February 28, 2022 @ 7:36 pm | Breaking News |
I don’t think there’s a significant chance that the Federal Reserve won’t raise interest rates at its March 16 meeting. Inflation is just too potent and the risk to the U.S. central bank (and economy) just too great of encouraging a perception that...
February 28, 2022 @ 7:06 pm | Breaking News, CRWD, Jubak Picks Portfolio, OKTA, PANW, S |
You didn’t expect Russian President Vladimir Putin to just shrug at Western sanctions that now include theU.S. Treasury clamping serious restrictions on Russia’s central bank, did you? Putin has banned all Russian residents from transferring hard currency...
February 25, 2022 @ 7:46 pm | Breaking News, Buy Hold Sell |
The Personal Consumption Expenditures index, the Federal Reserve’s preferred measure of inflation, rose at a year over year 6.1% rate in January. That tops the 5.8% annual rate in December. Economists had been projecting a 6% increase for January. The core PCE...
February 24, 2022 @ 11:04 pm | Breaking News, Dividend Income Portfolio, PXD |
I’m starting up my videos again–this time using YouTube as a platform. My one-hundredth-and sixth YouTube video “Quick Pick Pioneer Natural Resources” went up today. This week my Quick Pick is Pioneer Natural Resources (PXD). I don’t like...
February 24, 2022 @ 7:59 pm | Breaking News |
I know it’s easy to forget that there’s other market moving news on the horizon (besides what the next day will bring in the Russian invasion of Ukraine) but tomorrow, Friday, February 25, the government will report the Personal Consumption Expenditures...
February 24, 2022 @ 7:50 pm | Breaking News |
Oil and other fossil fuels aren’t going to go quietly. And it’s extremely unlikely that the countries whose global power is predicated on oil are going to give up that power easily either. From this viewpoint, the Russian invasion of Ukraine is the first...
February 23, 2022 @ 4:58 pm | Breaking News |
I’m starting up my videos again–this time using YouTube as a platform. My one-hundredth-and-fifth YouTube video “Russia sanctions and the Federal Reserve’s interest rate increases” went up today. So how will the seemingly imminent...
February 22, 2022 @ 7:22 pm | Breaking News |
The personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price index, the inflation index that the Federal Reserve uses, is projected at an annual rate of 6% in January, according to economists surveyed by Bloomberg. The core rate, which excludes food and fuels, is forecast to...
February 22, 2022 @ 7:18 pm | Breaking News |
I’m starting up my videos again–this time using YouTube as a platform. My one-hundredth-and fourth YouTube video “Trend of the Week: Electric Vehicle Charging Stocks” went up today. This week I’m talking about electric vehicle charging...
February 22, 2022 @ 7:08 pm | Breaking News |
Let me start off by making something very clear–the Russian de facto invasion of Ukraine is a very big deal for the people of Ukraine, the separatists regions, and the countries of Eastern Europe. I think we’re looking at the potential for thousands of...
February 18, 2022 @ 7:57 pm | AA, Breaking News, Jubak Picks Portfolio |
Today I’m adding shares of Alcoa (AA) to my Jubak Picks Portfolio. At 3:10 p.m. today, February 18, the shares were up 2.01% on the day. My target price for the shares is $93. The pick is a short-term hedge against sanctions against Russia if the Ukraine/Russia...
February 18, 2022 @ 7:56 pm | Breaking News, COP, EQNR, Jubak Picks Portfolio, LNG, PXD |
If you believe as I do that one of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s goals in igniting the current conflict in Ukraine was to attempt to use Europe’s dependency on Russia natural gas to drive a wedge among NATO members, the most recent developments make a...
February 18, 2022 @ 7:51 pm | Breaking News |
I’m starting up my videos again–this time using YouTube as a platform. My one-hundredth-and third YouTube video “QuickPick Alcoa” went up today. This week, my Quick Pick is Alcoa (AA). Like in other commodities, with aluminum we are seeing a...
February 17, 2022 @ 7:09 pm | Breaking News |
New jobless claims rose last week, ending a three-week streak of improvements. For the week ended Feburary 12, workers filed 248,000 initial claims for unemployment. Economists surveyed by Bloomberg were expecting 218,000 new claims. In the prior week workers filed a...
February 17, 2022 @ 7:05 pm | ALB, AMAT, Breaking News, Jubak Picks Portfolio, Jubak Top 50 Portfolio, NVDA |
I’m starting up my videos again–this time using YouTube as a platform. My one-hundredth-and second YouTube video “Strong vs. hot hands” went up today. Hello there! Today I’m looking at a few stocks that exemplify what most experienced...
February 16, 2022 @ 7:36 pm | Breaking News, Jubak Top 50 Portfolio, NVDA, You May Have Missed |
After the close today, Nvidia (NVDA) reported fourth quarter earnings of $1.32 a share (versus analyst projections of $1.22) and revenue of $7.6 billion (versus expectations for $7.42 billion). As of 4:45 the stock has trading down $1.09 in the after-hours market. In...
