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Selling my Parsley Energy call options out of my Volatility Portfolio
Shares of Permian Basin oil shale producer Parsley Energy (PE) were up 16.45% as of 3 p.m. New York time this afternoon. The company reported second quarter earnings of 32 cents a share (after adjusting for a one-time tax-related gain). Unadjusted earnings came to 41...
Making Qualcomm my fourth bottom fishing pick in my Special Report
Shares of Qualcomm (QCOM) ended trading today at $73.16 in the regular session, down 2.21%, and then fell another 4.76% in the after-hours session to $69.68. The stock traded at a 2019 high of $89.29, so today's price represents a 22% drop from this year's high. The...
Updating First Quantum Minerals in my Volatility Portfolio and making it #3 in my bottom fishing Special Report
First Quantum Minerals (FQVLF) is tricky for bottom fishers. If the challenge with Illumina (ILM), my #2 pick for my 5 Bottom Fishing Picks Special Report, Â is figuring out when the bad news will all be in the stock--hence making it a good buy for bottom fishers, the...
Adding silver to my market hedges: Buying First Majestic Silver for my Jubak Picks and Volatility Portfolios
Way back last Friday, July 19, in my Friday Trick or Trend post on JubakAM.com, I argued for adding silver to a portfolio because 1) it is a good hedge for portfolios in the second half of 2019, and because 2) silver, after lagging gold for the first half of 2019 ,...
More plane troubles for Boeing–now it’s the 777x
Boeing (BA) shares fell today, dropping 3.12% at the close, after the company reported a massive quarterly loss and said that the production schedule (moving the first flight date to early 2020 from earlier guidance for late 2019) for its newest plane, the 777x, could...
Caterpillar earnings miss big, drag on industrials and Dow
Caterpillar (CAT) reported second quarter earnings this morning of $2.83 a share, well below the $3.11 a share expected by Wall Street analysts. And then, to make the future as grim as the present, Caterpillar rearmed its earnings guidance for the fiscal 2019 year of...
Market rally today expands on last week’s “Microsoft rally”
Technology stocks drove the market higher today in an expansion of last week's subdued but important "Microsoft rally" on that company's earnings. With earnings from Facebook (FB), Alphabet (GOOG), and Amazon (AMZN) on tap on Wednesday and Thursday, the odds are that...
How big are the problems at Netflix? Too big for bottom fishing yet
It's not just the huge miss on subscriber growth that has sent shares of Netflix (NFLX) plunging in the two days since it reported second quarter earnings. The stock fell 10.27%, or $37.23 a share, on July 18 and it was down another 1.87% today as of 2 p.m. New York...
Adding Tyson Foods as last of my 5 Value Picks Special Report–and adding to my 50 Stocks Portfolio
Today I'm making Tyson Foods (TSN) the fifth and final value pick in my Special Report 5 Value Stocks for a Market at an All-time High. It's clear that shares of Tyson Foods are cheap. The stock trades at 14.57 times trailing 12-month earnings per share and at a...
Selling Pro Shares Short Treasury ETF out of my Volatility Portfolio
I bought this position in the Pro Shares Short 7-10 Year Treasury ETF (TBX) in my Volatility Portfolio on February 2, 2018, back in the days when it looked like the Federal Reserve was firmly locked into a policy of interest rate increases. An interest rate increase...
Using softness to add more Treasury exposure to Volatility Portfolio
Treasury prices have been a little weak over the last two weeks. As a consequence the Vanguard Intermediate Term Treasury ETF (VGIT) and the Vanguard Short Term Treasury ETF (VGSH), for example, have dropped from highs on June 25 of $66.03 and $60.94, respectively, to...Jim’s Stock Alerts
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