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FANG techs (plus more) fall on news of investigations
Both Congress and government regulators are taking aim at big tech. The House Judiciary Committee is planning an investigation into whether digital platform companies are using their market power to harm competition. The Federal Trade Commission is taking the lead in...
Buying this Vanguard Treasury ETF on Monday for my ETF Portfolio–and for my Jubak Picks and Volatility portfolios
Today I sold the iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (EEM) out of my Perfect 5 ETF Portfolio. And today I'm replacing it in that portfolio with the Vanguard Intermediate Term Treasury ETF (VGIT). Now obviously a Treasury bond ETF isn't in the same asset class as an...
Today it’s all trade war news all the time
Sometimes it's better to just weigh the news rather than try to analyze it. And that certainly seems to fit today's market action. Even though the major U.S. indexes managed slight gains as of the close today--the Standard & Poor's 500, for example, was ahead...
Oil and oil stocks take double hit today
The combination of a big build in U.S. crude inventories this week and fears that the escalating U.S.-China trade war will slow global economic growth (and global oil demand) took a big whack out of oil prices and oil stocks today. The U.S. Energy Information...
Further lowering China exposure in my portfolios
This morning Wall Street is buzzing with talk that the U.S.-China trade war could stretch on to 2035. I think there's just about no chance of that. But we aren't looking at the quick resolution of the dispute that seemed possible just 10 days ago. And we are looking...
Stocks routed on shift in trade war sentiment
You're entitled to feel whiplashed today. Just a few days ago, on May 16, stocks rallied on speculation that trade talks would resume relatively quickly and that the United States and China, rhetoric and tariff increases aside, would find a way within weeks to end...
The next escalation in the U.S. trade war looks to 5 more Chinese technology companies
The Trump administration is considering applying Huawei-level sanctions to five more Chinese technology companies in the video surveillance sector including Megvii, Zhejiang Dahua Technology, Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology, Meiya Pico and Iflytek. The sanctions...
Pioneer cuts workers and market cheers: Window dressing for a sale?
Today, May 21, Pioneer Natural Resources (PXD) announced that it would lay off 230 workers at its headquarters and in Permian Basin offices. Added to the 300 employees who took buyouts earlier this year, the total cuts amount to about 20% of the company's workforce....
Down yesterday, up today–traders buy the chip stocks they sold yesterday on Huawei headlines
Stocks--especially chip stocks--have rallied strongly today on headlines saying that the Department of Commerce has granted a 90-day license for U.S. companies to do business with China's Huawei Technologies in order to service existing networks. This is especially...
Fed lesson today: Don’t count your interest rate cuts before they hatchet
Stocks, bonds, and President Donald Trump were disappointed today when the Federal Reserve left interest rates alone and said that low inflation could be transitory. There's no reason to either raise or lower interest rates at the moment, Fed chair Jerome Powell said...
Making Incyte #9 on my 10 most dangerous stocks for earnings season Special Report–and #5 on my buy on any plunge Bonus Special Report
There's a good chance that Incyte (INCY) will miss Wall Street earnings and revenue projections when it reports first quarter results on April 30. That's because Incyte is a biotech adolescent. Think awkward. The company is old enough to have substantial revenue from...Jim’s Stock Alerts
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