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Summer Bar

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What an interesting week that was! (Closing portfolio: 80% committed, 40% long, 60% short).

Please be warned that Tim Summer Mode is approaching fast. Next week, I'll be not-quite-as-available as normal due to my annual trek to Fallen Leaf Lake (note to newer Slopers: my warnings about me being "on vacation" can be ignored, since otherwise no one would know the difference, since I am obsessively devoted to this blog; all the same, I feel strangely compelled to tell people this every blessed year).

In any case, SocialTrade is doing great, the new Slope is coming along briskly, and it was a profitable week. Not a bad way to close things out. Drink up, Slopers!

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Drink Up for the Week Ahead

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And so ends the week! It's pretty clear that bulls are anticipating a "heads I win, tails you lose" kind of week next week. If the Greek elections go against the bulls, then the central bankers will bail them out. If the Greek elections go with the bulls, well, that's a win for them too. We'll see.

I've made my positioning clear: 50% cash, with the other 50% divided between about 25% longs (energy & commodity) and 75% shorts (tons of little bitty positions). I've also put all – yep, 100% – of my personal options account into GDX puts.

Try to slam down a martini or two to prepare for next week. We're all going to need it.

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