Please watch my YouTube video: Quick Pick Goldman Sachs
Today’s Quick Pick is Goldman Sachs (GS). This is not a cheap stock. Goldman has had a good run in 2024 and is up 55% year to date. But this is the stock to use play the financial deregulation policies of the Trump administration. We’re moving from...
Nvidia to replace Intel in Dow Jones industrials Average–another catalyst for shares
AI chipmaker Nvidia (NVDA) will join the Dow Jones Industrial Average, replacing chipmaker Intel (INTC), S&P Dow Jones Indices, the owner of the 127-year-old index, said late Friday. Nvidia’s (NVDA) is currently the world’s second-most valuable public company....
Watch my YouTube video: Quick Pick Fortinet
Today’s Quick Pick is Fortinet (FTNT). Fortinet is a cybersecurity company with a concentration in firewalls. They have about 15% of the firewall market. Firewall sales have a four or five year cycle as technology develops and companies need to upgrade their...
Today I added VMC as the third pick to my Special Report “10 new stock ideas for an old rally” on my subscription site
Here’s what I wrote today when I added Vulcan Materials to my Special Report “10 new stock ideas for a old rally” on my subscription JubakAM.com site. Pick #3; Vulcan Materials (VMC). As stock prices have kept climbing, it’s become harder and harder to find good...
Think about gold and gold miners as two different asset classes right now
I think you want to own gold–through something like the SPDR Gold Shares ETF (GLD)–right now to profit from decreasing interest rates at most of the world’s central banks, from global macro uncertainty, from the possibility of domestic violence in the...
So what happened to the big market crash?
I think of Nvidia (NVDA) as this market’s warning indicator; it’s the canary in a coal mine; the bird that will die first if dangerous gases start to build up. So, yes, it’s important that Nvidia shares plunged from $134.91 on July 10 to $98.91 on August 7. And again...
Nvidia drops another 9.5% on the day
So much for my feeling on Monday that a 7% drop in Nvidia (NVDA) after the company’s August 28 earnings report was about as big a dip as investors would get and that it was time to buy Nvidia shares. The stock dropped another 9.5% on Tuesday. I’d sure like to have...
The argument for adding more gold even now
Gold hit a new all-time high yesterday of $2554 an ounce on the Comex for December delivery. Gold’s 20% or so gain in 2024vto date (as of August 26) is a result of strong central-bank buying plus Asian purchases plus anticipation that the Federal Reserve was about to...
Viking Therapeutics up 28% as obesity drug moves to Phase III trials
Viking Therapeutics (VKTX) has announced that its subcutaneous obesity drug candidate VK2735 is moving into Phase III development. Viking is currently preparing for an end-of-Phase II meeting with the Food & Drug Administration later this year. Just as...
Another week of tech stock weakness ahead
I expect technology sector weakness to continue this week with earnings worries still unanswered. What could put an end to selling in tech stocks? The NASDAQ 100 is down almost 4% in the last week. Certainly earnings news that showed earnings growth at the companies...
Visa beats on earnings as worldwide payments volume climbs by 8%
Tuesday, April 23, after the market close Visa (V) reported adjusted net income of $2.51 a share. That ws 7 cent a share more than the consensus of estimates from Wall Street analysts. Earnings rose 7% year-over-year in the quarter. Revenue climbed 10% from a year...
Tesla shocks Wall Street with size of quarterly sales drop
Yesterday, April 2, Tesla (TSLA) reported that it delivered just 386,810 vehicles in the first three months of the year. That was the biggest difference between actual sales and Wall Street sales estimates in data going back seven years, according to Bloomberg. Most...
Apple shareholders looking at an even more volatile six months–buy, sell, or hold (and when)
Apple (AAPL) is likely to take its shareholders on an even wilder ride in the next six months than they’ve been on since the December all-time high at $199.62. The end result, I think is likely to be a renewed rally beginning in the fall–if you can either hold...
Buy, sell, hold: Buy Novo Nordisk NVO
Back on February 20, I posted a YouTube video recommending a buy of Novo Nordisk (NVO). In the video, “Buy GLP-1,” I said that the stock, along with Eli Lilly (LLY) was riding the momentum of increased sales of GLP-1 drugs, originally developed to treat...
Need more GLP? Buying Viking Therapeutics on trial results
Yesterday, February 28, development-stage biotech Viking Therapeutics (VKTX) announced results from a Phase 2 trial of its GLP-1 weight-loss drug candidate that that showed the potential for the VK2735 compound to be best in class in the $36.5 billion (revenue) market...
