Doug Kass

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Investor (Seabreeze); market diary on U.S. equities and macro.

Higher EPS Won’t Offset Rising Rates and Inflation
SocialApr 14, 2026

Higher EPS Won’t Offset Rising Rates and Inflation

@ferrotv @lisaabramowicz1 @tomkeene @business Regarding your bullish guest (Lisa)who says the EPS outlook has improved so stocks are inexpensive: * The small business confidence is lowest since April 2025. * Global bond yields have risen. The Fed is no longer likely to...

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Media Hype Misreads Earnings, Hurts Investors' Decisions
SocialApr 14, 2026

Media Hype Misreads Earnings, Hurts Investors' Decisions

Fin TV reporters - often like the panelists (who provide post EPS judgment calls before conference calls and even reading the entire release) - are great in (verbatim) reading of the reports. They are not so great in understanding and...

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Hedgeye's VIX Risk Range Analysis Delivers Recent Alpha
SocialApr 13, 2026

Hedgeye's VIX Risk Range Analysis Delivers Recent Alpha

Undaunted and strictly process oriented, @KeithMcCullough @hedgeye provided a valuable analysis of the VIX risk range that producedexcess returns (alpha) in the last several trading days. That analysis was worth the price of admission alone. @dougkass @SamofAmerica @HedgeyeDJ

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Joe Kernen’s Poor Preparation Undermines CNBC Journalism Standards
SocialApr 11, 2026

Joe Kernen’s Poor Preparation Undermines CNBC Journalism Standards

As I have repeatedly written on Twitter (in recent months)... the problem @SquawkCNBC viewers should have with Joe Kernen is not his politics (as that is his own business) - it is his lack of preparation (which causes...

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VIX Breach Predicts Sharp Equity Decline
SocialApr 10, 2026

VIX Breach Predicts Sharp Equity Decline

Attention Homegamers... @KeithMcCullough analysis or the $VIX risk range (yesterday and today) was worth the price of @hedgeye admission. Look what happened to equities at about 10:30 AM when the VIX, at first broke support at 19.05- 19.10 (it went...

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Financial TV Oversimplifies; Real Investing Requires Multifactor Analysis
SocialApr 9, 2026

Financial TV Oversimplifies; Real Investing Requires Multifactor Analysis

Fin TV is remarkably unsophisticated as they (day in and day out) solely, simply and confidentally look at the markets in a linear way. Nearly every discussion in projecting stock prices is the observation of S and P (and...

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Rising VIX Triggers New SPY and QQQ Short Positions
SocialApr 8, 2026

Rising VIX Triggers New SPY and QQQ Short Positions

@thestreetpro Wed, Apr 8 at 1:22 PM Initiating Index shorts: * $SPY $676.06 * $QQQ $607.33 I am keying my short entry points on the action of the VIX - which is now at 21.25 more than +$1 from the day's low of 19.99 (and...

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Clear, Value‑added Investment Process Beats Noisy Fin TV
SocialApr 7, 2026

Clear, Value‑added Investment Process Beats Noisy Fin TV

Masterful and value-added presentation this morning by @dsaleminvestor ... a thoughtful discussion of investment process and execution (done in a succinct and easily understandable manner). What a contrast to consensus Fin TV. @KeithMcCullough @SamofAmerica @HedgeyeDJ @hedgeye

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Unexpected Allies Urge Trump to Pursue Iran Deal
SocialApr 7, 2026

Unexpected Allies Urge Trump to Pursue Iran Deal

Respectfully disagree, Jim as according to press accounts, Iran is being more conciliatory. (1) Mario Nawfal on X: "WOW... Vance, Witkoff, and Kushner are reportedly now pushing Trump to take a deal with Iran, according to Axios....

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S&P Short‑Range Oscillator Flips to Overbought
SocialApr 7, 2026

S&P Short‑Range Oscillator Flips to Overbought

Keith: The S&P  Short Range Oscillator is now overbought (after being oversold for several weeks)  -at 2.28% v -0.52% (day earlier). @dougkass @SamofAmerica @HedgeyeDJ @KeithMcCullough

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S&P Short‑Range
SocialApr 7, 2026

S&P Short‑Range

By contrast, the S&P  Short Range Oscillator is now overbought  -at 2.28% v -0.52% (day earlier).

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2026 S&P Outlook: Down Year with Late‑Year Opportunities
SocialApr 7, 2026

2026 S&P Outlook: Down Year with Late‑Year Opportunities

Coming up on @thestreetpro Why 2026 Looks Like A Down Year for the S & P Index *  Though the negatives are accumulating, a few stocks are approaching buyable levels * "Slugflation" is more likely than ever - with economic growth...

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Cash
SocialApr 7, 2026

Cash

For the many reasons I have mentioned in columns on @thestreetpro... the "cash on the sidelines" is a B.S. argument that often surfaces during maturing Bull Markets as Bulls run out of arguments... @dougkass

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S&P Short‑Range Oscillator Nears Neutral After Oversold Stretch
SocialApr 6, 2026

S&P Short‑Range Oscillator Nears Neutral After Oversold Stretch

The S&P Short Range Oscillator is approaching neutral after being oversold for several days -0.52% vs. -1.53%. $SPY @jimcramer @tomkeene @lisaabramowicz1 @ferrotv @business @SquawkCNBC @BeckyQuick @carlquintanilla @pisani

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