February 16, 2022 @ 7:28 pm | Breaking News, Buy Hold Sell |
Back on January 26–a date so far in the past as to be positively neolithic if judged by changes in financial data–according to minutes of that central bank meeting related today, February 16, Federal Reserve officials concluded that they would start...
February 16, 2022 @ 7:05 pm | Breaking News, GNRC, Jubak Picks Portfolio |
Shares of Generac Holdings (GNRC), a maker of backup power systems, are up 14.05% at 3:45 p.m. New York time today, February 16, after the company reported fourth quarter earnings of $2.51 a share after the market close on Tuesday. Revenue hit $1.06 billion. Wall...
February 15, 2022 @ 7:47 pm | Breaking News |
Yesterday I owned the wrong stocks. Ford Motor (F) fell another 0.51%. Lithium producer Albemarle (ALB) dropped 1.39%. Deere (DE) gave up 1.38%. Today I owned the right stocks. Ford was up 3.55%. Albemarle gained 6.02%. Deere picked up 1.59%. And other stocks in my...
February 15, 2022 @ 7:35 pm | Breaking News |
I’m starting up my videos again–this time using YouTube as a platform. My hundred and first YouTube video “Trend of the week Lidar” went up today. This week’s trend of the week is Lidar, which is a light-based navigation technology (like...
February 11, 2022 @ 7:57 pm | Breaking News |
Back on February 2, I wrote on my subscription JubakAM.com site (and on this site https://www.jubakpicks.com/the-limits-of-st…-guide-right-now/) “I just don’t think stock market history is a very reliable guide to the present and the near-term future right...
February 11, 2022 @ 7:44 pm | Breaking News, CMI, Dividend Income Portfolio, Jubak Top 50 Portfolio |
I’m starting up my videos again–this time using YouTube as a platform. My one-hundredth YouTube video “QuickPick Cummins Update” went up today. Welcome back to Quick Picks. I have another update this week, this time on Cummins (CMI), the maker...
February 11, 2022 @ 7:28 pm | Breaking News, Buy Hold Sell, COP, EQNR, Jubak Picks Portfolio, LNG, PXD |
International benchmark Brent crude jumped as much as 4.7% to $95 a barrel for the first time since 2014. Brent was up 23.68% and trading at $94.77 at 3 p.m. New York time Friday. U.S. benchmark West Texas Intermediate, which normally trades below Brent in price, was...
February 10, 2022 @ 7:31 pm | Breaking News |
I’m starting up my videos on JubakAM.com again–this time using YouTube as a platform. My ninety-ninth YouTube video “50 basis points in March because the Fed is scared not to” went up today. This week, I’m predicting that the Fed will use...
February 10, 2022 @ 7:22 pm | Breaking News |
CPI inflation climbed at a 7.5% annual rate in January, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported this morning. That was above the 7.3% expected by economists surveyed by Bloomberg and a big jump from the 7.0% annual rate reported in December. The inflation number just...
February 9, 2022 @ 7:45 pm | Breaking News |
Tomorrow, January 10, before the market open, the Bureau of Labor Statistics will announce the Consumer Price Index inflation for January. Right now economists surveyed by Bloomberg are expecting an annualized increase of 7.2% in inflation. That would be a significant...
February 9, 2022 @ 7:38 pm | Breaking News, Buy Hold Sell, DIS, Jubak Picks Portfolio, Jubak Top 50 Portfolio |
So much for fears the Disney (DIS) would follow the disappointing course plotted by Netflix (NFLX) and report disappointing numbers for new subscriptions to its Disney Plus streaming service. For the December quarter, the company’s first quarter of fiscal 2022,...
February 8, 2022 @ 10:56 pm | Breaking News, Jubak Picks Portfolio, XYL |
I’m starting up my videos again–this time using YouTube as a platform. My ninety-seventh YouTube video “QuickPick Xylem Update” went up today. (Xylem is a member of my Jubak Picks Portfolio. The position is up 250% since inception on September...
February 8, 2022 @ 10:44 pm | AMZN, Breaking News, Buy Hold Sell, Jubak Top 50 Portfolio |
Investors have been really impressed by Amazon’s fourth quarter earnings report. And there were some impressive numbers in the report for the quarter. Amazon’s cloud services unit, AWS, saw revenue growth accelerate again to a 40% growth rate. Revenue...
February 4, 2022 @ 7:57 pm | Breaking News, Jubak Top 50 Portfolio, PYPL |
I’m starting up my videos again–this time using YouTube as a platform. My ninety-sixth YouTube video “Why PayPal is a buy and Facebook isn’t” went up today. Please watch and subscribe to my YouTube channel. And like my video. Here’s...