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Lithium Americas closes $2.3 billion DOE loan–stock climbs and then gives it all back

Lithium Americas closes $2.3 billion DOE loan–stock climbs and then gives it all back

Yesterday, Lithium Americas (LCA) announced that it had closed a $2.26 billion loan from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Loan Programs Office under the Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Program. The funding is earmarked for the construction of processing facilities at the Thacker Pass lithium project in Humboldt County, Nevada. Thacker Pass is currently North America’s largest known lithium resource. The stock jumped almost 5% yesterday on the news. It fell 8.87% today to $4.11 a share. Lithium Americas is a member of my Millennial Portfolio.

A new pick–TSM–for my Special Report “10 Trump and 10 Harris winners”

Is a guidance cut from Texas Instruments another sign of a top?

One indicator that I’m carefully monitoring is the guidance in third quarter earnings conference calls about the fourth quarter. I’m checking to see if the cuts to guidance and that Wall Street disappointment might set in a quarter early. If that looks like the case then I’d think about selling now instead of in January 2025.

Saturday Night Quarterback (on a Sunday) says, For the week ahead expect…

Saturday Night Quarterback (on a Sunday) says, For the week ahead expect…

Amazon’s (AMZN) earnings report on Thursday, October 24, will start the Big Tech Earnings Parade off with a bang. Wall Street analysts are expecting the company to report earnings of $1.14 a share for the third quarter. That would be up from 85 cents a share in the third quarter of 2023. That would be a 34% jump in year over year earnings. Which would certainly be a great lead in to earnings from Alphabet (GOOG), Apple (AAPL), Microsoft (MSFT) and Meta Platforms (META) the following week.

A new pick–TSM–for my Special Report “10 Trump and 10 Harris winners”

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing beats on earnings and raises forecast

Shares of global chipmaking powerhouse rose 9.79% today to hit a record high after the chipmaker topped quarterly estimates and raised its target for 2024 revenue growth. The company—-the main chip manufacturer for Nvidia (NVDA) and Apple (AAPL)–expects sales to climb roughly 30% in U.S. dollar terms this year, up from previous projections for an increase in the mid-20% range. Taiwan’s largest company had raised its outlook for 2024 revenue just a few months ago in July.

Now that’s volatility! Nvidia was up 2.4% on Monday and down 4.82% Tuesday

Now that’s volatility! Nvidia was up 2.4% on Monday and down 4.82% Tuesday

I think the only important investing question for Nvidia (NVDA) is whether you want to buy it on the dip for along-term score or whether you want to sell when the stock bounces to a record high and then re-buy on the next dip? In my portfolios I’ve got both a one-term position in my 50 Stocks Portfolio, up 182% since December 7, 2023, and a more trading oriented position in my 12-18 month Jubak Picks Portfolio, where the position is up 22% since September 6 even with today’s loss. The stock was up 16% in the last month as of the October 14 close

Albemarle, lithium stocks jump on buy-out  speculation

Albemarle, lithium stocks jump on buy-out speculation

Shares of lithium market leader Albemarle (ALB) rose 8.25% on Friday to close at $102.O9 on speculation in Australia that mining giant Rio Tinto (RIO) will pursue a major lithium deal with Albemarle cited as a possible target. Shares of Arcadium Lithium (ALTM), Lithium Americas (LAC) and Sociedad Quimica y Minera (SQM) also jumped, +10%, +7.1% and +3.1%, respectively. The speculation makes sense to me.

Tesla misses on quarterly deliveries–again

Tesla (TSLA) delivered 462,890 vehicles in the three months to 30 September. That was up 6.4% from the preceding quarter. But the delivery total missed Wall Street expectations for it to deliver 469,828 vehicles. That left the company facing the daunting task of delivering a record 516,344 vehicles in the fourth quarter in order to match its 2023 delivery figure of 1.81 million vehicles. A shortfall would result in Tesla recording its first ever annual drop in deliveries.