April 6, 2020 | Daily JAM, Stock Alerts, URI |
This sell follows the same logic as my immediately prior sell of Vulcan Materials. Last week House Speaker Nancy Pelosi threw in the towel on any near-term chance for a big infrastructure spending package. The horrific jobs numbers had convinced her, she said, that...
April 6, 2020 | Daily JAM, Stock Alerts, VMC |
Last week House Speaker Nancy Pelosi threw in the towel on any near-term chance for a big infrastructure spending package. The horrific jobs numbers had convinced her, she said, that sending more aid to unemployed workers and small businesses took a higher priority....
April 3, 2020 | Daily JAM, Stock Alerts |
When I sold Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CMWAY) a few moments ago I wrote "I've only got a small bit of exposure to the global banking system and, frankly, I think it's past time to get rid of even that exposure. We're in one of those banking sector moments where...
April 3, 2020 | CMWAY, Daily JAM, Stock Alerts |
I've only got a small bit of exposure to the global banking system and, frankly, I think it's past time to get rid of even that exposure. We're in one of those banking sector moments where we know that banks are loaded up with assets that can't be priced (in the case...
April 2, 2020 | Daily JAM, DIS, Stock Alerts |
Gugenheim analyst Michael Morris issued a deeply pessimistic call on Walt Disney (DIS) shares on Thursday, April 2. He's still more positive on the stock than I am in the next six months or so. Â While I continue to hold Disney shares in my long-term 50 Stocks...
April 2, 2020 | Daily JAM, Dip-O-Meter, Stock Alerts |
This morning the board of Luckin Coffee (LK), the fastest growing coffee brand in the world, announced that it had told the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission that it had initiated an internal investigation into the possibility that former  COO, Jian Liu had...
April 2, 2020 | Daily JAM, Dip-O-Meter, PANW, Stock Alerts |
The problem isn't that there's no good news out of individual companies. It's just that good news on specific stocks doesn't count for much in a bear market when everything moves together in a single direction--most usually down. Take Palo Alto Networks (PANW), a...
April 2, 2020 | Daily JAM, EMR, Stock Alerts, Volatility |
I'm using today's bounce to sell Emerson Electric (EMR) out of my Jubak Picks Portfolio today. The shares are up 3.54% today. I think Emerson Electric is a stock that I'd like to own for the long-term if the short-term didn't look so negative for the economy as a...
March 31, 2020 | Daily JAM, MIDD, Stock Alerts |
I love this stock. It's been in the long-term 50 Stocks Portfolio since May 3, 2013. And someday I think the company's strategy of buying smaller commercial and domestic kitchen equipment companies and then super-charging their sales by giving them access to a bigger...
March 30, 2020 | Daily JAM, PAC, Stock Alerts, Volatility |
Grupo Aeroportuario del PacÃfico (PAC) has postponed its annual meeting until April 28. Th company's stock buyback plan and dividend payouts on the agenda. It's hard to imagine that the company hasn't at least considered cutting its buyback and dividends. Grupo...
March 25, 2020 | Daily JAM, FQVLF, Stock Alerts |
I still like my long-term thesis for copper miner First Quantum Minerals (FQVLF)--that copper prices will rise with a pick up in global economic growth and that when growth resumes the world will be looking at a shortage of copper. First Quantum has a lot of new...
March 25, 2020 | Daily JAM, SERV, Stock Alerts |
I wish I hadn't bought ServiceMaster Global Holdings (SERV) in my long-term 50 Stocks Portfolio back on December 17. But I did. It was a bargain then. It's not now. And now I think it's time to cut my losses after some relatively minor gains on March 24 (2.97%) and...