March 8, 2021 | Daily JAM, FXY, JD, Jubak Picks, VGIT, Volatility |
Let’s be clear. I don’t have any idea of when the current selling in technology and high-valuation growth momentum stocks will end. It does seem likely to me, even after the March 9 bounce, that the rotation into cyclicals, vaccine recovery stocks, and value stocks will continue for a while. From that perspective, I’m glad that I added Invesco KBWB Bank ETF (KBWB), Vulcan Materials (VMC), Caterpillar (CAT), MGM Resorts International (MGM) and Coca Cola (KO) to my Jubak Picks Portfolio since the middle of February. And that I added Dow (DOW) and Citigroup (C) to my Dividend Portfolio in Mid-December. (All those picks are in the black since my purchase date. You can check the online portfolios to see by how much.) But now that the NASDAQ Composite has dropped into an official correction–down 10% from its February 12 high–I’d like to be holding some more cash in case
February 5, 2019 | Daily JAM, FXY, Stock Alerts, Volatility |
Yesterday in a post "One consequence of change in Fed policy likely to be a weaker dollar" I noted that a number of Wall Street and big international banks have forecast a drop in the dollar as a result of the Fed's decision to back off on raising interest rates in...
January 3, 2019 | Daily JAM, FXY, Perfect Five-ETFs, Stock Alerts |
On December 27 I switched to the  Invesco Currency Shares Japanese Yen ETF (FXY) from the Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF (VEA) in my Perfect 5 ETF Portfolio in an effort to get more yen exposure and a little more safety during this Bear market. Tomorrow I'm going...
December 27, 2018 | Daily JAM, FXY, Perfect Five-ETFs, VEA, Volatility |
Back on October 3 I switched from the  Invesco Currency Shares Japanese Yen ETF (FXY) to the Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF (VEA) in an effort to get a little more performance out of this slot in my Perfect 5 ETF Portfolio. (This ETF invest in both Japan and...
October 3, 2018 | Daily JAM, FXY, Perfect Five-ETFs, Stock Alerts |
As I wrote in the Bonus ETF section of my recent Special Report: 10 Picks for the Emerging Market Bounce I'm selling the Invesco Currency Shares Japanese Yen ETF (FXY) out of my Perfect Five ETF Portfolio. I added this to the portfolio on July 17, 2018 to give me more...
July 20, 2018 | Daily JAM, FXY, Morning Briefing, Perfect Five-ETFs, Short Term |
For a second straight day President Donald Trump has tweeted out criticism of the Federal Reserve's policy decision to raise interest rates. In his tweets today the President wrote: "China, the European Union and others have been manipulating their currencies and...
July 16, 2018 | Daily JAM, FXY, Perfect Five-ETFs, Stock Alerts |
Following my own recommendation in my Special Report 5 Places to Hide from a Downturn--and Still Make Some Money I'm adding "Invesco CurrencyShares Japanese Yen ETF (FXY) to my Perfect 5 ETF portfolio today. As I wrote in that Special Report, "JPMorgan Chase recently...
