Buying Cummins today for my Dividend Portfolio
In my on-going Special Report: 10 Best Stocks in 10 Sectors (running on my JubakAM.com subscription site) I laid out the case for buying Cummins (CMI) now a a dividend stock with the expectation that as the current depression over the share price of industrial...
Buying Albermarle today for my Jubak Picks Portfolio
Who says the collapse of the Turkish lira and of the Turkish stock market isn’t good news for anyone? While it’s certainly true that the troubles in Turkey–which have become worse as the country’s relationship with the United States has tipped...
Adding AT&T (and its 6.5% yield) to my Dividend Portfolio
Today’s 4.51% drop in shares of AT&T (T) on a relatively mild revenue disappointment announced after the market close yesterday has considerably de-risked the stock. At the current 3:30 p.m. New York price of $30.25 the stock pays a dividend yield of 6.61%....
U.S. stocks keep climbing but is the rally narrowing?
The major indexes were up today on Alphabet’s (GOOG) huge quarter, reported yesterday. The Standard & Poor’s 500 stock index closed ahead 0.48% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 0.79% at the close. Alphabet itself finished the day with a...
Adding Microsoft to my Jubak Picks portfolio–hoping for a July “miss” like that in April
As I wrote in Part 3 of my Special Report “Investing in a Late Cycle Market,” (available to subscribers to my paid JubakAM.com site), I’m adding Microsoft to my Jubak Picks portfolio. The April third quarter earnings “miss” sets Microsoft...
AT&T acquisition of Time Warner clears courts–let the media frenzy begin (and here’s what I’d buy)
Yesterday after the close of trading Judge Richard Leon gave the go-ahead to AT&T’s (T) acquisition of Time Warner, the owner of HBO and other content. The ruling is a green light to other vertical mergers in the media sector. The judge rejected the...
Adding shares of Valero Energy to my Jubak Picks Portfolio
Last night on my JubakAM.com and JugglingWithKnives.com subscription sites I laid out the case argued by Morgan Stanley for believing that distillate prices are heading higher in the face of a tight supplies for these refinery products. One of the refiners Morgan...
Putting gold back into the 50 Stocks Portfolio with Randgold Resources
My criteria for adding a gold stock to my long-term 50 Stocks portfolio have been reasonably consistent over the years: I’ve looked for a gold miner that was growing gold production and reducing production costs. Up until my latest revision of this portfolio in...
Apple beats on earnings; iPhone sales of 52.2 million slightly below consensus of 52.3 million units
It wasn’t a big beat and iPhone sales weren’t wildly above consensus, but such was the fear and skepticism surrounding Apple (AAPL) that shares rose 3.61% in trading after the earnings announcement. Â The company reported earnings of $2.73 a share, five...
Adding Merck to my Dividend Portfolio
News out of the imuno-oncology sector of the biotech world has hit stocks in my portfolios such as Incyte (INCY) and Nektar Therapeutics (NKTR) hard. But, I’d argue that it has left Keytruda and its owner Merck (MRK) in a measurably stronger position in the...
Monday buy of SolarEdge Technologies in my Jubak Picks portfolio
I’ve been looking for a way out of this investing puzzle for a while and I think I’ve finally found one. SolarEdge Technologies (SEDG). I’m adding these shares to my Jubak Picks Portfolio on Monday. And I’ll be buying call options on these...
Adding Independent Bank to my Dividend Portfolio
Just in case you haven’t noticed, it’s really, really hard at the moment to find a decent dividend yield in a stock that doesn’t require taking on substantial risk. That’s what happens when you’ve got elevated asset prices after a long...
Adding Boeing to Jubak Picks on weak dollar, strong global economy, tax cuts
Shares of Boeing (BA) have tumbled from $351.01 on January 17 to close at $334.69 today. I’m using the pull back to add shares to my Jubak Picks portfolio tomorrow, January 25. The Boeing story right now is one of multiple tailwinds pushing the stock higher. A...
Adding Caterpillar to my Jubak Picks and Volatility Portfolios ahead of earnings tomorrow
Caterpillar (CAT) looks to be a major beneficiary of the lower tax rates in the Tax Cuts & Jobs Act and for a lower U.S. dollar. (See today’s encouragement of a weaker dollar from Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin at Davos today.) Not that Caterpillar sales...
My eighth stock pick of Christmas is Bank of America–and eight maids a-milking
I’m adding shares of Bank of America (BAC) to my Dividend Portfolio today. The stock yields only 1.2% on trailing 12-month dividend payments so why am I adding it to a portfolio dedicated to beating the yield on the 10-year Treasury bond? Because Bank of America...
