Publication of FDA review shows Pfizer vaccine almost certain to get emergency use authorization on Thursday
A 53-page review published as a Food & Drug Administration briefing document today confirms that the vaccine from Pfizer (PFE) and BioNTech (BNTX) meets the agency’s standards for emergency use authorization. The briefing document is the result of two weeks...
Adding Citigroup to my Dividend Portfolio as 7th pick in my JubakAM.com Dividend Stocks Special Report
Let’s follow the template from Omnicom, my previous dividend pick, okay? The dividend yield on Citigroup is 3.48% against the five-year average yield of 1.96%. The current price-to-earnings ratio is 10.03 versus the five-year average of 10.17. The current price...
Buying Omnicom, the first of my post-vaccine dividend picks in my JubakAM.com Special Report, for my Jubak Picks Portfolio today
I started my research on this dividend indicator by comparing the current yield with the historical yield on the stock. For example, as I’ve noted in my Special Report Omnicom Group (OMC) currently pays a forward yield of 4.00% on its closing price of $64.99 on...
Eversource is my fifth utility pick in my Special Report on dividend stocks (on my JubakAM.com subscription site)–I added it to my Jubak Picks portfolio on Monday
Eversource Energy (ES) pays a 2.65% dividend but I’m adding it on Monday, December 7, not to my Dividend Portfolio but to my Jubak Picks list. Why’s that? Because of the high potential for capital gains–above the dividend payout–from this stock...
Pfizer’s warning on logistics difficulty in delivering vaccine stalls stocks at end of trading
Pfizer (PFE) stock tumbled Thursday after the company reportedly slashed its expectations for coronavirus vaccine deliveries in 2020 due to supply-chain issues. “Scaling up the raw material supply chain took longer than expected,” a company spokeswoman...
China’s economy grows faster than expected in November
China’s official Purchasing Managers Index for Manufacturing rose to 52.1 in November. The was up from 51.4 in October. And beat the 51.5 median estimate from economists surveyed by Bloomberg. The index for the non-manufacturing sector climbed to 56.4 in...
Nevada puts new coronavirus restrictions on Las Vegas casinos–but so far MGM Resorts stock gains
Saying on Sunday that the coronavirus surge in Nevada is running at wildfire levels, Governor Steve Sislak announced new restrictions to start on Tuesday and that will run for three weeks. The new rules will require casinos, amusement and theme parks, arcades, bars,...
Adding Duke Energy to my Dividend Portfolio
On the night of November 18, I made Duke Energy (DUK) my second pick in my Special Report: “Dividend Stocks that are beating the Risky Rockets” on my JubakAM.com subscription site. On November 19, I added these shares to my Dividend Portfolio. Duke Energy...
Why buying CVS Health now is worth the risk of some market volatility–the 3.57% dividend helps
On October 27 I made CVS Health (CVS) one of my “10 Stocks for a post coronavirus world” on my JubakAssetManagement.com subscription site and declared that it was the only one of the first group of five stocks that I’d buy now–even though the...
Nidec looks to expand its European market share in EV motors with new plant in Siberia
Can’t say Nidec (NJDCY) isn’t ambitious when it comes to expanding its share of the market for motors for electric vehicles in Europe, which has become along with China one of the world’s top markets for electric vehicles. The Japanese company, based...
Autoliv beats on prospects for global auto recovery–but I think you’ve got better stocks to play this trend
Autoliv (ALV) reported third quarter earnings per share of either $1.48 (non-GAAP) or $1.12 (GAAP). (GAAP is generally accepted accounting principles.) Â That consensus was $1.09 a share on Wall Street. Revenue of $2.04 billion was in line with expectations and up 0.5%...
Danaher blows out earnings again–raising target price
Shares of Danaher (DHR) were up just 3.28% today. I say “just” because the company delivered a blow out earnings report today. Danaher reported adjusted earnings of $1.72 per share on $5.88 billion in sales for its third quarter. Analysts had expected...
Buying Nvidia today for my long-term 50 Stocks Portfolio
On October 15 I noted that the hike in revenue guidance from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM) on huge demand for its chips in AI and gaming (among other sectors) was good news for gaming, AI, and data center leader Nvidia (NVDA.) And I hinted at buying shares...
Ericsson goes into tomorrow’s earnings riding a lot of momentum
For  the second quarter Ericsson (ERIC) reported a 43% positive earnings surprise. Could the company surprise again tomorrow? Analysts are looking for the company to report third quarter earnings on October 21 of 16 cents a share. That would be a huge improvement of...
