Selling Advanced Micro Devices out of Jubak Picks tomorrow, September 30
With supply chain “glitches” continuing to shred revenue and earnings forecasts for technology companies such as Micro Technology (MU) on Tuesday of this week, I think the risk/reward trade off from a high momentum chip stock such as Advanced Micro Devices...
Ford one of few stocks in green today on electric F150 moves
Shares of Ford Motor (F) were one of the few stocks closing in the green today with a gain of 1.20% to $14.33 a share. Yesterday, September 27, Ford announced that it looking to hire 11,000 new workers and that it would spend an additional $11.4 billion to build...
Will a 5% drop bring out the buy on the dippers? Not, I’d argue, until the People’s Bank makes a move
The Standard & Poor’s 500 fell another 1.70% today and it’s now down 3.94% from the September 2 high. As the index dropped last week (again) and over the weekend, lots of Wall Street money managers said Hey, stocks were over-valued and news from...
As promised in my YouTube QuickPick video on PANW, I’m adding OKTA to my cybersecurity picks
In last week’s YouTube video QuickPick of Palo Alto Networks (PANW) I promised a longer take on the cybersecurity sector and another pick for my portfolios to go with Palo Alto Systems and CrowdStrike (CRWD). This post is that (somewhat) longer take and OKTA...
The big tech earnings reports may be over, but now tech earnings get interesting
We’ve heard from Amazon, Alphabet, Facebook, Microsoft, and Apple. The earnings from the BIG GUYS are IN. But this week brings a bushel of earnings reports from the next generation in technology. And on recent performance these stocks have been out gaining most...
Watch my new YouTube video: “QuickPick Palo Alto Networks”
I’m starting up my videos on again–this time using YouTube as a platform. My forty-fifth YouTube video “QuickPick: Palo Alto Networks” went up today. The post to add another cybersecurity pick to my portfolios will go up this evening. Palo Alto...
Click your heels together and repeat, “There is no inflation”
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM), which makes chips for everybody and everything, plans to raise prices on its silicon by 10% to 20% in 2022, DigiTimes reported today. The company will raise prices on “mature-technology chips” manufactured on 16...
Ford gains on doubling of production target for electric F-150 pickup
Shares of Ford Motor (F) are up 2.75% as of the close in New York today, August 24, on news that the company has doubled its production target for the F-150 Lightning because of strong early demand for the full-sized electric pickup truck ahead of its 2022 launch. The...
Watch my new You Tube Video: 3 China stocks to buy but not now
I’m starting up my videos again–this time using YouTube as a platform. My forty-second YouTube video “3 China stocks to buy but not now”-went up today. Please watch and subscribe to my YouTube channel. And like my video. You can see it below:...
How much of a hedge do you need–and how much can you afford
I try to use big up and (especially) down days in the stock market to stress test my portfolio. One of the things I look to learn from a high volatility down days is how the hedges that I’ve put on to protect my portfolio work under big stress. So, for example,...
Watch my new YouTube Video: “QuickPick Cummins”
I’m starting up my videos again–this time using YouTube as a platform. My thirty-eighth YouTube video “QuickPick: Cummins”-went up today. (I’d also note that Cummins has been a member of my long-term 50 Stocks Portfolio since May 3, 2013....
Selling Meituan and Naspers to cut China exposure
Last Wednesday, July 28, Chinese financial regulators told big investors–banks and investment groups heavily exposed to China’s stock market–not to worry. China’s financial markets were sound and despite the fears engendered by the...
A tried and true earnings game boosts Microsoft another 1.23% today
After picking up; 1.3% yesterday, shares of Microsoft added 1.23% today, Friday, July 23, as Wall Street analysts raised earnings estimates ahead of the company’s July 27 earnings report. It’s a tried and true earnings season game: No analyst wants to be...
Nvidia finally trades at post-split price and gains 4.29% today
Nvidia (NVDA) finally began trading at a price adjusted for the stock’s announced 4 for 1 split. At the close the shares traded at $194.10, a gain of $7.98 a share (or a pre-split $31.92 gain), up 4.29% on the day. The solid move higher bodes well for...
Taiwan Semiconductor earnings on Thursday upended chip stocks–here’s why
On Thursday, July 15, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM), the world’s leading chip foundry, reported earnings of 93 cents a share for the second quarter, up 18% year over year. That was inline with analyst estimates. Sales rose 28%. The company raised its...
