Bonds rose by 1-...

"Short people got no reason Short people got no reason Short people got no reason To live They got little hands And little eyes And they walk around Tellin' great big lies They got little noses And tiny little teeth They wear platform shoes On their...

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.