Volatility
Bulls almost pull the S&P 500 even today, but then late selling kicks in
For a while it looked like bullish investors and traders would manage to pull the market even into the close. That would have been quite a positive feat after a huge 3-ay rally and going into a weekend. At 3:27 p.m.New York time today the Standard & Poor's 500 was...
Selling my Nvidia and Apple puts on talks of $850 billion stimulus package
Talks between Congress and the White House over a stimulus package of as much as $850 billion--designed to flood the economy with cash--have left stocks in a buoyant mood today. I think the package is likely to pass in the next week or so and that will restore even...
Stocks sell off in futures market on Fed’s surprise cut to 0% interest rates
Back on March 3 when the Federal Reserve announced an emergency 50 basis point cut in its benchmark interest rate, stock futures slumped and the Dow Jones industrial average was set to open more than 1,000 points lower on Monday. The fear that swept stocks lower was...Think the Fed got everyone’s attention with a Sunday night interest rate cut to 0%?
On Sunday night the Federal Reserve announced that it would cut interest rates to 0% (actually a policy range of 0% to 0.25%) from the current 1.00% to 1.25% range. The central bank will also resume its program of quantitative easing by buying at least $700 billion in...
Global political leaders roll out bigger guns against coronavirus financial crisis
U.S. stocks soared today as President Donald Trump and other global leaders threw the kitchen sink at the coronavirus financial crisis. The Standard & Poor's 500 closed at the best levels of the day--gaining 9.28%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished ahead...
Stocks fall again as WHO declares coronavirus pandemic, White House fails to deliver stimulus plan–no place to hide outside of Treasuries and the yen
As of 1:45 p.m. in New York the Standard & Poor's 500 is down 4.62% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average is off 5.13%. The NASDAQ Composite is lower by 4.40% and the Russell 2000 small cap index, with its heavy load of smaller U.S. oil producers, has lost 5.23%....
Adding Nvidia puts as “bear protection and profit play” to Volatility Portfolio
Earlier today I sold shares of Nvidia (NVDA) out of my Jubak Picks portfolio out of worry that we are looking at a further market dip that's likely to be especially hard on technology momentum stocks. Now I'm adding put options on Nvidia in my Volatility Portfolio...Putting on those Apple puts in today’s rally
One reason I decided to wait yesterday to put on those Apple (AAPL) September 18 puts (AAPL200918P00250000) in my Volatility Portfolio until today was a hope that the extremely wide bid/ask spread of Monday would narrow so that the put options wouldn't be as...
Selling Nvidia today out of Jubak Picks Portfolio on belief that the downturn isn’t done
I'm taking advantage of the "Hope the White House has a plan" rally today to sell Nvidia (NVDA) out of my Jubak Picks Portfolio. Nvidia shares are up 3.05% as of 2:35 p.m. today, March 10, for a gain of $7.44 a share to $252.92. The shares are up 25.05% since my pick...
Stocks give back morning rally as Trump administration seems far from an actual coronavirus stimulus plan
Stocks broke higher this morning on President Donald Trump promise to announce "something dramatic" at a press conference today to combat the slowdown in the economy caused by the coronavirus outbreak. The Standard & Poor's 500 was up 3.33% to 2844.16 at 10:12...
Take Wall Street traders complaints of a lack of liquidity today very, very seriously
Money managers are saying that it's increasingly difficult to trade due to a lack of liquidity caused by huge swings in asset prices. “I have yet to find liquidity,” Richard Hodges, a money manager at Nomura Asset Management, told Bloomberg. “There is none.” What this...Jim’s Stock Alerts
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