August 11, 2020 | Daily JAM, Stock Alerts |
Shares of Vaxart (VXRT) were up 21.77% today to $11.44 as of 3:15 p.m. New York time. You'll remember that Vaxart is my pick in my Volatility Portfolio for participating in the coronavirus vaccine race that plunged 47.6% from $16.97 on July 14 to to $8.90 a share on...
August 4, 2020 | Daily JAM, ERIC, Jubak Picks, Stock Alerts |
Ericsson (ERIC) has been piling up the contract wins for 5G networks. That's the future--which is why I'm recommending buying this ADR in my Jubak Picks Portfolio today. If you want to ride the transition to 5G telecommunications network, this is the best horse to...
August 4, 2020 | Daily JAM, INCY, Jubak Picks, Stock Alerts |
Shares of biotech Incyte (INCY) were down 2.60% as of 1:30 p.m. Tuesday on earnings and revenue that stomped Wall Street projections. The company reported second quarter adjusted earnings of $1.24 a share versus Wall Street projections for 50 cents a share. Earnings...
July 22, 2020 | Daily JAM, Stock Alerts, VXRT |
In case you needed a reminder that there's a coronavirus vaccine race going on, today Pfizer (PFE) and its partner BioNTech (BNTX) announced that they had signed a $2 billion deal with the U.S. government to provide 100 million doses of its coronavirus vaccine...
July 20, 2020 | Daily JAM, SCHW, Stock Alerts, Top 50 Stocks |
On Thursday, after the close of trading in New York, brokerage Charles Schwab (SCHW) reported net revenue of $2.4 billion for the second quarter, a 9% drop year over year and short of the $2.47 billion projected by Wall Street analysts. Non-GAAP adjusted earnings fell...
July 14, 2020 | Daily JAM, Jubak Picks, Stock Alerts, XYL |
Just a reminder today from Xylem (XYL) of why the company is one of the best investments in trends in the water market. The shares moved up 8.97% ahead of the release of second quarter earnings on July 30, 2020 to close at $73.38. Today, July 14, I'm raising my target...
July 14, 2020 | Daily JAM, Short Term, Stock Alerts, Volatility, WFC, You Might Have Missed |
On today's bad news from JPMorgan Chase (JPM), Citigroup (C), and, especially, Wells Fargo (WFC), the Wells Fargo Put Options (WFC201016P00025000) I hold in my Volatility Portfolio had gained 20.62% to $3.10 as of 2 p.m. New York time today. That still leaves this...
July 9, 2020 | Daily JAM, Stock Alerts, WFC |
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....
July 7, 2020 | ACAD, Daily JAM, Stock Alerts |
 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...
June 25, 2020 | Daily JAM, Stock Alerts |
A while back I sold the Invesco Currency Shares Japanese Yen ETF (FXY) out of my Perfect Five ETF Portfolio because I was looking for more diversification in that limited five ETF portfolio. (I replaced it with the iShares Large Cap China ETF (FXI) on April 20, 2020....
June 25, 2020 | CRM, Daily JAM, Jubak Picks, Stock Alerts |
Salesforce (CRM) has hit my $185 a share target price. I'm selling it out of my Jubak Picks Portfolio with a 37.42% gain since I added that position back on November 1, 2018. Why sell rather than up the target price? A couple of four reasons for what amounts to taking...
June 22, 2020 | Daily JAM, INCY, Jubak Picks, Stock Alerts |
I admit it. I feel silly talking about price targets and valuations in this market. After all everything is just going to the sky. Infinity and Beyond!!! But, as silly as I may feel, I don't think the gods of investing have repealed the laws of valuation. At some...