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Selling Citigroup out of my Dividend Portfolio after Friday’s 13% pop

Selling Citigroup out of my Dividend Portfolio after Friday’s 13% pop

Shares of Citigroup climbed by 13.23% on Friday, July 15, after the company reported earnings of $2.19 a share. Revenue came in at $19.6 billion. Wall Street had projected earnings of $1.689 a share and revenue of $18.4 billion. So it’s not surprising that the stock rose strongly after the report. Or that the gains dragged other bank stocks higher too. For example, Bank of America (BAC), which reports on Monday, July 18, gained 7.04%. Wells Fargo (WFC) climbed 6.17%. To which I say, Thank you, and I’m selling.

Trimming bank stocks ahead of earnings: Selling WFC and KBWB ETF

Trimming bank stocks ahead of earnings: Selling WFC and KBWB ETF

Just want to make sure that no one missed the sell recommendations in yesterday’s Saturday Night Quarterback post. Big banks will kick off another earnings season beginning with JPMorgan Chase (JPM) on Wednesday, April 13. Citigroup (C) and Wells Fargo (WFC) follow on April 14. Bank of America (BAC) reports on April 18. Bank earnings forecasts present a complicated picture for the quarter–which is only appropriate since that’s true of Standard & Poor’s 500 earnings forecasts as a whole.

Selling Citigroup out of my Dividend Portfolio after Friday’s 13% pop

Saturday Night Quarterback says, For the week ahead expect…

Big banks will kick off another earnings season beginning with JPMorgan Chase (JPM) on Wednesday, April 13. Citigroup (C) and Wells Fargo (WFC) follow on April 14. Bank of America (BAC) reports on April 18. Bank earnings forecasts present a complicated picture for the quarter–which is only appropriate since that’s true of Standard & Poor’s 500 earnings forecasts as a whole.

Special Report: “An Investor’s Guide to Selling Over the Next Four Months” with just one market “arc” left to post

Special Report: “An Investor’s Guide to Selling Over the Next Four Months” with just one market “arc” left to post

I think these financial market curves will let you map out the longer stories of Federal Reserve interest rate increases and a potential recession–and then chart the shorter stories of war in the Ukraine, global oil and natural gas crunches, summer Pandemic relief, global food crisis, computer chip shortages (and whatever else you think might be important) under those longer curves. That will let you decide when to buy and sell (and what) in order to profit from short-term stories while preparing your portfolio for the longer arcs.

Selling Citigroup out of my Dividend Portfolio after Friday’s 13% pop

Federal Reserve gives banks permission to spend billions on stock buybacks

On Friday the Federal Reserve rode to the aid of bank stocks. The sector had been looking a little pale around the PE in the last few days with the Financial Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLF)  up only 0.11% for the last week. That comes after a strong performance in the last month–a 4.24% gain.  For the year to date the financial ETF is down 5.48% The Federal Reserve, however, cleared the way for banks to boost capital distributions–dividends eventually and more immediately share buybacks