Today it’s copper
Copper for September delivery closed up 2.84% today. Copper stocks did even better with Freeport McMoRan Copper and Gold (FCX) closed up 5.73% for example. Southern Copper (SCCO) ended the day ahed 3.37%. And First Quantum Minerals (FQVLF) traded up 10.14%. So...
Apple’s newest China problem
If you use an Android smart phone in Beijing, you can just tap it to pay for a ride on the city’s transit system. An iPhone? Forget it. Apple’s Phone uses ApplePay. And the company doesn’t grant access to third-party apps like those from Yikatong...
Chesapeake Energy beats and then shares drop–it’s tough being a natural gas stock right now
There’s really nothing wrong with Chesapeake Energy (CHK) that an increase in natural gas prices wouldn’t fix. Yesterday, August 3, Chesapeake reported second quarter earnings of 18 cents a share after subtracting one-time events. In the second quarter of...
Apple earnings solid enough to support tech sector
The big questions for Apple (AAPL) won’t be answered until this fall when investors get to see the new iPhone (and see how hot or not it is) and learn whether or not Apple’s suppliers are indeed having trouble manufacturing key components such as the OLED...
What happened in the markets (and economy) last week–and what it means for August and September
Let’s try to put together a few events from last week into a coherent (or, if that’s too much to hope, at least a semi-coherent) explanation for where the equity market stands now. What events, you ask? How about Friday’s report on second quarter GDP...
Long-term pick Bunge gets motivated
“Depend upon it, sir, when a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully,” James Boswell quotes Samuel Johnson as saying upon the occasion of the hanging of William Dodd in 1777 for a loan scam. CEOs don’t...
Huge earnings beat can’t save Alphabet from metrics miss
Alphabet (GOOG) dropped 3.1% in after hours trading in spite of reporting earnings of $5.01 a share, well ahead of the $4.49 expected by Wall Street. Revenue of $26.01 billion, up 21% from the second quarter of 2016, also beat the Wall Street consensus of $25.6...
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...
VALE continues to make progress to becoming a “true corporation”
The ultimate goal is to convert Vale (VALE), the global iron ore producer, into a true corporation from its current status as a company controlled by a shareholder group consisting of Brazilian pension funds, Brazilian bank Bradesco, and Japan’s Mitsui. This...
Alibaba blows the top out on growth forecast; raising my target price
Yesterday, June 8, Alibaba (BABA) forecast that revenue would climb by 49% for fiscal 2018. That’s a solid 10 percentage points above the recent projection from Wall Street analysts. The New York traded ADRs climbed almost 10% on the news yesterday....
Deere beats on earnings, raises guidance, soars 7.3% on the day
Before the market open today, Deere (DE) reported fiscal second quarter earning of $2.14 a share. (That excludes the gain from the sale of SiteOne Landscape Supply for $111 million.) Those earnings were 45 cent a share better than the Wall Street consensus of $1.69 a...
Tencent earnings show growth of company’s China media power
Today, May 17, China’s Tencent Holdings(TCEHY)Â reported a 58% increase in first quarter profit on a 55% increase in revenue. The company’s WeChat app is now the world’s third-largest personal messaging app after Facebook’s WhatsApp and...
Freeport McMoRan and Indonesia agree to extend agreement deadline for another 6 months
The stakes are so high that a deal is almost a certainty. Freeport McMoRan Copper and Gold  (FCX) needs the copper production from the giant Grasberg mine, the second largest in the world. The government of Indonesia needs the revenue it gains from Grasberg....
Samsung’s Galaxy S8 just got less dangerous for Apple
Back on April 3 I pointed to Apple 21 as the next big test for Apple (AAPL) shares. (Apple is a member of my long-term 50 Stocks portfolio.) That’s the date when Samsung’s new Galaxy S8 smartphone will go on sale. The S8 is critical to Samsung–the...
Vale gets a new CEO and gets rid of control by its old shareholders
Vale (VALE) has a new CEO–that’s an important and immediate change. It will take longer to end the control of Vale by a small group of banks and Brazilian state pension funds–until 2020–but that may actually be more important in the long run....
