Stock Alerts
Selling AAPL, FCX, NKTR, PXD, VIX options out of Volatility Portfolio on likelihood of continued downward trend in the market and looming expirations
In November and December I selectively added risk to my Volatility Portfolio in the expectation of a strong seasonal January Effect Rally and the odds of an end of the year bounce that would, temporarily, disrupt the developing bear market. I thought that was a...Pulling the plug on any significant end of the year rally: Selling small cap Russell 2000 ETF
Going into December, I thought there was enough chance of a strong end of the year rally/ January effect rally to make taking a risk on small company stocks a reasonable call. Even though the entire market looked shaky in the longer term. (That is in 2019.) With the...
Buying Pfizer for my Dividend Portfolio
I'm going to take advantage of the selling in the market in general and in the drug sector in particular--on news of the asbestos liability at Johnson & Johnson and fears of the death of Obamacare (AKA the Affordable Care Act)--to buy Pfizer (PFE) in my Dividend...
Selling Citigroup out of my Dividend Portfolio
I've done a decent job in 2018 of staying away from the plunging financial sector--except in my Dividend Portfolio. There, sucked (or "suckered" if you prefer) by high dividend yields and the prospects of rising net interest margins as the Federal Reserve raised...
My second global warming pick is Jubak Picks member Xylem
Xylem (XYL) One of the "ironies" (for lack of a better word) of Global Warming is that it will put lots of water where many people don't want it, and it will leave many regions that have enough water now thirsty, and it will threaten to turn many existing supplies of...
Adding Vulcan Materials, first Global Warming pick, to 50 Stocks Portfolio
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Pioneer authorizes huge increase in buyback program in note of confidence on cash flow
We all know that companies can authorize stock buybacks and never carry them out, but, nonetheless the big new buyback program authorized by Pioneer Natural Resources (PXD) is a significant sign that of the company's confidence in its cash flow. (As well as an...
Incyte knocking on the door of a new upward trend after today’s 6% pop
Reports of results from the December 1-4 meeting of the American Society of Hematology continue to move biotech stocks. Today it was Incyte's (INCY) turn. The company announced positive results for a Phase 2 trial evaluating Incyte's Jakafi in combination with...
Jubak Picks member Salesforce beats on earnings, raises guidance for 2019 and 2020
Salesforce (CRM) started today to the upside based on last night's earnings beat of 11 cents a share. Salesforce shares were up 4.57% as of noon New York time today. And then came the market-wide bounce after Fed chair Jerome Powell's speech suggesting that the...Mixed news in Alibaba’s new Singles’ Day sales record
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Intrexon gets killed on earnings miss–adding the shares to my Volatility Portfolio
Back in my video "Biotech marijuana: What Took So Long?" on October 22, I said that I would buy shares of Intrexon (XON) if it closed above resistance. On yesterday's earnings miss, the shares plunged--forget about closing above resistance--by 18.38% to $10.79 as of 3...Jim’s Stock Alerts
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