April 21, 2022 | BKNG, Daily JAM, Jubak Picks, Videos |
My one-hundredth-and-twenty-fourth YouTube video “Quick Pick Booking Holdings Update” went up today. Today I’m updating my Quick Pick from about a month ago to say that this last week’s earnings report from Delta (DAL) plus optimistic forecasts and earnings from American Airlines and United Airlines only make me more confident of the growth story for Booking. I think that with travel returns to near pre-Pandemic normal this summer, travel booking sites will see revenue increases in the later quarters of 2022. Plus, these sites don’t have to worry about fuel costs like actual airlines. (And I think”bargain hunting” sites like those owned by Booking Holdings will get an extra boost from rising inflation and from worries about a potential recession. I’ll be adding these shares to my Jubak Picks portfolio with a target price of $2800 a share tomorrow, Friday, April 22.
April 20, 2022 | Daily JAM, Mid Term, Videos, You Might Have Missed |
My one-hundredth-and-twenty-third YouTube video “Netflix, Inflation, and Demand Destruction” went up today. Today I’m covering Netflix’s (NFLX) crash after releasing its subscriber numbers showing the loss of 200K subscribers for the quarter and predicting a loss of ten times that many for next quarter. I think we are starting to see signs of demand destruction due to ongoing inflation. That demand destruction will only get more severe as the Fed continues to raise rates.
April 18, 2022 | Daily JAM, Videos |
My one-hundredth-and-twenty-second YouTube video “Trend of the Week: A Summer Rally for Two Underdog Tech Stocks” went up today. This week’s video looks at the implications of the coming “summer rally” for 2 tech stocks that have been pounded this year: Qualcomm (QCOM) and SentinelOne (S).
April 14, 2022 | Daily JAM, Videos |
My one-hundredth-and-twentieth YouTube video “Trend of the Week How to Sell in this Market” went up today. This week’s video is an add-on to a special report I did for JubakAM.com, “An Investor’s Guide to Selling Over the Next 4 Months.” Available here: https://jubakam.com/special-report-an-investors-guide-to-selling-over-the-next-four-months/ In it, I lay out a series of arcs that describe the influence of different trends on the market over different periods of time. This video draws those trends down and gives more detail about how I see those trends affecting your buying and selling in the future. (And you get to see me draw. Live.)
April 7, 2022 | Daily JAM, Videos |
We’ve had a pretty good dip over the last few days in oil prices. I think that comes from a trading pullback from a quick run-up in prices, as well as optimism that the war in Ukraine will not last as long as people had thought. The oil stocks I added to my portfolios in January have done quite well. In this video, I look at a few of them: ConocoPhillips (COP), Pioneer (PXD), Cheniere (LNG), Equinor (EQNR), and the Energy Sector SPDR (XLE). I think many of these are set to continue rising as we see continued gains in raw material prices; plus, it doesn’t hurt that some pay a healthy dividend as well!
April 4, 2022 | Daily JAM, Videos |
This week’s Trend of the Week asks Why, despite all the turmoil in the markets, has the CBOE Volatility Index–also known as the VIX, or the “Fear Index,” remained so low? I think this should signal to us that the market has not currently worried in the near term about long-term problems it knows are coming down the road, like rate hikes and a recession at the end of 2022 or in 2023.. In the VIX’s short-term view, there’s no need to worry. Time to put a call on the VIX?
April 1, 2022 | Daily JAM, Perfect Five-ETFs, Videos, XLU |
This week’s Quick Pick is a utilities ETF, XLU. Utilities are a good place to turn to for the next few months before we hit a full recession slowdown. This ETF has a lot going for it, including a strong upward trend, a low expense ratio, and a good yield. As utility companies continue to invest in capacity, they are allowed to increase their rate base, which means revenue will keep going up. I own this ETF in my Perfect 5 ETF Portfolio on JubakAM.com, where it’s been up 43% since 2018.
March 31, 2022 | Daily JAM, Videos |
I’m starting up my videos on JubakAM.com again–this time using YouTube as a platform. My one-hundredth-and seventeenth YouTube video “The Death of the Global Economic Order” went up today. Is it forward to the 16th century? One of the lessons that many countries seem to be drawing from the Russian invasion of Ukraine is that relying on countries that might be hostile or competitive to you for crucial resources (ahem, natural gas) is not a good idea. I think we might see a return to the ideas of a previous economic order that focused on countries controlling the production of supplies they need, and the latest example is President Biden’s use of the Defense Production Act to invest in battery metals and rare earth minerals. I think this will be a boon for companies like Li-Cycle (LICY), a lithium battery recycler which isn’t destined for profit soon, and MP Materials, the U.S.’s only rare earth producer.
March 28, 2022 | COP, Daily JAM, EQNR, Jubak Picks, LNG, Videos, Volatility |
Don’t sell those oil stocks yet! Back at the beginning of the year, I anticipated that coming conflict between Russia and the Ukraine would drive up the price of oil, and the stocks I added to my portfoliohene stocks (COP, EQNR, LNG) have all been up big. But, I don’t think it’s time to sell yet. Why? Summer. Summer is the big driving season in the Northern Hemisphere, and right now (in what’s called the “shoulder season”) reserves of gasoline are supposed to be replenished in anticipation of summer. But that’s not happening due to Russia-Ukraine, and I think with summer we will see prices for oil spike even higher. That’s why I wouldn’t sell these stocks yet. (And that’s despite of the selling today, March 28, on more lockdowns in China)
March 24, 2022 | Daily JAM, Jubak Picks, LULU, Videos |
I’m starting up my videos on JubakAM.com again–this time using YouTube as a platform. My one-hundredth-and fourteenth YouTube video “Three Recession Sells” went up today.This week’s video takes a look at what I’m calling consumer discretionary companies and recommends that this kind of company should be your first sell as we head toward a Recession. These are places where consumers looking to save money in future economic downturn might cut back spending. I think Starbucks (SBUX), Lululemon (LULU), and Netflix (NFLX) are all stocks to avoid through the end of the year as we see a recession on the horizon. More coverage of this on my sites as well including 10 stocks to own during a Recession on my subscription JubakAM.com site.
March 16, 2022 | Daily JAM, Videos |
I’m starting up my videos on JubakAM.com again–this time using YouTube as a platform. My one-hundredth-and thirteenth YouTube video “The Fed gets depressed” went up today. Happy spring! But not for the Fed. In the meeting today, the Federal Reserve raised interest rates by 25 basis points, which was almost universally expected. The market hasn’t moved much in response. However, I’m looking at the Dot Plot projections from Fed officials issued today with lowered expectations for GDP growth in 2022, as well as higher expectations for inflation. In this video I break down what that could mean as we look at the Treasury yield curve and the chances of a coming recession.ke to take advantage of changing and volatile yields.
March 14, 2022 | Daily JAM, Short Term, Videos |
I’m starting up my videos on JubakAM.com again–this time using YouTube as a platform. My one-hundredth-and twelfth YouTube video “Trend of the Week: Central banks tighten faster than expected” went up today. This week I’m looking at tightening by central banks, including the Fed. I think that some of us expected that with the invasion of Ukraine, banks would pump the brakes on raising interest rates and reducing their stimulus. With its announcement last week that it would accelerate the reduction of bond buying, the European Central Bank sent the opposite signal, and that makes me think that the Fed will stay the course to raise rates as well when it reports this Wednesday. I look at the volatility in the treasury market and talk about some moves you can make to take advantage of changing and volatile yields.