December 18, 2019 | Daily JAM, EUM, Stock Alerts, Volatility |
I don't know whether you've been able to hear it over all the other market noise--All the shouting on Brexit, for example--but there is a distinct and increasingly loud call from Wall Street that 2020 is the year to get back into emerging market assets. I don't happen...
December 17, 2019 | Daily JAM, GM, Stock Alerts |
Yesterday, December 16, I made General Motors (GM) Bargain Pick #7 in my Special Report: 12 Bargain Stocks Picks NOW. And I also added it to my Jubak Picks portfolio. On the bargain front, I think the argument is persuasive. I wrote: "Morningstar calculates that...
December 16, 2019 | Daily JAM, SERV, Stock Alerts |
There I was minding my own business reading "Invasive termites in a changing climate: A global perspective" by Grzegorz Buczkowski and Cleo Bertelsmeier (of Purdue University and University of Lausanne, respectively) when I got to the maps and a stock picking bell...
December 10, 2019 | Daily JAM, PAC, Stock Alerts |
It certainly didn't hurt that House Democrats have agreed to support the revised U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade deal, and to put it to a vote before the end of this session of Congress on December 20. But neither did Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacifico's (PAC) preliminary...
December 3, 2019 | Daily JAM, DHR, Stock Alerts |
Danaher (DHR) has announced an exchange offer for shares of Envista Holdings (NVST), the dental services and supplies company recent spun off from Danaher. After Envista's September IPO Danaher still held 80.6% of Envista shares. The exchange offer would allow owners...
December 3, 2019 | Stock Alerts |
When you have 90% of the very high margin market for server chips, you should expect to have people make a run at you. So Intel (INTC) is once again facing off in its never ending battle with Advanced Micro Devices (AMD.) That company is shooting to gain more than 10%...
December 2, 2019 | Daily JAM, LGF/A, Stock Alerts |
Amazon (AMZN) and Lionsgate (LGF/A) have struck a deal that will put Lionsgate's newest releases on Amazon's streaming platform. The multiyear deal that begins on January 1, 2020, will give Amazon subscribers access to current box-office star Knives Out and...
November 25, 2019 | Daily JAM, Stock Alerts, SYNA |
When Synaptics (SYNA) traded at $40 I though the shares were undervalued. At $60 I think they're close to full value. My target price on the stock is $64 and the shares closed at $58.51 today, up 2.94% on the day. Tomorrow I'm going to take advantage of the current...
November 21, 2019 | AAPL, Daily JAM, Stock Alerts |
It sure doesn't hurt when your two biggest potential competitors miss the deadlines for holiday sales. Microsoft (MSFT) has delayed the launch of its Surface Earbuds to the spring of 2020, missing the 2019 holiday shopping season. Google (aka Alphabet) has been...
November 21, 2019 | Daily JAM, Stock Alerts |
Interesting column by Matt Levine on Bloomberg Opinion today. In the piece "Schwab Broke Ameritrade to Buy It" he points out that the acquisition bid from Charles Schawb (SCHW) today to buy TD Ameritrade (AMTD) for a reported $26 billion comes after Schwab's...
November 19, 2019 | AAPL, CRUS, Daily JAM, Stock Alerts, SWKS |
Apple (AAPL) shipped 10 million iPhones in China during September and October, according to Bloomberg. That would be an increase of 6% from the same period in 2019. The projections add to speculation that sales of the iPhone 11 are running ahead of Wall Street...
November 18, 2019 | Daily JAM, NVDA, Stock Alerts |
After the close on November 14 Nvidia (NVDA) announced fiscal third quarter 2020 quarterly earnings of $1.78 a share, 20 cents a share above the Wall Street consensus. Revenue of $3.10 billion was $92.21 million above projections. Chip stocks are currently among the...