Federal Reserve rhetoric moves strongly toward interest rate cut
So much for "patient." Today after the meeting of the Open Market Committee on interest rates the Federal Reserve announced that it would leave benchmark interest rates at the current 2.25% to 2.50%. But in its words the Fed delivered what the market hoped for--a...
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 tariffs. According...
Special Report: 10 Best Picks for the Last Six Months of 2019
This isn't  time for investing as usual. As whacky as the first half of 2019 has been--the Federal Reserve embraces interest rate cuts, the U.S. and China descend further into a trade war, the U.S. economy turns in better than 3% growth but fears for a slowdown in...Presidents Trump and Xi now likely to meet at G20 gathering
Apparently U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping will talk at next week's meeting of the Group of 20 in Osaka Japan. President Trump tweeted his morning: "Had a very good telephone conversation with President Xi of China. We will be having an...
Adding Nektar call options to my Volatility Portfolio–again
Again. I'm adding the January 17, 2020 Call Options with a strike at $35 on Nektar Theraeutics (NKTR) to my Volatility Portfolio on JubakAM.com and JugglingWithKnives.com. (Ticker on these options is NKTR200117C00035000.) The underlying shares closed at $33.70, up...
OPEC in disarray; oil slips
Oil markets today are asking reasonably if OPEC can't agree on a date for talks on extending production cuts, then what hope is there for an actual agreement to cut oil production? Iran has backed away from its insistence that OPEC meet in June as originally...
Saturday Night Quarterback says (on a Sunday), For the week ahead expect…
... all attention to be on what the Federal Reserve says on Wednesday, June 19, after the meeting of its rate-setting Open Market Committee. Nobody on Wall Street expects the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates at the June meeting--expectations are high for a July...
Trick or trend: 2, maybe 3, real trends in a market of noise
Our regular (or occasional or perhaps occasionally regular) Friday series (actually running on Friday this week) Trick or Trend looks at what might (or might not) be emerging investible trends. Exclusively on JAM. This post won't run anywhere else. Ever. I think there...
I added Parsley Energy to my Jubak Picks Portfolio back on April 17–but neglected to post it to the portfolio
Back on April 17, I made Parsley Energy (PE) my first disruption in the oil sector pick in my Special Report on Disrupted Sectors. I didn't actually post that pick to the portfolio, however, and this post, excerpted from the Special Report, is a fix for that error....
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...
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...Download Jim’s eBook for Free
