New Buy (and Short) ‘Levels’

Published 11:26 am Friday, April 21, 2023

* 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.

This column is a continued commitment towards that sort of disclosure.

“When the time comes to buy, you won’t want to.” (March 2020) 

– Walter Deemer

“When the time comes to sell/short, you won’t want to.” (December 2021)

– Doug Kass

I promised to update my “levels” at least once a month.

My last update was in late January.

My “official coverage list” now includes 151 names (86 longs, 65 shorts).

The major adjustment in this month’s “Levels” is a reduction in buy levels to reflect higher interest (risk free) rates and based on a growing likelihood of a recession in late 2023.

Here are some of my individual buy/short levels of stocks that I want to add to or reestablish on weakness, and in the case of shorts, to sell on strength: 

BUYS

— Meta (FB) $185

— Amazon (AMZN) $98

— Alphabet (GOOGL) $97.50

— Occidental Petroleum (OXY) $63.50

— Lincoln National (LNC) $18

— Papa John’s (PZZA) $67.50

— FedEx (FDX) $210

— United Airlines (UAL) $41

— Delta Airlines (DAL) $32

— Hilton (HLT) $137.50

— Hartford Financial Services (HIG) $65

— Macy’s (M) $15.50

— Dillard’s (DDS) $295

— Kohl’s (KSS) $19

— Comcast (CMCSA) $36

— Bank of America (BAC) $31

— Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB) $28

— Bank of New York (BK) – Get Free Report $45

— US Bancorp (USB) $35.50

— Citigroup (C) $47.50

— JPMorgan Chase (JPM) $132.50

— PNC (PNC) $122

— Wells Fargo (WFC) $41

— Procter & Gamble (PG) $147.50

— RH (RH) $235

— SPDR Gold Shares (GLD) $177.50

— Silver Trust (SLV) $21.50

— Kraft Heinz (KHC) $36.75

— Walt Disney (DIS) $99

— Verizon (VZ) $36

— Micron (MU) $55

— Penn National Gaming (PENN) $26.50

— Draft Kings (DKNG) $17

— Vornado Realty Trust (VNO) $15

— TreeHouse Foods (THS) $49

— J.M. Smucker (SJM) $145

— General Motors (GM) $31.50

— AMD (AMD) $77.50

— Microsoft (MSFT) $265

— PayPal (PYPL) $71

— Walmart (WMT) $145

— Vanguard Value (VTV) $137

— Vanguard Small Cap Value (VBR) $155

— Financial Select (XLF) $32.75

— Paramount (PARA) $21.75

– Warner Discovery (WBD) $12.50

— AdvisorShares Pure US Cannabis ETF (MSOS) $4.50

— ETFMG Alternative Harvest ETF (MJ) $3

— XBI (XBI) $79

— Tilray (TLRY) $2

— Ayr Wellness (AYRWF) $0.50

— Riv Capital (CNPOF) $0.15

— Terrascend (TRSSF) $1.38

— Curaleaf (CURLF) $2.00

— Cresco (CRLBF) $1

— Trulieve (TCNNF) $4.75

— Verano (VRNOF) $2.00

— Green Thumb (GTBIF) $6

— FibroGen (FGEN) $18

— AT&T (T) $17.75

– Invesco (IVZ) $17

— Wynn Resorts (WYNN) $105

— Alibaba (BABA) $85

— Johnson and Johnson (JNJ) ($158)