China GDP growth misses but not by as much as feared
China’s economy grew by 7.9% in the second quarter of 2021 from the second quarter of 2020. That was a huge slowdown from the 18.3% year over year growth in the first quarter. No one had expected that growth surge from the end of pandemic lockdowns to be...
Watch my new YouTube video: 3 Picks for the Earnings Blowout
I’m starting up my videos again–this time using YouTube as a platform. The thirtieth YouTube video “3 Picks for the Earnings Blowout” went up today. Please watch and subscribe to my YouTube channel. And like my video. You can see it...
News that White House and Senator group have struck a deal on infrastructure sends the usual suspects higher today
The White House has announced that it has struck an infrastructure deal with a bipartisan group of 10 Senators. There are almost no details on the deal and it’s not at all clear that President Biden will be able to convince the progressive wing of his own party...
Take that Ford: GM will boost spending on electric and autonomous vehicles by 30% through 2025
General Motors (GM) will boost global spending on electric and autonomous vehicles to $35 billion through 2025. That’s a 30% jump over its last spending plan, Reuters reported today. The No. 1 U.S. automaker will build two additional U.S. battery plants and...
Buying Cyber Security stock CrowdStrike in my Jubak Picks and Millennial portfolios
I posted Friday, June 11, that investors looking for a theme to buy in an expensive market had turned to Cyber Security stocks. Makes sense, I noted, with ransomware attacks running at a fast pace and forecast pointing to even more attacks on corporate and government...
Adding Ford to my Jubak Picks Portfolio
Today I made Ford (F) my fifth pick for a falling market in my Special Report: Five Picks and Five Hedges for a Falling Market on my JubakAM.com subscription site. Some of the logic of that pick is laid in n more detail in the Special Report. With momentum stocks...
Selling VanEck Vectors Low Carbon Energy ETF out of my Jubak Picks Portfolio on June 3
Back when I bought the VanEck Vectors Low Carbon Energy ETF (SMOG) for my Jubak Picks Portfolio on January 7, 2021, it looked like this ETF’s overweighting in shares of Tesla (TSLA) would be an advantage. After all, the shares of the maker of the world’s...
I’m selling Kinder Morgan out of my Dividend Portfolio
Like many (most? all?) oil-related stocks Kinder Morgan (KMI), the operator of 70,000 miles of natural gas pipelines, has moved up strongly during the recent rally in the price of oil. The stock, a member of my Dividend Portfolio since February 24, 2016, has gained...
Sell Equinor after oil recovery and dividend date
Oil prices have bounced back big time and with them the prices on oil stocks. I still think the long-term trend is against oil producers as efforts to combat global warming lead to lower consumption of fossil fuels. Equinor (EQNR), Norway’s state oil company,...
Splits still work? Nvidia gains 4.1% on news of 4 for 1 split
Nvidia’s (NVDA) board has declared a 4 for 1 stock split effective after the close on July 19. Assuming that share holders approve at the company’s June 3 annual meeting. (Gee, you think shareholders would vote against a split?) The stock is up 4.1% today,...
Disney drop in after-hours session after streaming subscriber number misses
Disney (DIS) shares tumbled by 3.64% in after-hours trading after the company reported fiscal second quarter numbers that beat Wall Street estimates on earnings but missed projections on revenue and on subscribers to the company’s Disney+ streaming service....
Watch my new YouTube video: 5 Stocks for an Inflation Scare
I’m starting up my videos again–this time using YouTube as a platform. The twenty-third YouTube video “Five Stocks for an Inflation Scare” went up today. Please watch and subscribe to my YouTube channel. And like my video. You can see it...
Two stock picks that are both growth and value to add to the Millennial Portfolio for long-term investors
Sure looks like a market struggling with rotations between growth and value stocks. One day the growth stocks sell off on fears of higher interest rates and rising inflation or something–and because after such a strong rally in the style growth stocks are very...
Call it the Apple problem although it isn’t limited to Apple: Skyworks post-earnings tumble is example of the market’s huge expectations worry
After the close yesterday, April 29, Skyworks Solutions (SWKS), a key Apple supplier and a maker of radio frequency chips for smartphones and WiFi networking equipment, reported earnings of $2.37 a share on sales of $1.17 billion for quarter that closed on April 2...Jim’s Daily Email Alerts:
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