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Canadian government buys Trans Mountain Pipeline and removes huge albatross from neck of Kinder Morgan
Yesterday the Canadian government announced that it will buy the Trans Mountain Pipeline from Kinder Morgan Canada for CAD$ 4.5 billion. Kinder Morgan (KMI), a member of my Dividend Portfolio, owns a 70% stake in Kinder Morgan Canada. The sale, which certainly isn't...
Best performing ETF in my Perfect 5 ETF Portfolio? PowerShares KBW Bank Portfolio
Of the five ETFs in my Perfect 5 ETF Portfolio only one has outperformed the S&P 500. Since I added it to the portfolio on October 5, 2017 the PowerShares KBW Bank Portfolio ETF (KBWB) has gained 11.01% through 3:30 p.m. on May 22. That beats the second-best 8.45%...
Deere climbs on guidance for full 2018
We've had stocks that tumbled after reporting good but not good enough earnings. We've had stocks that tumbled after reporting good earnings but cutting guidance. Today we've got a stock, Deere (DE),that disappointed on quarterly revenue, but climbed strongly on...
Adding shares of Valero Energy to my Jubak Picks Portfolio
Last night on my JubakAM.com and JugglingWithKnives.com subscription sites I laid out the case argued by Morgan Stanley for believing that distillate prices are heading higher in the face of a tight supplies for these refinery products. One of the refiners Morgan...
Stock or options, Nektar needs some understanding and patience now
It hasn't exactly been a stellar couple of months for shares and options on Nektar Therapeutics (NKTR). The stock is down 23.1% since it hit a high of $108.44 on March 8. The August 17, 2018 call options with a strike of $90 I bought on February 25, 2018 are now down...
Putting gold back into the 50 Stocks Portfolio with Randgold Resources
My criteria for adding a gold stock to my long-term 50 Stocks portfolio have been reasonably consistent over the years: I've looked for a gold miner that was growing gold production and reducing production costs. Up until my latest revision of this portfolio in early...
Amazon targets digital display ad market with new tool
Amazon has announced a new advertising tool that lets companies selling on Amazon buy digital ads that will follow shoppers wherever they travel on the Internet with ads intended to lure those consumers back to Amazon to make a purchase. The tool goes out to select merchants for test later this month,

Nvidia crushes earnings; stock falls after hours
Okay, if you're a trader I sort of understand selling Nvidia (NVDA) after today's earnings report: Sell on the news; How can it get better? How long can the company keep it up? After all, the stock closed today just pennies below it's all time high. (It's the...
SolarEdge Technologies beats on earnings and revenue; raises guidance
SolarEdge Technologies (SEDG), a member of my Jubak Picks portfolio, reported first quarter earnings today after the New York markets closed of 87 cents a share, 7 cents a share better than Wall Street projections. Revenue climbed 82.4% year over year (and 10.8% from...
Ignore the short-term oil volatility and continue to hold Pioneer Natural Resources for the long-term story
So much near-term noise. Since Pioneer Natural Resources (PXD) reported earnings on May 2--the company beat Wall Street estimates on earnings by 16 cents a share and reported revenue in-line with projections and up 56.5% year over year--there's been so much noise in...