I’m adding copper exposure to my Jubak’s Picks Portfolio by moving Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold from my 50 Stocks Portfolio
By this time I think you get the message: I like the trend in copper prices and copper stocks over the next five years. I’ve added copper producers South Copper (SCCO) to my long-term 50 Stocks Portfolio and First Quantum Minerals (FQVLF) to my volatility...
On the fifth day of Christmas my stock pick is Applied Materials–and five golden rings
All the work by Nvidia, Intel, Applied Micro Devices, and Alphabet that I described in my fourth day of Christmas stock pick post means lots of orders for the companies that make the machines that make the chips for new markets in artificial intelligence, data mining,...
On the fourth day of Christmas my stock pick is Nvidia–and four colly birds
And what’s a colly bird and isn’t it “calling birds”? “Colly” derives from the Old English word for coal. So the song’s lyrics here call for four blackbirds. All the evidence I’ve seen argues that the use of “colly...
On the third day of Christmas my stock pick for 2018 is Southern Copper–and three french hens
Way back on August 17 I finished off a bullish story on the copper sector with the promise of some stock picks. My apologies: I left that string dangling. But today I’m using the third of my 12 Stock Picks of Christmas to add Southern Copper (SCCO) to my...
Nektar soared today on cancer drug data–but remember that new opioid? That’s why I say “Buy” in Jubak Picks even after this run
Nektar Therapeutics (NKTR) shares finished the day up 14.15% on fairly preliminary, but very important data from the trials of the company’s lead cancer drug. Those results go a long way to validating the company’s entire pipeline of drug candidates to...
Brazil’s stock market sees light at the end of the tunnel–I agree and am adding ETF EWZS to my Volatility Portfolio today
You can read this post by taking me up on my offer for a free two-week trial to either of my paid subscription sites, JugglingwithKnives.com or JubakAM.com. You’ll find the Volatility Portfolio–along with all my other portfolios including the recently...
I’m buying China’s online travel leader CTRP for my Jubak Picks portfolio today
There are three things to think about before buying Ctrip.com International (CTRP), the leader in China’s online travel market. Two of these things are positive and one negative. I think the balance comes down on the positive side but the negative element means...
My first pick for my new Perfect Five ETF portfolio
Let’s start with the core of any ETF portfolio for a U.S.-based investor: U.S. equities. But what’s the choice for the next, say, six months? In 2017 the major indexes have taken turns leading the pack. One quarter it’s the turn of the small caps in...
Buy Arco Dorados Holdings in my Jubak Picks portfolio
Arco Dorados Holdings (ARCO) is a twofer. The New York traded ADRs of the largest operator of McDonald’s (MCD) franchises in the world, is soaring on the recovery in its two biggest markets Brazil and Argentina. The ADRs are up 76.7% in 2017 as of the close on...
Adding a gold ETF on today’s drop in the metal on hurricane, North Korea relief
I’m adding the SPDR Gold Shares ETF (GLD) to my Jubak Picks and Volatility portfolios today. Gold has sold off today with worries over a new missile test from North Korea in abeyance. And with traders relieved–and apparently surprised–to discover...
Adding Nidec (NJDCY) to my long-term 50 stocks portfolio
Back on July 11 I wrote a Sector Monday post on the robotics sector on my subscription site JubakAM.com. I’ve already added Fanuc (FANUY) to my long-term 50 Stocks portfolio. And tomorrow with this post I will be adding Nidec (NJDCY) to that same long-term...
Buy Fanuc in my long-term 50 Stocks portfolio
I’m adding the ADRs for Japan’s Facuc (FANUY:US) to my long-term 50 Stocks portfolio today, July 13. If you’re looking for a stock to take advantage of the long-term growth in the more conventional end of the robotics sector, I think Fanuc is your...
Adding water play Danaher to my Jubak Picks portfolio
On June 14 I updated my take on why you want water stocks in your portfolio. The sector has entered a new phase, I argued, that made it important for investors to look for water stocks where customers could pay the bill for clean water. Global demand for clean water...
Picks for the Permian Boom Part 2–Among shovel-makers my choice is Helmerich & Payne
I’ve been arguing recently that you need to own a piece of the Permian Basin in your portfolio. On February 10 https://jubakpicks.com/my-first-picks-for-buying-a-piece-of-the-permian/ I even gave you my first two picks, producers Pioneer Natural Resources (PXD)...Jim’s Daily Email Alerts:
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