Profile

Investor: Fred Hickey

Investment style: Value, growth-at-a-reasonable price

Publication: The High-Tech Strategist

Title: Editor since 1987

Circle of competence: Gold mining, technology

Picks: Agnico Eagle (AEM), Alamos Gold (AGI), Wesdome Gold Mines (WDOFF)

Pans: Apple (AAPL), Tesla (TSLA)

Influences: John Templeton, Jim Grant, Bill Fleckenstein, Marc Faber, Felix Zulauf, Alan Abelson, Ludwig von Mises, Friedrich Hayek, Murray Rothbard

Email: thehightechstrategist@yahoo.com

Fred Hickey

Location: Nashua, NH

 
History
Trump’s tariff deadline looms
Trump’s tariff deadline looms

Investors are giddy and economic black swans stacking up, not a good combination. [trades]

Fred Hickey: “Tesla is a mess”
Fred Hickey: “Tesla is a mess”

Fred Hickey continues to hold a small put position on Tesla.

Fred Hickey comments on Wesdome Gold Mines
Fred Hickey comments on Wesdome Gold Mines
Skechers being acquired for $9.4 billion
Skechers being acquired for $9.4 billion

Skechers accepted a cash offer from 3G Capital for $63/share. We’re also starting a position in Wesdome Gold Mines. [trades]

Fred Hickey: “My biggest put option position is in Apple”
Fred Hickey: “My biggest put option position is in Apple”

Apple is in the crosshairs of an escalating trade war with China.

Pros and cons of Fred Hickey’s ‘High-Tech Strategist’ newsletter
Pros and cons of Fred Hickey’s ‘High-Tech Strategist’ newsletter

Count me a long-time fan of The High-Tech Strategist.

Semiconductor industry shows widespread weakness outside of Nvidia
Semiconductor industry shows widespread weakness outside of Nvidia

Nvidia’s gain is the rest of the industry’s pain. Fred Hickey sounds the alarm. Orders from China may be fueling the Nvidia bubble.

Will the gap between gold and gold stocks close? Initiating Alamos Gold purchase
Will the gap between gold and gold stocks close? Initiating Alamos Gold purchase

While gold has held up ok, gold stocks have been dragged down with other risk assets. Buying Fred Hickey favorite Alamos Gold, adding to Kohl’s… [trades]