Trick or trend: Is Wall Street starting to worry about its $100 million financial tipping point in the coronavirus outbreak?
Our regular (or occasional or perhaps occasionally regular) Friday series (actually running on Saturday 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. Let me...
Coronavirus outbreak nears tipping point
Asked on Friday if the new cases in Japan, Italy, Iran, and South Korea put the coronavirus crisis at a tipping point, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director general of the World Health Organization, said the “window of opportunity is narrowing, so we need to act...
China changes its reporting on coronavirus cases–again–as reported cases of infection surge in Beijing
Public health officials in China made changes again today, Friday, February 21, o their criteria for counting coronavirus cases. It's the third change in how the country counts cases in eight days and the second change in 24 hours. It's safe to say, I think, that no...
Adding Hanesbrands as Pick #12 to my Special Report 12 Bargain Stock Picks NOW and to my Dividend Portfolio
Today, Thursday, February 20, I’m making Hanesbrands (HBI) my #12 and final choice for  my Special Report: 12 Bargain Stock Picks NOW that I began on December 12. (I’ll be adding Hanesbrands and my #9-11 picks as well to my Special Report later today tomorrow, Friday,...
Is China about to delay the return to work again?
Eunice Yoon has tweeted that Hubei province, the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak, is telling factories that workers shouldn't go back to work until March 10. Â Yoon is the Beijing Bureau Chief for CNBC. I'm tying to track down any other information on the...
Coronavirus cases–and deaths–spread beyond China–Is this the feared shift to pandemic outside of China?
Today Japan reported the first two deaths from coronavirus among passengers quarantined on the Diamond Princess cruise liner, South Korea reported its first fatality, and new cases in Iran sparked fears that the disease is spreading in the Middle East. China tallied a...
It’s still a “Central banks to the rescue” mentality in the financial markets
U.S. stocks were up strongly today on news that the central banks of the United States and China were likely to continue to provide cheap--and cheaper--liquidity to financial markets and economies. In minutes of its January 29 Open Market Committee meeting released...
SolarEdge rockets 17.94% today on analyst upgrades ahead of earnings today after the close
SolarEdge Technologies (SEDG) closed up 17.94% today ahead of fourth quarter earnings due after the close. Cascend Securities raised its target price on the shares by 17% during today's session. Today's jump will, of course, make it harder for the company to beat...
China’s private companies saying they can’t or won’t pay workers because of coronavirus
Across China, companies in the private sector of the country's economy are telling workers that their paycheck will be delayed or that it will be smaller than usual or, worst case, that there won't be a paycheck at all. For example, NIO, an electric car-maker based in...
Launching my Buy-on-the-dip-o-meter as promised in my Special Report
Last night in the latest installment of my Special Report on meeting the challenge of a decade of projected mediocre returns, I promised the launch of my Buy-on-the-dip-meter today. And lo! and behold! here it is. The reason to launch this tool--and to update it...
I will be selling Microsoft out of my Dividend Portfolio on Friday, February 21
When I revised my Dividend Portfolio back on November 11, 2019, the idea was to add a few stocks that paid very low dividend yields now but that showed a likelihood of raising dividends substantially in the coming years. That way, you'd be buying future higher yields...Download Jim’s eBook for Free
