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Kinder Morgan raises dividend by 60%
The earnings results for Kinder Morgan's (KMI) first quarter were in line; it's 60% increase in the annual dividend was more aggressive than expected. Adjusted EBITDA (earnings before interest payments, taxes, and depreciation) was $1.90 billion for the quarter,...
Bank of America struggles after earnings beat, sees some traction today
On Monday Bank of America (BAC) reported first quarter earnings of 62 cents a share, 3 cents a share above Wall Street estimates. Earnings were up 51% year over year on a 4% increase of revenue to $23.1 billion. That was ahead of the consensus at $23.04 billion. Wall...
Raising target price on Danaher after earnings beat today
Danaher (DHR) reported fourth quarter earnings of 80 cents a share before the market opened today, April 19. That was 3 cents a share ahead of Wall Street projections. Revenue climbed 10.9% year over year to $5.09 billion. The Wall Street consensus called for $4.97...
Monday buy of SolarEdge Technologies in my Jubak Picks portfolio
I've been looking for a way out of this investing puzzle for a while and I think I've finally found one. SolarEdge Technologies (SEDG). I'm adding these shares to my Jubak Picks Portfolio on Monday. And I'll be buying call options on these shares in my Volatility...
Adding Statoil call options to my Volatility Portfolio on Middle East tensions
Don't know if you noticed yesterday, Wednesday April 11, but the big winner on market fears of a U.S. military strike in Syria wasn't U.S. benchmark West Texas Intermediate crude. That grade of oil gained just 0.07% on the day. No, the winner was the international...
Siri hire from Google latest sign of Apple’s new aggressiveness
Yesterday Apple (AAPL) announced that it had hired John Giannandrea, the architect behind Google Assistant, to take its Siri digital assistant from disappointing to amazing again. (Or at least to make it a credible challenger to Amazon's Alexa and Google Assistant.)...
Putting on the second half of my FCX options play–buying January 18 call options at $20 for the (eventual) recovery in copper prices as fear recedes
Whenever someone asks me "Do you like Stock XYZ? my first question in response is "Over what time period?" So for example, in the short run--say the next month or two--I don't much like shares of Amazon (AMZN) for the reasons that I laid out in my post on the stock...
Nice bounce today but I’m buying FCX puts in my Volatility Portfolio for more downside ahead
Last night I played standard first-stage defense by selling shares of Freeport McMoran Copper and Gold (FCX) out of my Jubak's Picks Portfolio. That reduces, in my opinion, my risk to the likely continuation (again in my opinion) of a market retreat on fear that the...
Selling copper pick Freeport McMoran on fears of U.S./China tariff war
Freeport McMoRan Copper and Gold (FCX) was the third and last copper stock I added to my portfolios back in January 12, 2018--after Southern Copper (SCCO) and First Quantum Minerals (FQMLF). I added so much copper since copper prices were soaring in 2017--up 30%--and...
Amazon tanks after report that President Trump wants to “go after” the company
Well, why not? Shares of Amazon (AMZN) were down as much as 7.4% after Axios reported that President Donald Trump is "obsessed" with regulating the company and has discussed changing the way the company collects (or doesn't) sales tax. The stock rallied back to close...
Little spillover (yet) from Concho acquisition of Permian producer RSPP
Today Concho Resources (CXO) announced the acquisition of RSP Permian (RSPP) to create the biggest  oil and natural gas producer from the shales of the Permian Basin. The $9.5 billion all stock deal represents a 29% premium to the Tuesday close for RSP Permian. That...Jim’s Stock Alerts
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