Why I’m holding Autoliv through its airbag recall
Updated July 5. Warning: This post contains more than you ever wanted to know about automobile airbag technology. But “more than you ever wanted to know” is “what you need to know” to value the prospects of airbag and auto safety sector leader...Keep an Eye on EUM
Keep an Eye on EUM, it’s going to be huge. Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry’s standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled...It’s time to add ALV
It’s time to add ALV. This is a test of the SYMBOL Category and how it will look with the Dynamic Stock Price Table. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry’s standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled...Adding Autoliv to my Jubak Picks portfolio as earnings report confirms growth story
April 29th, 2016 When back on March 29 I gave a thumbs up to Autoliv (ALV) in a post on my subscription JubakAM.com site as a pick for the increasing automaker emphasis upon safety and driver-assisted or autonomous driving systems, I said I’d like to wait until after...
We’re all shocked to discover accounting problems at Alibaba
Update May 31. Near the end of Casablanca, Vichy French Captain Louis Renault shuts down Rick’s Cafe saying, “I’m shocked, shocked, to discover gambling is going on in here.” At that point one of Rick’s employees steps up to the captain and, handing him a bundle of...
Softbank clears the decks by paying down (some) debt
Update June 7. Softbank (SFTBY) continues to pay down debt. The Japan-based telecommunications and Internet venture capital investor plans to sell part of its stake in Alibaba (BABA) for $10 billion, and its shares in GungHo Online Entertainment, a Tokyo game...
What are the chances that the Brexit polls are wrong?
To anyone getting all warm and cozy with the polls showing that voters will decide to stay with the European Union in Thursday’s Brexit vote, I’ve got just one word of warning: Michigan. Remember the Michigan primary between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders this...Softbank clears the decks by paying down (some) debt
Update June 7. Softbank (SFTBY) continues to pay down debt. The Japan-based telecommunications and Internet venture capital investor plans to sell part of its stake in Alibaba (BABA) for $10 billion, and its shares in GungHo Online Entertainment, a Tokyo game...Raising target price on Bristol-Myers
Update June 6. The spring/summer meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology is the occasion of the year for drug companies reporting new research on cancer treatments. This year Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY) has had a great meeting with a research report...Hike in my target price for MGM Resorts today
Update June 1. If you look REAL hard I think you can see signs of a bottom in the Macao gaming market. Which would be good news for MGM Resorts International (MGM) and the planned first quarter 2017 opening of the MGM Cotai. (That casino/hotel would increase MGM...Growth slump looks over for Hain
Update May 24. On May 4 natural and organic foods producer Hain Celestial Group (HAIN) announced fiscal third quarter 2016 earnings of 49 cents a share, in line with Wall Street projections. Revenue of $749.86 million, up 13.1% year over year, beat projections by...Allergan’s earnings report today says there’s life after the collapse of the Pfizer deal
Update May 10. Allergan (AGN) reported first quarter 2016 earnings and revenue today. These results are really the first chance that investors in Allergan have to assess the state of the company since its merger with Pfizer (PFE) died at the hands of changes in tax...Hike in guidance from Incyte outweighs earnings miss today
Update May 9, 2016. Incyte (INCY) reported earnings of 12 cents a share for the first quarter today before the markets opened. That was below the 15 cents a share expected by Wall Street analysts. Of course, the stock fell–NOT. Incyte finished up by 3.07% for...Update Synaptics on deal rumors
Updated April 14. Shares of Synaptics (SYNA), a maker of touch screen technology, are soaring today on one of those unsourced stories–you know “people familiar with the matter”–that the company’s talks with a Chinese investor group are...Adding Autoliv to my Jubak Picks portfolio as earnings report confirms growth story
When back on March 29 I gave a thumbs up to Autoliv (ALV) in a post on my subscription JubakAM.com site as a pick for the increasing automaker emphasis upon safety and driver-assisted or autonomous driving systems, I said I’d like to wait until after the company’s...Update Cheniere Energy
Update March 23. Another big LNG (liquefied natural gas) project has been halted before completion. This time it’s the $40 billion Browse project owned by Australia’s Woodside Petroleum (WOPEY) and its partners. The project is the biggest to be put on hold...Update Wisdom Tree Japan Hedged Real Estate ETF
Update: March 22, 2016. When I added Wisdom Tree Japan Hedged Real Estate ETF (DXJR) to my Jubak Picks portfolio back in December 2014, my idea was that investment flows from China into cheaper (and safer from government eyes) Tokyo real estate plus development for...
