December 13, 2018 | Daily JAM, PXD, Stock Alerts |
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...
December 3, 2018 | Daily JAM, INCY, Stock Alerts |
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...
November 28, 2018 | Daily JAM, Stock Alerts |
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...
November 12, 2018 | BABA, Daily JAM, Stock Alerts |
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November 9, 2018 | Daily JAM, Stock Alerts, Volatility, XON |
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...
November 8, 2018 | Daily JAM, Stock Alerts |
On Monday, after the close of the New York market, Permian Basin oil shale power Pioneer Natural Resources (PXD) reported third quarter earnings of $2.07 a share, 39 cents a share above the Wall Street consensus projection. Revenue climbed 112.2% year over year to...
November 6, 2018 | Daily JAM, IWM, Stock Alerts |
In my Special Report "How to Protect Our Portfolio Without Selling Your Portfolio" I made the iShares Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) my third Portfolio Protection Pick. Today I'm adding it to my Jubak Picks portfolio. The idea here is pretty simple: To make some money in the...
November 5, 2018 | AAPL, Daily JAM, Stock Alerts, Volatility |
Let's see. You're a company running into serious global headwinds in a maturing (or mature market) that are raising huge doubts about your ability to increase unit sales quarter to quarter for your core product. You: a) Grimly admit that unit sales are stagnant and...
November 1, 2018 | AAPL, Daily JAM, Stock Alerts, Volatility |
Apple (AAPL) reports earnings for its fiscal fourth quarter (the quarter that ended in September) after the market close in New York tonight. Right now, at 2:30 the shares are down 0.05% to $218.76. I bought the Apple January 18, 2019 calls with a strike price of $225...
October 31, 2018 | CRM, Daily JAM, Stock Alerts |
When I added Salesforce.com (CRM) as my third artificial intelligence pick in my Next Big Thing Special Report yesterday, I wrote that given the volatility in the general market "I think I'd like to see the stock hold the 200-day moving average or move above it before...
October 30, 2018 | Daily JAM, FB, Stock Alerts |
Facebook It really, really helps if lots of traders and investors hate your stock going into earnings. Then you can, as Facebook (FB) did today, announce quarterly results that fall short on revenue ($13.73 billion versus consensus projections for $13.8 billion), and...
October 29, 2018 | ALV, Daily JAM, Stock Alerts |
Before the market open today, Autoliv (ALV) delivered disappointing earnings for the third quarter. But the stock still climbed on news that China is considering cutting the tax on car purchases to 5% from 10% in an effort to stimulate the country's auto market at a...