Turmoil isn’t done in lithium sector with volatility at SQM and ALB
The announcement of a deal between Sociedad QuÃmica y Minera de Chile (SQM) and Chile’s development agency CORFO that resolves a long-standing dispute on royalty rates and that would allow SQM to expand lithium production from the brines at government-owned...
For shares of Bank of America and Goldman Sachs it’s all about the future
Certainly no one cheered when Bank of America (BAC) and Goldman Sachs (GS) announced big one-time hits from the recently passed tax bill, but as with JP Morgan Chase (JPM) and Wells Fargo (WFC) last week, the big deal for investors was what these huge financial...
Consumer Electronics Show caps great month for Synaptics
Shares of Synaptics (SYNA) closed up 13.35% today at $49.76 thanks to an upgrade to sector overweight from sector weight from KeyBanc Capital Markets and a very impressive showing for the company’s fingerprint technology for smartphones at the just concluded...
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,...
Time to clear away the brush in my long-term 50 Stocks portfolio–selling four stocks out of this portfolio ahead of January rebalancing
In the first week of January I’m going to rebalance, per the strategy I pursue with this portfolio, my long-term 50 Stocks Portfolio. That means I’ll be taking profits in the big winners of 2017 and adding to positions in the laggards for the year ahead....
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...
Apple gets a two-pronged roasting and the stock stumbles
Apple (AAPL) is getting hit from two directions in the closing days of 2017. On the negative news Apple fell 2.5% yesterday, December 26. The shares rebounded very slightly–0.02%–today. The first bad news came yesterday as analysts cut their estimates for...
Lithium producer SQM soars after Chilean election
Quite a good two days for Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile or SQM for short. The Chilean producer of lithium climbed almost 8% yesterday and tacked on another 2.8% today. The shares (SQM) are now up 11.47% since I added them to my long-term 50 Stocks Portfolio back...
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...
On the second day of Christmas my stock pick for 2018 is Nektar Therapeutics–and two-turtle doves
No point in hoping that Nektar Therapeutics (NKTR) will match this year’s gain of 364% as of the close on December 18. But I think the stock could easily climb another 30% or more in 2018 as the company de-risks its very promising drug candidates in the opioid...
On the first day of Christmas my first stock pick for 2018 is Amazon–and a partridge in a pear tree
I think 2018 will be the year that Amazon (AMZN) finally starts motoring on all cylinders. Not that the stock has done all that badly in 2017–up 56.5% year-to-date as of December 15–on its dominance of the e-commerce economy and it’s leading position...
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas in Macao–and for MGM Resorts
The first ten days of December have been strong for gaming revenue in Macao. That has led investment company Sanford Bernstein to project that gaming revenue in Macao will climb 21% to 23% for the month. That would be stronger than expected–and bodes well for...
Synaptics announces top 5 phone OEM will use its in-display fingerprint sensor
This is the kind of news that the very patient investors in Synaptics (SYNA) have been waiting for. The specialist in touch-screen display technologies have announced that a top OEM will put its in-display fingerprint sensors into mass production. The phone maker will...
One less competitor for Corning in optical fiber
Corning (GLW) will buy the Communication Markets Division of 3M (MMM) for $900 million. The 3M division has approximately $400 million in annual sales of high bandwidth and optical fiber products. Corning expects the acquisition to add 7 cents to 9 cents to its fiscal...
Autoliv to spin off its auto electronics safety business
No surprise really, which is why shares of Autoliv (ALV) climbed only 0.75% on the news today. Â But it’s still good to have a formal decision: After completing its review of the business, the company’s board has decided to spin off Autoliv’s auto...
Apple to buy Shazam: Now that’s one great move
Today Apple (AAPL) announced that it would buy Shazam for a price that Recode estimates is around $400 million. How do I like this deal? Let me count the ways. (Apple is a member of my long-term 50 Stocks portfolio.) First, in acquiring Shazam, Apple will get a huge...
China’s Tencent Holdings buys a stake in Spotify before that company’s IPO
China’s leading Internet gaming and entertainment company Tencent Holdings (TCEHY) has swapped stakes with music streaming company Spotify. Tencent Music Entertainment (TME), the unit of Tencent Holdings that manages its music streaming and karaoke services,...
A reminder of why Jubak Pick Incyte has been so weak lately
On December 4 MacroGenics (MGNX) announced that it had closed on its previously announced (October 25) license agreement with Incyte (INCY). For an upfront payment of $150 million and up to $420 million in milestone payments Incyte gained the exclusive global rights...
How much can Pioneer Natural Resources increase production?
When West Texas Intermediate crude was struggling to stay above $50 a barrel, the important issues for a U.S. oil shale producer such as Pioneer Natural Resources (PXD) were How much of production in 2018 was hedged above $50 a barrel? and How quickly the company...
Adding lithium producer SQM to my long-term 50 Stocks Portfolio
Shares of Tesla (TSLA) were down 3.15% in today’s (November 29) session on a report from Reuters that up to 90% of its Model S and Model X vehicles showed defects during quality checks. (Tesla disputes the Reuters story.) On the news, though, lithium stocks fell...
Time to buy Incyte on the biotech dip
Maybe you didn’t even know there was a biotech dip. If all you’ve been following in the sector is a stock like Nektar Therapeutics (NKTR), a Jubak Picks member (and the call options are a holding in my Volatility Portfolio), you’re likely to respond...
No signs of danger to HDFC Bank from India’s online revolution–in fact, on the contrary…
It’s only sensible to worry about numbers like these–they’re just so deliciously good. For the last 10 years, India’s HDFC Bank has been able to grow its loan portfolio by 31% annually. It’s deposit base has expanded at almost the same...
Cheniere Energy reports third quarter earnings below consensus but revenues show a strong beat–I’m raising my target price to $62
Yesterday Cheniere Energy (LNG) reported a loss for the third quarter of $1.24 a share, 74 cents a share worse that the Wall Street consensus. Revenue climbed 202% hear over year to $1.4 billion against Wall Street projections of $1.27 billion. Â The company also...
Robots, robots everywhere: Good for long-term pick Fanuc
The International Federation for Robotics latest report forecasts a 15% compounded annual growth rate for global shipments of industrial robots through 2020. That would follow 16% to 18% annual growth in 2016-2017. By 2020 annual unit shipments are estimated to reach...
Autoliv earnings: So when is the future?
On October 26 Autoliv (ALV) reported third quarter earnings of $1.47 a share, 12 cents a share above the Wall Street consensus. Revenue climbed just 1.6% year over year to match the analyst projection at $2.5 billion. Â The problem in the quarter was revenue...
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...
Synaptics reports earnings: So how’s that transition going?
Synaptics (SYNA) announced September quarter (first fiscal 2018 quarter) earnings after the market close on November 7. Earnings of $1.03 a share were 7 cents a share above the Wall Street consensus. Revenue climbed 8.1% year over year to $417 million against the $399...
Alibaba plans to use Singles’ Day shopping frenzy to lock in market dominance for years
Alibaba (BABA) generated $1 billion in gross merchandise volume in just the first three minutes of the Singles’ Day shopping event in China today. By the end of two hours the sales volume was just shy of $12 billion. The company’s Alibaba Cloud unit...Jim’s Daily Email Alerts:
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