Help, please–I’ve lost Chesapeake Energy in my 50 Picks portfolio
In the process of revising the long-term 50 Picks portfolio and selling my short-term position, I seem to have deleted the entry for Chesapeake Energy (CHK) in my long-term Jubak 50 portfolio. It should still be that portfolio–even though I’ve sold it out of the 12-18...Buy Market Vectors Preferred ETF
It’s common these days for personal finance gurus, financial advisors, and, of course, mutual fund company CEOs to lament the proliferating flavors of ETFs (exchange traded funds.) And I’d agree that we probably really don’t need an ETF that gives the owner...Buy Kinder Morgan (KMI) for the cash flow
Kinder Morgan’s (KMI) decision to cut its dividend to 50 cents a share certainly wasn’t popular with the market and especially not with the income investors who had stuck with the company when it rolled its MLP (master limited partnership) Kinder Morgan Energy...Update Marathon Petroleum: Was that a miss?
Update February 3: Shares of refiner Marathon Petroleum (MPC) are off a huge 8.89% as of 11:30 a.m. New York time on a daunting fourth quarter earnings miss reported this morning. That is, if it is actually a miss. Marathon reported fourth quarter earnings per share...
Update Syngenta on $42 billion all-cash bid
Update February 2: It looks like a buy out of Syngenta (SYT) is on again. Bloomberg is reporting that China National Chemical, a state-owned enterprise, will announce a formal bid for the Swiss seed and agricultural chemical maker as early as tomorrow. The price...Buy ProShares Short S&P ETF
With the uncertainties of the long weekend behind us and the U.S. markets up slightly on news out of China, I’m adding, as promised last week, the ProShares Short S&P 500 ETF (SH) to my Jubak Picks portfolio to provide some downside protection in a market that...
Buy Capital One
Financial stocks tend to do well as interest rates rise. What you’re looking for in this environment is a bank stock that is likely to show an increasing net interest margin. Like Capital One Financial (COF). In the third quarter net interest margin rose to 6.73%, up...Buy Synaptics
Today, November 10, I’m adding Synaptics (SYNA) to my Jubak Picks portfolio. The immediate news behind this decision is a Digitimes report last week that Synaptics has won orders from Apple (AAPL) that will put its LCD driver chips into 2016 iPhones. This is quite a...
Buy Alibaba
I’m adding the ADRs of Alibaba (BABA) to my Jubak’s Picks portfolio today ahead of the company’s report of fiscal second quarter 2016 earnings tomorrow before the New York market opens. The units are up 30% from September 29, but September 29 marks the low for the...
Buy Verizon (VZ)
Tomorrow, October 23, I will add shares of Verizon (VZ) to my Dividend Income Portfolio. Verizon’s shares closed at $45.89 on October 22 with a 5.06% yield. Verizon reported third quarter earnings on October 20. By and large the numbers were so-so. Earnings of $1.04 a...
Buy Cummins (CMI) for my dividend portfolio
Cummins (CMI) is a cyclical that’s good at being a cyclical. Which is why I’ll be adding the stock to my JubakPicks Dividend Portfolio tomorrow. The shares closed today, October 12, at $111.98, down from the top of its 52-week range at $151 (and not too far off the...Stillwater Mining is a hold for 2016
Bad news for the South African platinum sector, which produces about 80% of the world’s platinum. A sharp drop in capital investment beginning in 2008 (when it was an annual $3 billion) and stretching into 2015 (when it was an annual $1 billion) has hit platinum...Jim’s Daily Email Alerts:
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