Pfizer says it will be ready to file for an emergency use application for its coronavirus vaccine by the third week in November
In a public letter Pfizer (PFE) CEO Albert Bourla wrote that the company hopes to have initial data from its Phase 3 clinical trail of a coronavirus vaccine by the end of October and that it will wait until the third week in November to file an emergency use...
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing raises 2020 revenue forecast again
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM) reported earnings of 90 cents per American depositary receipt today on sales of  $12.14 billion for the company’s September quarter. Net income climbed 36% year over year. Analysts had expected the company to earn 81...
Catching up on my October 5 buy of Twilio
This is something of a catch up post. On October 5 I added Twilio (TWLO) to my Jubak Picks and Volatility portfolios. I announced that buy in a post on October 2 and then again in my Special Report: “Your Investing Guide for the Next 6 Dangerous Stock Market...
Adding Southern Copper with its 3.33% dividend to the (what else?) Dividend Portfolio
In my just completed Special Report: “Your Investment Guide for the Next 6 Dangerous Stock Market Months” on my JubakAM.Com site I wrote that I’d look to add some coronavirus recovery stocks to my portfolio during weakness in the November time...
Oil prices stall as Norway settles oil workers strike
Even as Hurricane Delta bears down on the Gulf Coast, oil prices fell today on news that oil workers in Norway had settled a strike that had shut down about 8% of the country’s production. The settlement will restore production at six fields already shut down by the...
Twilio jumps 13% today on increase in company estimates of sale growth
Twilio (TWLO), which makes cloud-based software, climbed 13% today after analysts raised price-target after Thursday’s investors day event. (For example Morgan Stanley raised its price garget for Twilio to $270 from $240. I would note the stock closed at $290...
Are tech stocks the new hedge against slow economic growth?
The economic news today was at best “not terrible.” Initial claims for unemployment for the week showed a job market recovery that has stalled. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi adjourned their talks for another day without...
Lithium stocks bounce back as market downgrades Tesla threat
On Wednesday, September 23, shares of Albemarle (ALB) and SQM (SQM), the two dominant lithium producers in the world, fell 11.56% and 11.82%, respectively, on an announcement at Tesla’s (TSLA) Battery Day that the electric car maker would start its own lithium...
It Iooks like Illumina selling has exhausted itself
With the Standard & Poor’s 500 falling 2.37% at the close and the NASDAQ 100 down 3.16% for the day, shares of Illumina (ILMN) climbed 1.67%. Yesterday and today the selling of Illumina looks to have exhausted itself. The stock traded at $400.74 as recently...
Adding Illumina to Jubak Picks on today’s pullback
Shares of Illumina (ILMN) dropped 8.44% today, September 16, on reports by both Reuters and Bloomberg that the genetic sequencing marketing leader is in talks to acquire Grail, a still private startup focused on blood tests for the early detection of cancer. I think...
Selling Agenus and Amyris out of my portfolios
Just want to make sure that everyone caught this sell decision that I made first on my subscription JubakAM.com website. I’m selling Agenus (AGEN) and Amyris (AMRS) out of both my Jubak Picks and Volatility portfolios. I added both stocks to these portfolios on...
Adding shares of Berkshire Hathaway (BRK/B) to my Jubak Picks Portfolio
Warren Buffet’s Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-B) hit the headlines yesterday on news that it had made a big buy in shares of Japanese trading companies. To me that looks like a typical Buffett value play on commodities and international trade at a time when the market...
Adding Pfizer to my Dividend Portfolio today
In Special Report: Meeting Your Retirement Challenge on my subscription site JubakAM.com, I suggested that when temporary factors created an opportunity to buy the shares of a solid, predictable, cash flow generating company, with a yield of 4% you should jump at the...
Barrick Gold raises dividend 14%
Shares of Barrick Gold (GOLD) are up 11.10% today to $29.99 as of 1:30 p.m. New York time on Monday, August 17. The continued climb in Barrick Gold shares comes on the strength of an ongoing rally in gold prices and news that broke on Friday that Warren...
Adding AES to my Dividend Portfolio
Yesterday I named AES (AES) as my seventh pick in my Special Report: 10 Global Warming Stock Picks on my subscription JubakAM.com site. I also added the utility stock to my Dividend Portfolio on all three of my sites. Hence this post. I wrote: “Reducing...Jim’s Daily Email Alerts:
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