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The heavy truck market takes a big step toward recovery–and that’s good for Cummins
North American orders for Class 8 heavy trucks jumped 62% year over year in September and analysts and economists are predicting that a strong U.S. economy will push orders even higher in the fourth quarter. Net orders for heavy trucks, the semis that haul freight on...
My third pick for my new ETF portfolio: A gold ETF
For my third pick for my new Perfect 5 ETF Active Passive Portfolio I looked to fill the Commodities slot in the portfolio with an ETF that would provide a hedge for the portfolio if the market tumbled but that would also produce a positive return if the market didn’t fall but other recent trends continued. The pick that achieves those two goals is the SPDR Gold Shares ETF (GLD)
My second pick for my new Perfect 5 ETF portfolio, a European stock ETF
For my second pick for my new actively allocated, passive ETF portfolio, I’m going to keep working on the equity core. To yesterday’s pick of the iShares Core S&P 500 ETF (IVV), today I’m adding the SPDR Euro Stoxx 50 ETF (FEZ). This ETF concentrates on European blue chip stocks and tracks the Stoxx 50 Net Return Index. This ETF will fill the Non-U.S. Developed Markets slot in the portfolio. Why a European stock fund?
My first pick for my new Perfect Five ETF portfolio
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Some signs the bottom is in for Incyte
This qualifies as a horrendous six months for any stock: Shares of Incyte (INCY) are down from $152.66 on March 15 to $115.19 at the close today, October 2. The shares have been even lower, which is one thing giving me some hope that the pain is coming to an end. The...
How much risk and reward are there in Schlumberger’s new business model? Does this stock remain a long-term 50 Stocks portfolio pick?
Schlumberger's (SLB) next quarterly earnings report on October 20 will be a major test of the company's new business model. I hold the shares in my long-term 50 Stocks portfolio. For me the quarter will provide an early indication of how much volatility this new...
Chesapeake Energy lowers production forecast
Today, Chesapeake Energy (CHK), the second largest U.S. producer of natural gas, said that it expects to see production in the third quarter of 542,000 barrels of oil equivalent a day versus the previous estimate of 550,000. The company also lowered its forecast for...
Facebook cancels plans for Class C stock; Zuckerberg to sell 35-70 million shares in next 18 months
The good news is that Facebook (FB) has cancelled plans to create a new C class of shares. Let's be very clear, Class C shares like these that give a seller, such as CEO Mark Zuckerberg, the ability to sell millions of shares while continuing to control voting rights...
Swing trade on Chesapeake Energy continues to work but at lower buy/sell points
I just completed another profitable swing trade in shares of Chesapeake Energy (CHK), the second largest U.S. producer of natural gas. I've been trading Chesapeake for more than a year now, buying when temporary factors (seasonal slumps in demand, hurricanes, OPEC...
Sell my emerging markets short ETF on China credit downgrade today
This probably seems counter-intuitive but I'm selling my emerging markets short, the Proshares Short MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (EUM), out of my Volatility and Jubak Picks portfolios on Standard & Poor's one notch downgrade of China's sovereign credit rating to A+...
Buy Arco Dorados Holdings in my Jubak Picks portfolio
Arco Dorados Holdings (ARCO) is a twofer. The New York traded ADRs of the largest operator of McDonald's (MCD) franchises in the world, is soaring on the recovery in its two biggest markets Brazil and Argentina. The ADRs are up 76.7% in 2017 as of the close on...Jim’s Stock Alerts
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