Caterpillar Inc. (CAT)

I added to my Caterpillar   short this morning and I have put it on my Best Ideas List (short).

* A big sub beat took DIS shares +$7 in the after hours * DIS is among my favorite long positions Like Caterpillar , I have profited shorting Disney over the last four years. A perennial member of my Best Ideas List (short) since 2016, I recently re...

* On March 16 I took a trading long rental in Caterpillar - selling it out shortly thereafter for a profit * I took a trading short rental in CAT, at the close yesterday * CAT's shares have climbed from under $90 to over $127 since March 16th Over t...

I have made a promise of more company-specific, action-based ideas and less pontification. I have updated 6-7 financial holdings in the last few days and today I am going to continue this tack with Disney and Caterpillar . Coming up.

* 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...

I have just sold my trading long rental for a nice gain. This follows the profitable sales of and recently. That day, I also purchased and - despite the sharp gains (particularly in Procter), I am holding on to these.

Back in mid-March I established five new long positions: Mar 17, 2020 ' 01:01 PM EDT DOUG KASS 5 New Long Positions In addition to materially adding to existing longs, I have established new long positions (some are trades, other investments) in the...

* Will be forthcoming... At all times, but particularly during a crisis, circulating bottom-up investment ideas is of paramount importance. Don't get me wrong, a market view is very important - and so is the analytical discussion surrounding that ma...

With S&P futures down markedly, I will be a dip buyer. As documented, I have sold some of my trading long rentals (e.g., S&P futures, , , etc.) and I plan to reestablish those positions on any meaningful market weakness.

* At the current price of about $151, I cannot easily find such an attractive entry point as Goldman Sachs . (Was -$7 and now almost flat after being +$19 Tuesday). * In just a few minutes just rallied by more than +$2 from my incremental purchase! ...

Should the stock market continue to follow through after Tuesday's historic advance traders and investors will be faced with some tough decisions: * Does one sell off the trading layer of our portfolios? * Should we maintain our longer term investme...

Over the last few days I have established new positions in , , , , , , ,  , , , , and some other more speculative investments. I also initiated a long S&P futures position which I will jettison on an extension of this rally (if it occurs).

* Before you read this opening missive be sure you understand your risk appetite and profile as well as your time frame * I see a possible "generational" investment opportunity developing and I am now even more aggressively buying for the intermedia...

*Liking action in some stocks I always look for green stocks in a sea of red. Possible trading rentals (and stocks that are positive on the day) include: , , , , , .

I added to , , , , , , and this morning. A reminder that yesterday I initiated new positions in , , , , and .

In addition to materially adding to existing longs, I have established new long positions (some are trades, other investments) in the following equities this morning: , , , and . 

I am taking ($260), ($114.40), ($21.50), ($50) and ($119) off of my Best Ideas (short) List.

At or right after the opening I covered the following trading shorts: , , and .

After gapping lower, the market saw its all-too familiar rally occur. As mentioned in my Diary, I sold short into the strength (adding a layer of trading shorts on top of my investment short position).  Down, up, down. The rally from the lows was st...