September 19, 2018 | Daily JAM, Stock Alerts, VIX, Volatility |
I almost pulled the trigger and sold my VIX complacency trade today. On September 10 I added the December 19 Put on the CBOE S&P 500 Volatility Index (VIX) to my Volatility Portfolio with a strike of 13. The trade was coupled with a buy of the November 21 Call on...
September 19, 2018 | Daily JAM, FANG, Stock Alerts |
Although other oil producers in the Permian Basin look to be slowing the development of their assets in the face of transportation bottlenecks that are making it tough to get oil out of the basin, Diamondback Energy has teamed up with the Carlyle Group to form a joint...
September 18, 2018 | Daily JAM, PXD, Stock Alerts |
It's always important to see who has the leverage--customers or suppliers--when costs start to rise. On the recent agreement between Pioneer Natural Resources (PXD), perhaps the dominant oil shale producer in the Permian Basin, and fracking sand producer U.S. Silica...
September 10, 2018 | Daily JAM, SGMO, Stock Alerts |
On Monday September 10, I snuck a buy recommendation for shares of Sangamo Therapeutics (SGMO) in just before the 5 p.m. deadline for my daily e-mail update. Here's a full post on the logic for that recommendation. I'd has been a wild ride for shares of biotech...
September 7, 2018 | Daily JAM, Stock Alerts, VIX, Volatility |
It's September, the middle month of the most volatile three month period in the investing year (historically on average.) We're in the midst of an emerging market crisis that's being driven by a strong U.S. dollar--and we're looking at the high likelihood of two more...
September 7, 2018 | Daily JAM, Stock Alerts, VIX, Volatility |
It's September, the middle month of the most volatile three month period in the investing year (historically on average.) We're in the midst of an emerging market crisis that's being driven by a strong U.S. dollar--and we're looking at the high likelihood of two more...
August 24, 2018 | Daily JAM, INCY, Stock Alerts, Volatility |
I am on vacation until August 26. I am using that downtime to catch up on some of the earnings reports I missed during the very busy second quarter earnings season. On July 30 Incyte (INCY) reported second quarter earnings of 26 cents a share, 4 cents below the Wall...
August 23, 2018 | Daily JAM, GOLD, Stock Alerts |
I'm on vacation through August 26. I'm using this downtime to post on some of the earnings results that I missed during the very busy second quarter earnings season. The relentless downward trend in the price of gold took a big bite out of shares of Randgold Resources...
August 22, 2018 | Daily JAM, SEDG, Stock Alerts |
I'm on vacation until August 26. I'm using the down time to catch up with posts from the very busy second quarter earnings season. SolarEdge Technologies (SEDG) reported second quarter earnings on August 2. Non-GAAP earnings per share rose 49% year over year. Revenue...
August 21, 2018 | Daily JAM, IBCP, Stock Alerts |
I'm on vacation until August 26. I'm using the down time to get caught up on earnings reports I missed during the very busy second quarter earnings season. On July 25 after the market close Independent Bank (IBCP) reported earnings of 44 cents a share, 5 cents a...
August 20, 2018 | Daily JAM, NKTR, Stock Alerts |
I'm on vacation through August 26. I'm trying to use this down time to catch up on earnings results that I missed during the very busy second quarter earning season. After the market close on Wednesday, August 8, Nectar Therapeutics (NKTR) reported earnings of $5.33 a...
August 10, 2018 | CMI, Daily JAM, Stock Alerts |
In my on-going Special Report: 10 Best Stocks in 10 Sectors I laid out the case for buying Cummins (CMI) now a a dividend stock with the expectation that as the current depression over the share price of industrial exporters lifts, the buy will also generate very...