Everything was rosy until the last hour
At the high point during the day, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 2.2%. It closed with a gain of just 0.1% for the day. The trend wasn't limited to U.S. stocks. The iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (EEM) was up 1.26% at noon New York time but closed off 0.67%...
Special Report: 10 Global Warming Stock Picks–Special Report: 10 Global Warming Stock Picks–6 Stage One picks, my first Stage Two pick
According to John Lennon, "Life is what happens to you while you are busy making other plans." That's also true of the global warming. Â ("Climate change," if you want, but I prefer "global warming" because heat is the fuel driving climate change whether the change is...
Saturday Night Quarterback says, For the week ahead expect…
...the start of earnings season on Tuesday, July 14 when JPMorgan Chase (JPM) kicks off second quarter reports. The most important event of the week, I'd argue, however, is the Netflix (NFLX) earnings report after the close on Thursday, July 16. That report and the...
Trick or trend: How much higher can copper run?
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. Back on...
Another day, another market Put: this time it’s remdesivir
Let's count the Puts that are keeping any Bad News Bear from biting this market. Of course, first and foremost there's the Federal Reserve Put (or Powell Put for lovers of alliteration). The Fed has told investors they can expect the current near 0% interest regime to...In context today’s new claims for unemployment number is bad news
These days you can't read an economic report, especially a jobs report, without a calendar. Today's report on initial claims for unemployment -- a weekly number for the week ended July 4--showed that new claims for unemployment continued their slow drop. The total of...
Wells Fargo to cut thousand more jobs this year; bank reports earnings on July 14
Wells Fargo (WFC) will cut thousands of jobs later this year, Bloomberg reported today. The bank, the largest employers among U.S. banks, is facing intense pressure to cut costs. So far in the coronavirus economic downturn,U.S. banks have resisted large-scale layoffs....
Positioning ahead of earnings season uncertainty
As I wrote in my earlier Morning Brief, the stock market seems to be selling (generalization I know) what I'm calling "re-opening dependent" stocks. And nervous about the tech stock winners that have led the recent days in this rally ahead of next week's earnings...
Inflection point for stocks approaches
Today what I'm calling "re-opening dependent" stock fell again. At least in the early going. Toward the end of session--like yesterday--these stocks and stocks in general rallied. Which in and of itself tells us something important about this market. First, the 2 p.m....
Amazon gets more competition from Walmart
Walmart (WMT) will launch a new subscription service, Walmart+ later this month according to Recode.com. For $98 a year, a price comparable to Amazon Prime, subscribers will get same-day delivery of groceries and general merchandise, discounts on fuel at Walmart gas...
Analyst upgrade is catalyst for 6.17% jump in Acadia Pharmaceuticals today
 Stifel analyst Paul Matteis upgraded Acadia Pharmaceuticals (ACAD) to a Buy from a Hold today and raised his target price to $71 from $41. (Shares closed at $57 today, up 6.17%) The upgrade from Matteis was especially powerful since he has been skeptical on the stock...Download Jim’s eBook for Free