Nvidia lifts most but not all tech boats
Yesterday, Thursday, February 22, Nvidia (NVDA) gained 16.40% at the close after beating Wall Street expectations on earnings and revenue after the market close on Wednesday. And then raising guidance for the rest of 2024. I think it’s safe to say we’re in the midst...
Yes, I’d buy Palo Alto Networks today–with these caveats
After yesterday’s earnings report–the company beat Wall Street estimates for the quarter–and radically lowered guidance for the next quarter and the rest of 2024–total billings for next quarter will grow by just 2% to 4% and revenue for all of 2024...
Visa beats but falls on guidance–that’s what “priced for perfection” means
After the close Thursday, Visa (V) reported earnings of $2.41 a share (after adjusting for one-time items) for the December 2023 quarter. (That’s the company’s fiscal first quarter.) Analysts had been looking for $2.34 a share in adjusted earnings. Revenue grew...
BYD climbs over Tesla to become No. 1 in electric car deliveries in the fourth quarter
This change at the top of the electric car market was widely expected. The only debate was whether it take place in the last quarter of 2023 or early in 2024. Now, we know. With both Tesla (TSLA) and BYD (BYDDF) reporting fourth quarter delivery numbers in the last...
Adding Chinese electric vehicle maker BYD to portfolios tomorrow
Today I made BYD (BYDFF) the eighth pick in my Special Report 10 GREATER Growth Stocks. Here’s what I wrote in my post on JubakAm.com. Pick #8: BYD (BYDDF). I know; I know. What’s a Chinese stock doing on this list? It’s here because BYD, not Tesla (TSLA) is the big...
Moderna shares jump today on positive results in skin cancer vaccine trials
Shares of Moderna (MRNA) were up 13.67% to $89.15 as of noon New York time today, December 14. They closed ahead 9.25% at $85.87. A vaccine developed by Merck and Moderna helped prevent the recurrence of severe skin cancer for three years, according to new results...
Gold hits record high–Don’t chase gold; buy gold stocks
Gold (for February 2024 delivery) was trading at $2087 an ounce on New York Comex today, December 1. That easily beats the old record high of $2051.50 an ounce back in August 2020. The shiny metal is up 12% from $1830 an ounce in early October. The SPDR Gold Shares...
The big pay off for Eli Lilly is still ahead
Back on August 18, I posted a buy for Eli Lilly (LLY). I said the stock was over-valued but would likely get more so. At the time Lilly shares were 46% over-valued according to Morningstar. Yesterday November 8, the stock was 68% over-valued. And even after a plunge...
The biggest good news from Barrick Gold’s earnings aren’t the earnings
Yesterday, Thursday, November 2, Barrick Gold (GOLD) reported earnings of 24 cents a share for the company’s this quarter. That was ahead of the 21 cents a share consensus estimate among Wall Street analysts. In the third quarter of quarter of 2022, the company...
Sell GM and Ford sometime between now and December 13
On my subscription site JubakAM.com I added Step #7 to my Special Report: 8 Steps to Protect Your Portfolio from the Global Debt Bomb today. And my advice was to sell Ford and General Motors sometime between now and before the December 13 meeting of the Federal...
Tech earnings take spotlight this week–but we also get consumer and oil company reports
Hope you like earnings news. This week brings a ton of third-quarter earnings reports with news from Microsoft, Amazon, Meta Platforms, and Alphabet quite capable of moving the entire market. We’ll also get more consumer company (Coca-Cola and Kimberly-Clark for...
PepsiCo beats on earnings, raises guidance
Clearly, inflation isn’t bad for everyone. Not if you have pricing power, anyway. Today, PepsiCo (PEP) reported earnings and sales that a beat Wall Street estimates, and raised its guidance for the next quarter. PepsiCo reported third quarter fiscal 2023...
Exxon Mobil in talks to acquire Pioneer Natural Resources for $60 billion–I’m selling my position on Monday
The Wall Street Journal has reported that Exxon Mobil (XOM) is in advanced talks to buy Pioneer Natural Resources (PXD) in a deal valued at $60 billion. Pioneer currently has a market cap of $55 billion. Throw in the debt that Exxon would be buying and there’s...
Moderna shares popped 3.2% yesterday–here’s why
Shares of Moderna (MRNA) closed up 3.18% yesterday, September 13, on news that 1. The Food & Drug Administration has approved updated Covid-19 vaccine boosters (including one from Moderna) and that the Centers for Disease Control was recommending the boosters for...Jim’s Daily Email Alerts:
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