Buying These 5 Small-Cap Names After Trump's Iran Threats Send Equities Lower
Here's where I'm adding on amid some more Trump-inspired weakness in the market.
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President Trump.
Over the past two days, we caught a glimpse of what will occur across financial markets once there is a lasting peace in the Persian Gulf region of the Middle East.
There were peaceful overtures made by both the President of the United States and whomever is now in charge Iran and stocks soared while oil sold off. This $10,000 Portfolio went from being down 5% since inception to being up almost 2% at one point. On Thursday morning, it's down 5% again.
Such is life. For me, that's all a signal to buy stock on weakness where I have some conviction because we think we know that the outcome is eventually going to be positive.
What Happened?
Markets had priced in a victory speech from President Trump on Wednesday. That was not really what they got.
The President of the United States did indeed tell Americans that this war would end soon, but he added that there would be an increase in violence first. Crude oil is soaring on Thursday morning. Treasury yields are moving higher in anticipation of new inflation. Gold, Bitcoin and equities are all trading lower.
President Trump said that he expects the war in Iran to last another two to three weeks. However, he also said, “Over the next two to three weeks, we’re going to bring them back to the stone ages where they belong.”
The entire speech was just 19 minutes long. The Strait of Hormuz remains an issue. The president would like allies who depend on the strait more than the U.S. does to help in reopening that passage and keeping it open. Certainly, that seems to be a reasonable request. It was one that forced crude prices higher, though.
President Trump also threatened, again, to take out Iran's ability to generate electric power in the coming days should there be no deal. The president also stated that oil industry-related facilities might be taken out as well.
Wednesday's Trade
On Wednesday, I wrote of my intention to buy 100 shares of (SIDU) at or close to the last sale of $2.25.
What I did was buy 100 shares of SIDU at $2.029.
Thursday's Intentions
-Buy 25 shares of (SOFI) at or close to the last sale of $15.10
-Buy 25 shares of (ONDS) at or close to the last sale of $8.47
-Buy 25 shares of INFQ at or close to the last sale of $8.99
-Buy 2 shares of (PLTR) at or close to the last sale of $142.59
-Buy 5 shares of (RKLB) at or close to the last sale of $62.19
Current Positions
Long 125 shares of SOFI at $16.046. Last sale: $15.10.
Long 125 shares of (OCUL) at $8.061. Last sale: $8.33.
Long 125 shares of ONDS at $9.4749. Last sale: $8.47.
Long 7 shares of PLTR at $149.25. Last sale: $142.59.
Long 15 shares of RKLB at $67.1653. Last sale: $62.19.
Long 50 shares of INFQ at $9.965. Last sale: $8.99.
Long 100 shares of SIDU at $2.029. Last sale: $2.00.
Short 1 SOFI May 15 $18.00 call at $1.01. Last sale: $0.59.
Short 1 ONDS May 8 $10.50 call at $0.60. Last sale: $0.56.
Cash: $3,208.86
Portfolio Value: $9,661.23, -4.9% from inception.
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At the time of publication, Guilfoyle was long SOFI, OCUL, ONDS, PLTR, RKLB, INFQ and SIDU.
