Correction: I’m adding DuPont to my 50 Stocks (not Dividend) Portfolio
I’d be willing to be dollars to donuts that U.S. stocks won’t repeat their first half performance–up 17.4% on the Standard & Poor’s 500–in the second half of the year. It’s hard for me to find a catalyst that isn’t...
Adding Palo Alto Networks, #6 in my 10 Best Picks for the Rest of 2019 on JubakAM.com, to my Jubak Picks and Volatility Portfolios tomorrow
Today I made Palo Alto Networks (PANW) the sixth pick in my Special Report 10 Best Picks for the Rest of 2019 on my JubakAM.com subscription site. Tomorrow, June 28, I’ll add these shares to my Jubak Picks Portfolio and my Volatility Portfolio with a target...
Oil rallies on U.S. inventory drawdown, record U.S. exports, slip in U.S. production–and, oh yes, those pesky tensions with Iran
U.S. benchmark West Texas Intermediate crude is now up 10% for the week following on a 2.44% jump in price to $59.24 a barrel today. International benchmark Brent crude gained 1.94% to $66.31 a barrel. Continued tensions between the United States and Iran, of course,...
Raising target price on Tencent Holdings , #4 in my 10 Best Picks for the Next 6 months of 2019 Special Report on JubakAM.com
In my first three picks for my Special Report 10 Best Picks for the Next Six Months of 2019 on my subscription site JubakAM.com I’ve focused on index ETFs that, in my opinion, will ride the big trend of lower interest rates higher in 2019. In other words, these...
$416 billion for seawalls in the United States by 2040–that’s a lot of gravel sales for Vulcan Materials
In the next 20 years spending on seawalls to protect communities could cost as much as the initial investment in the interstate highway system. Total spending to defend against rising ocean levels could run to $416 billion in the next 20 years, according to a report...
Adding Vanguard Short Term Treasury ETF to my Picks Portfolio
Last night I made Vanguard Short Term Treasury ETF (VGSH) the No. 2 pick in my Special Report 10 Best Picks for the Next 6 Months of 2019 on my JubakAM.com subscription site. Today I’m adding it to my Jubak Picks Portfolio on all my sites. I’m calling this...
Apple contemplates moving some production from China–but not back to the United States
President Donald Trump has argued that slapping higher tariffs on Chinese goods exported to the United States would bring jobs back to this country–if China didn’t agree to a new trade deal–as companies moved factories in order to avoid the higher...
Two more oil tankers attacked in Gulf of Oman; here’s how financial assets moved and which might be interesting ahead
For the second time in a month two oil tankers came under attack in international waters near the strategic Strait of Hormuz. One ship, a Japanese-owned tanker carrying methanol, was apparently attacked by limpet bombs attached to its hull or by a mine. The second...
Chip recovery keeps slipping further away, Broadcom says
Today Broadcom (AVGO) cut its annual sales forecast, saying that the U.S.-China trade war will wipe out the rebound in orders that it had predicted for the second half of 2019. Revenue at the chipmaker for fiscal 2019 will be $22.5 billion instead of the $24.5 billion...
Nektar Therapeutics bumps along ahead of August FDA action on new non-addictive opioid
Shares of Nektar Therapeutics (NKTR) have been bumping along between $32 and $34 for two months now, but the company continues to take steps to prepare for the likely August approval of NKTR-181, a new non-addictive opioid. Nektar has formed Inheris Biopharma, a...
Materials stocks up today even as U.S.-China trade fears linger
I think the strong move in commodities stocks today has more to do with continued weakness in the U.S. dollar than it does with any renewed faith in growth in the global economy. After all the U.S.-China trade war doesn’t look any more settled today than it did...
Salesforce buys Tableau: Nobody wants to be a “dumb pipe”
Verizon (VZ), AT&T (T), Comcast (CMCSA) don’t want to be “dumb pipes” that supply Internet connections but that see the bulk of revenue from Internet customers go to the streaming companies that sell content to subscribers. So they’re in a...
Infineon’s acquisition of Cypress will create new No. 1 among auto chip suppliers
I added shares of Infineon (IFNNY) to my Jubak Picks Portfolio on May 7. The chip maker hasn’t exactly been tearing up the track since then, scoring a 26.59% loss. But on June 3 Infineon acquired another chip maker Cypress Semiconductor (CY) for $10.1 billion in...
Buying this Vanguard Treasury ETF on Monday for my ETF Portfolio–and for my Jubak Picks and Volatility portfolios
Today I sold the iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (EEM) out of my Perfect 5 ETF Portfolio on my JubakAM.com and JugglingWithKnives.com subscription sites. And today I’m replacing it in that portfolio with the Vanguard Intermediate Term Treasury ETF (VGIT). Now...