— Green Brick (GRBK) $30

— Elanco (ELAN) $10.50

— Sonos (SONO) $18

— Ark Restaurants (ARKR) $15.50

— Live Nation (LYV) $66

— Snowflake (SNOW) $135

— Block (SQ) $57.50

— CrowdStrike (CRWD) $120

— Pinterest (PINS) $25

— NXP Semiconductor (NXPI) $157.50

— Nvidia (NVDA) $225

— Terranova US (JOET) $26.50

— MP Materials (MP) $19

— FreyR Battery (FREY) $6.50

— Pure Cycle Technolgies (PCT) $4

— KKR (KKR) $50

— Blackstone (BX) $82.50

— Freshpet (FRPT) $60

— Petco (WOOF) – Get Free Report $9

— St. Joe Paper (JOE) $42

— Lee Enterprises (LEE) $10

SHORTS

— Netflix (NFLX) $305

— ARK (ARKK) $44

— Morgan Stanley (MS) $83

— Goldman Sachs (GS) $322

— Carvana (CVNA) $0

— FIGS (FIGS) $3

— Zoom (ZM) $65

— DR Horton (DHI) $110

— Tesla (TSLA) $175

— Rivian (RIVN) $15

— Caterpillar (CAT) $220

— Fastenal (FAST) $55

— Beyond Meat (BYND) $18

— T Rowe Price (TROW) $115

— Franklin Resources (BEN) $28

— Peloton (PTON) $14

— Plug Power (PLUG) $15

— Marathon Digital (MARA) $11

— MicroStrategy (MSTR) $275

— GameStop (GME) $24

— AMC Entertainment (AMC) $7

— Ginkgo Bioworks (DNA) $2.50

— Digital World Acquisition (DWAC) $18

— Robinhood (HOOD) $13

— Krispy Kreme (DNUT) $14

— F45 Training (FXLV) $3

— Wayfair (W) $43

— Mastercard (MA) $382

— Visa (V) $235

— American Express (AXP) $175

— Starbucks (SBUX) $110

— Lightspeed Commerce (LSPD) $17

— Sleep Number (SNBR) $30

— Berkeley Lights (BLI) $3

— Match Group (MTCH) $45

— Home Depot (HD) $306

— Royal Caribbean (RCL) $66

— Carnival Cruise (CCL) $13

— C3AI (AI) $22.50

— Roblox (RBLX) $45

— ROKU (ROKU) $58

— Stryker (SYK) $315

— Paccar (PCAR) $80

— Alpha Metallurgical (AMR) $165

— Coinbase (COIN) $70

— Boeing (BA) $212

— Lockheed Martin (LMT) $505

— Salesforce (CRM) $198

— Winnebago (WGO) $64

— Apple (AAPL) $155

— Super Micro (SMCI) $105

— ENOVIX (ENVX) $15.50

— Dexcom (DXCM) – Get Free Report $125

— Airbnb (ABNB) – Get Free Report $122

— Bitcoin (BITO) – Get Free Report $17

–Phenomex (CELL) – Get Free Report $2

— Honeywell (HON) – Get Free Report $192

— 3M (MMM) – Get Free Report $100

— Harmony Biosciences (HRMY) – Get Free Report $30

— Medical Properties Trust (MPW) – Get Free Report $10.50

— Nike (NKE) – Get Free Report $127.50

— Nuvei (NVEI) – Get Free Report $37

— Progny (PGNY) – Get Free Report $32

— B Riley BRLY $33

— Essential Utilities (WTRG) – Get Free Report $41

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Long SPY (S), AMZN (VS), GOOGL (VS), BAC (M), BK (M), C (VS), CNPOF (VS), DIS (L), ELAN common (M) and calls (M), FITB (M), GRBK (VS), JOE (S), OXY common (M) and calls (M), PARA (M), USB (S), WFC (M), WOOF (S).

Short AAPL (M), ABNB (VS), BITO (M), CCL (S), CELL (VS), COIN (S), CVNA (S), DNA (VS), DWAC (VS), DNUT (S), FIGS (S), FXLV (VS), GS (M), JPM (M), HON (S), MMM (S), HOOD (VS), HRMY (VS), KSS (VS), META (S), MMM (S), MPW (VS), MS (M), NIKE (S), NVEI (S), PGNY (S), QQQ (L), FIGS (VS), BRLY (S), SNBR (S), WGO (S), SPY calls (M) and puts (S), WTRG (VS), AMZN calls (VS), GOOGL calls (VS), JOE calls (VS).

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