Natural gas stocks up today on rise in LNG prices in Asia
Shares of natural gas producers and liquefied natural gas exporters climbed strongly today as prices for liquefied natural gas in Asia rose to s seven-month high in reaction to the damaged inflicted on Gulf Coast terminals by Hurricane Harvey. It didn’t hurt...
Time to move on from trading SDRL
Seadrill (SDRL) was scheduled to file for a pre-packaged bankruptcy today. Â When it didn’t, the shares soared. Before finishing the day up 17.46%–a 3 cents a share gain to 23 cents–the stock was up as much as 31.17% as of noon in New York. If...
Adding a gold ETF on today’s drop in the metal on hurricane, North Korea relief
I’m adding the SPDR Gold Shares ETF (GLD) to my Jubak Picks and Volatility portfolios today. Gold has sold off today with worries over a new missile test from North Korea in abeyance. And with traders relieved–and apparently surprised–to discover...
Two typhoons don’t dent casino revenue growth in Macao
Casino revenue in Macao climbed by a year over year 20% in August, marking a 13th consecutive month of growth–despite two typhoons the left half of the city without power and water for as many as four days. Analysts had been looking for 17% to 22% growth in...
How will Apple’s new iPhone match up with the competition from Samsung’s Note 8? Here’s what we know
I’m on vacation until September 6. I wrote this post on August 25 before I left. Back on August 24 I wrote a post rating the snazz of the new Note 8, the top of the line smartphone that Samsung had just introduced. The Note 8, I wrote, set the bar for the high...
What? Wait a minute! Not everything is perfect at Alibaba?
I’m on vacation until September 6. I wrote this post on August 24 before I left. On August 17 Alibaba Group Holding (BABA) reported another blowout quarter. Non-GAAP earnings per share climbed 65% and revenue rose 56%. And… on its conference call Alibaba...
Cummins reports solid second quarter and shows progress in moving to electric truck market
I’m on vacation until September 7. I wrote this update on portfolio holding Cummins on August 22. Â On August 1 Cummins (CMI) reported second quarter earnings of $2.53 a share. That was 3 cents a share below Wall Street estimates. Revenue climbed 12% year over...
Tencent crushes revenue growth; margins slip
I’m on vacation until September 7. I wrote this update on portfolio holding Tencent Holdings on August 21. Â On August 16 Tencent Holdings (TCEHY) reported second quarter year over year revenue growth of 59%. That was the highest revenue growth in the last seven...
Hurricane Harvey is demonstrating the new world of oil prices–and I’m selling refiner Marathon Petroleum into the storm
With Hurricane Harvey barreling down on the Gulf Coast complex of refineries and oil terminals, you might have expected the price of gasoline to rise yesterday, August 24, on fears of a shutdown of supply. And it did. The price of gasoline climbed 2.35% yesterday on...
Pioneer earnings got the whole oil shale worry thing started
Back on August 1 Pioneer Natural Resources (PXD) reported second quarter earnings of 21 cents a share, beating the Wall Street consensus by 10 cents a share. Revenue climbed 107% year over year to $1.63 billion, way ahead of the Wall Street consensus at $1.06 billion....
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...
Xylem raises guidance for fiscal 2017 after slight earnings beat in second quarter
On August 1 Xylem (XYL) reported second quarter earnings of 59 cents a share (excluding one-time items), beating Wall Street earnings estimates by 2 cents a share. Thanks to recent acquisitions revenue of $1.16 billion climbed 24.9% year over year, slightly missing...
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...
MGM shares climb on news stock is to join S&P 500
Effective July 26, MGM Resorts International (MGM) will join the Standard & Poor’s 500 stock index to replace Reynolds American (RAI), which is being acquired by British American Tobacco. (That means that all funds that track the S&P 500 index will...
Qualcomm’s earnings show cash flow under siege; selling out of Dividend Portfolio
The earnings Qualcomm (QCOM) reported yesterday, July 19, were okay. Earnings of 83 cents a share for the June quarter, in fact, beat the Wall Street consensus by two cents a share. Revenue of $5.37 billion was ahead of analyst projections of $5.25 billion, but still...
Good news on two fronts from dividend pick Kinder Morgan
Yesterday, July 19, Kinder Morgan (KMI) reported earnings per share of 15 cents, in line with Wall Street expectations. Revenues of $3.37 billion were ahead of the consensus estimate of $3.12 billion and represented year over year growth of 7.1%. Â That was item one...
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...
One less worry hanging over shares of Jubak Pick Cheniere Energy
One worry hanging over shares of Cheniere Energy (LNG), the first company to get an unrestricted license to export liquified natural gas (LNG) to any country in the world, was what would happen if some of the customers that signed a long-term contract to buy LNG from...
HAIN spikes 8.56% on news that an activist investor is pressing the company to sell itself
I’ve been waiting for this for more than a year. And so have a lot of other investors and traders from the market reaction today. Shares of Hain Celestial Group (HAIN) jumped 8.56% today on news that activist investor Engaged Capital had accumulated almost 10%...
Visa: It you can’t beat ’em, buy ’em
Visa (V) is defending its turf in the financial processing market by buying and/or partnering with the new generation of fintech companies. Visa’s latest deal is the purchase of a stake of less than 10% in Finland’s Klarna, The still-private company...
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...
Two big deals for Cheniere Energy
Cheniere Energy (LNG) has a significant first-mover advantage, I argued upon picking this stock for my Jubak Picks portfolio, since it was the first U.S. company to get a unrestricted permit to export liquified natural gas. Turning that advantage into revenue and...
Adding water play Danaher to my Jubak Picks portfolio
On June 14 I updated my take on why you want water stocks in your portfolio. The sector has entered a new phase, I argued, that made it important for investors to look for water stocks where customers could pay the bill for clean water. Global demand for clean water...Jim’s Daily Email Alerts:
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