Selling Emerging Markets ETF out of my ETF Portfolio on my subscription JugglingWithKnives and JubakAM sites on Monday
In an ideal world, I would have finished my Special Report on the Crisis in Global Capitalism on my subscription JubakAM.com site by now so I could place this sell–and the coming buy of a Treasury ETF–in the context of that crisis. But this isn’t an...
Further lowering China exposure in my portfolios
This morning Wall Street is buzzing with talk that the U.S.-China trade war could stretch on to 2035. I think there’s just about no chance of that. But we aren’t looking at the quick resolution of the dispute that seemed possible just 10 days ago. And we...
So much for any infrastructure spending bill from Washington
President Donald Trump stormed out of a meeting with Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Democratic Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer saying that he would not work with them on an infrastructure package (or other bipartisan legislation including an effort to...
Chipmakers begin to cut supplies for China’s Huawei and lead U.S. stocks down today
Call it a secondary effect of the U.S.-China trade war but it’s still clearly taking a bite out of the shares of U.S. chip makers today. Last week the Trump administration added sanctions on China’s Huawei Technologies that would prevent the company from buying U.S....
Cisco earnings on May 16 powered the market; Cisco gained 6.66% on the day and another 0.75% today, May 17
Yesterday, May 16, earnings from Cisco Systems (CSCO) and Wal-Mart (CSCO) before the open powered U.S. stocks higher to start the day.So what did Cisco say? (I reported on Wal-Mart in a post yesterday.) Cisco reported earnings per share of 78 cents for the...
Nvidia reports after the close today–watch to see if it misses on earnings to create a buying opportunity
Nvidia (NVDA) will report first quarter earnings today, May 16, after the close of New York markets. Wall Street is expecting the company to report earnings of 81 cents a share–which would be a drop of 60.5% year over year–on revenue of $2.195 billion, a...
Recent weakness good opportunity to pick up Disney for patient, long-term investors
Every so often the calendar and the movie release schedule give patient long-term investors a chance to buy Disney (DIS) on some mild weakness. That’s where we are now. The stock pulled back slightly after the company announced first quarter earnings on May 9 of...
LNG from Cheniere dead in the sights of trade war with China–short term I’d think about selling; long term I’d just hang on
LNG (liquified natural gas) from Cheniere Energy (LNG) is one of the U.S. exports most in danger in the newest round of the U.S.-China trade war. Reflective of that the stock was down 3.57%, or $2.42 a share, as of 2 p.m. New York time, to $65.45. That has taken the...
Tariffs up, talks end, Chinese retaliation next
Whatever the ultimate end point of the trade talks between the United State and China, the next step is almost certainly the announcement of retaliatory measures by China in the wake of the Trump administration’s decision to raise tariffs on $200 billion of...
Middleby sees 17.4% revenue growth, stock pulls back slightly on earnings miss
Yesterday, May 8, Middleby reported earnings of $1.24 a share, 10 cents a share below Wall Street estimates. Revenue for the first quarter climbed 17.4% from the first quarter of 2018 to $686.8 million, slightly above the $683.01 million Wall Street projection. Gross...
Pioneer Natural Resources gains on earnings beat, production increase, and asset sales
A complicated but very positive quarter for Pioneer Natural Resources (PXD.) The stock, a member of my long-term 50 Best Stocks Portfolio, climbed 3.92% today to $153.77. First, after the close on May 6, the company announced earnings of  $1.83 a share, 20 cents a...
Jubak Pick SolarEdge beat on earnings yesterday, gains 23% today
SolarEdge Technologies (SEDG) reported earnings of 64 cents a share after the New York markets closed yesterday. That was 7 cents a share above Wall Street projections. The company reported first quarter revenue of $271.9 million, up 29.5% year over year, and ahead of...
Kinder Morgan, a Dividend Portfolio pick, raises quarterly payout by 25%
On April 17, Kinder Morgan (KMI) reported first quarter 2019 results that were a penny below Wall Street estimates (at 24 cents a share) and that missed revenue projections at $3.43 billion versus the $3.63 billion consensus. (That amounted to a 0.3% year over year...
Vulcan Materials beats on earnings–up 4.4% even without infrastructure deal in Washington
Before the New York market opened this morning Vulcan Materials (VMC) announced earnings of 46 cents a share, excluding one time items. That was a full 9 cents a share above Wall Street expectations. Revenue of $996.5 million was up 16.6% year over year and beat Wall...
What Intel’s guidance cut says about Intel, chip stocks
Shares of Intel (INTC) continued their post-earnings slide today, dropping about 2.52% to $51.11. On April 24, the day before there company reported first quarter 2019 earnings, the stock closed at $58.72. That’s a drop of 12.96% in less than a week. I think...Jim’s Daily Email Alerts:
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