Facebook reports big gain in number of advertisers in run up to earnings
Facebook (FB) Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg told Reuters that the company now had 5 million active advertisers on its network each month. That’s up from 4 million advertisers in September and 3 million in March 2016. The number of businesses with...
Next hurdle for Apple shares? April 21
Apple (AAPL) shares closed at $143.70 today, April 3, near the record high of $144.12 that the stock set on March 29. The stock, a member of my long-term 50 Stocks portfolio, since November 8, 20165, was up 24.07% for 2017 as of the April 3 close. (The shares are up...
Long-term pick Chesapeake becomes a short-term trade too
On February 23 Chesapeake Energy (CHK) reported another big step toward break-even. The company’s net loss for the fourth quarter fell to $741 million (or 84 cents a share) from $2.23 billion (or $3.36 a share) in the fourth quarter of 2015. Investors were...
Head winds? What head winds? Middleby is profiting from cost battle in fast food sector
Updated March 2, 2017. On February 28, for the fourth quarter of 2016, Middleby (MIDD) reported earnings of $1.41 a share, 14 cents a share better than Wall Street had projected. That was an increase in earnings from 88 cents in the fourth quarter of 2015. Revenue...
In fourth quarter Albemarle tripled lithium quota in Chile
I’d never suggest you should ignore the numbers–for the fourth quarter lithium and bromine producer Albemarle (ALB) reported earnings of 78 cents a share, 5 cents a share more than Wall Street was expecting. But the big news the company had to report for...
Copper headed higher? For Freeport McMoRan Copper and Gold this may not end badly but it won’t end soon
Update February 22,2017. With the world’s largest copper mine at Escondida in Chile out on strike, the fight between Freeport McMoRan Copper and Gold (FCX) and Indonesia is a big, big deal. Copper has already climbed above $6,000 a metric ton and the metal is...
Selling ExxonMobil out of my long-term 50 Stocks portfolio; keeping it in my Dividend portfolio
ExxonMobil (XOM) is a hard company to characterize: it does some things so well that it has no peer and it does some things poorly enough to put the company in the middle of the oil company pack. On the very big plus side, nobody does the integration of refineries and...
Deere signals bottom for farm stocks
Deere (DE), the world’s biggest maker of farm machinery, is signaling that the worst is over in for its industry even as the U.S. Department of Agriculture is projecting another down year for farm incomes. In fiscal first quarter earnings reported today Deere said...
Buying lithium producer Albemarle in my long-term 50 Stocks portfolio
On Tuesday, since U.S. markets are closed on Monday, I’ll be adding shares of Albemarle (ALB) to my long-term 50 Stocks portfolio. The shares closed at $91.92 on Friday, February 17. After the 2015 acquisition of Rockwood Holdings, Albemarle is the world’s...
Buy Tencent Holdings in my long-term 50 Stocks portfolio
I’ve got a number of open slots in my long-term 50 Stocks portfolio and I’m going to fill one of those with a buy of Tencent Holdings (TCEHY). Tencent Holdings closed at $26.25 today, February 14. Tencent is the other big Chinese Internet stock. It’s...
Adding Allergan to my long-term 50 Stocks portfolio on the strength of its Botox franchise
Today’s buy for Allergan (AGN) in my long-term 50 Stocks portfolio completes the transition I started when I sold the stock in my 12-18 month Jubak’s Picks portfolio. At the time of that sell, I felt that Allergan was chasing too many opportunities that...
My first picks for buying a piece of the Permian
I’ve been arguing recently–in posts on my paid JubakAM.com site like this one http://jubakam.com/2017/01/red-hot-permian-goes-to-white-hot-with-another-big-acquisition-and-freaks-out-global-oil-market/ and on this site with posts like “Permian power!...
Permian Power! Pioneer Natural crushes production guidance
Update: February 8, 2017. Shares of Pioneer Natural Resources (PXD) closed up today, February 8, by 3.85% after this big player in the low-cost Permian Basin blew past earnings estimates and released aggressive guidance on future production growth. The company’s...Jim’s Daily Email Alerts:
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