Volatility
Another debt warning from the World Bank–and it won’t be the last
Today in its semi-annual report Global Economic Prospect, the World Bank warned, again, of the risk of a new global debt crisis as a result of the biggest buildup in borrowing in the past 50 years. Of the four waves of debt accumulation since the 1970s, the current...
The first of four not so easy pieces for rebalancing any portfolio but specifically my long-term 50 Stocks Portfolio
In an ideal world, every stock market trend--up, down, sideways--would begin on January 1 and end on December 31. That would make an annual rebalancing of any portfolio as easy as falling off a madly spinning log in a Canadian logging festival. Most market trends...
Selling emerging markets short ETF EUM out of my Volatility Portfolio
I don't know whether you've been able to hear it over all the other market noise--All the shouting on Brexit, for example--but there is a distinct and increasingly loud call from Wall Street that 2020 is the year to get back into emerging market assets. I don't happen...
The squeeze on the U.S. shale patch just keeps getting worse–selling Cheniere Energy out of my long-term 50 Stocks Portfolio
The second quarter of the year is, historically, the weakest quarter for global demand for natural gas. That's not a good forecast since the global glut of natural gas has already gotten so large that U.S. exporters of liquified natural gas have no place to send it....
Oil rallies on actual inventory numbers after falling yesterday on projections
The Energy Information Administration reported today that U.S. oil inventories at the Cushing, Oklahoma hub fell by 2.3 million barrels. That was the biggest draw down in inventory at Cushing in three months. Supplies at the Cushing Hub reflect production in the U.S....
Adding Xilinx to my Volatility Portfolio as one last FOMO pick through the end of the year
On November 6 I added chip maker Xilinx (XLNX) to my Volatility Portfolio as one last FOMO pick to go with Skyworks Solutions (SWKS) and Cirrus Logic (CRUS). The stock closed that day at $93.77. It closed essentially unchanged at $93.29 today. My argument for the...
Tech stocks acting like they’re good to rally to the end of the year
I'm using my Volatility Portfolio pick Cirrus Logic (CRUS) as an indicator of the trend in technology stocks--particularly chip stocks--through the end of 2019. And right now that indicator is pointing up. On November 1, the company's shares jumped to $72.43 from...
Today I’ve posted the finally completed and corrected Special Report: 3 ways to higher income in a low yield desert
Sorry this took so long but the complete Special Report with all three strategy recommendations is finally up. You can find it in the Special Reports section of the JubakAssetManagement.com site. To subscribe to JAM you need to fill in some details below including,...
Markets climb on Chinese statements promising tariff roll backs on signing of Part 1 deal
Ministry of Commerce spokesperson Geo Feng set off a rally in financial markets today by saying, “In the past two weeks, top negotiators had serious, constructive discussions and agreed to remove the additional tariffs in phases as progress is made on the agreement.”...
Oil earnings expected to disappoint starting with BP tomorrow and then continuing with ExxonMobil and Chevron on Friday
The oil supermajors--ExxonMobil (XOM), Chevron (CVX),Royal Dutch Shell (RDS), Total (TOT) and BP (BP)--are expected to show a 42% year over year average plummet in third quarter earnings when they report earnings this week. That's an even bigger slump than the 18%...
Re-adding tech pick Twilio to my Volatility Portfolio
On October 18 I made Twilio (TWLO) one of my 3 picks for the next wave in tech profits in my Special Report of that name. Here's a standalone post on that stock for bookkeeping purposes: Twilio is my favorite play in the red-hot cloud software platform sector. (To...Jim’s Stock Alerts
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