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February 28, 2022 | Daily JAM, Jubak Picks, S, Stock Alerts |
You didn’t expect Russian President Vladimir Putin to just shrug at Western sanctions that now include theU.S. Treasury clamping serious restrictions on Russia’s central bank, did you? Putin has banned all Russian residents from transferring hard currency abroad, including for servicing foreign loan contracts. Russia has $478 billion in external debt. Much of that is now in danger of default. (It’s not clear to me how this helps the Russian economy. Anyone want to lend or do business with a country that says, “Hey, forget about getting paid?) Today in New York trading, it’s clear that U.S. traders and investors don’t think these moves are Putin’s last. Cybersecurity stocks are soaring. And why not since Russia and it hacker gangs are about to demonstrate exactly why everybody needs to buy more security software. Which is why I’m adding shares of SentinelOne to my Jubak Picks Portfolio today.
February 27, 2022 | COP, Daily JAM, DAL, EQNR, Jubak Picks, LNG, PXD, Volatility |
On Saturday the European Union nations that control SWIFT, the dominant global network connecting banks, announced that they would expel some specific Russian banks from the network. The U.S., Canada, and the United Kingdom agreed with the move. The U.S. and its European allies left open the question of sanctions directly on Russia’s central bank.
The move to deny access to SWIFT means that the named Russian banks, and I’m not naming them because I haven’t been able to find a list, won’t be able to pay other banks or receive funds from other banks. They will not be able to transact business with international banks over the SWIFT network for their client businesses. I’d expect that out of an abundance of understandable caution, many Western banks will refuse to do business with Russian banks at all.
February 24, 2022 | Daily JAM, Dividend Income, PXD, Videos |
This week my Quick Pick is Pioneer Natural Resources (PXD). I don’t like oil and gas companies in the long term (hello, global warming), but in the short term I like companies that are exercising restraint in spending on further exploration and development. With oil prices rising, Pioneer is set to generate high positive cash flows in the short term. That surplus will be distributed in the company’s two-tier dividend structure, giving investors a nice pot of money. I’ve added Pioneer to my Dividend Portfolio
February 24, 2022 | CRWD, Daily JAM, DAL, EQNR, Jubak Picks, LNG, Millennial, Morning Briefing, PXD, Top 50 Stocks |
With the Russian invasion of Ukraine about to trigger another package of tougher U.S. and European sanctions, I think we can expect Russia to delver on Vladimir Putin’s promise of retaliation. The most obvious form of that will be cyberattacks on U.S. infrastructure, like the Colonial Pipeline attack, on U.S. financial systems through hacking to steal customer information and denial of service attacks, and on attacks to break into U.S. corporate networks to either paralyze those networks or to effectively put them off line. I wouldn’t rule out attacks on government infrastructure either at local, state, and national levels.
February 21, 2022 | CHPT, Daily JAM, EVGO, Millennial, Videos |
I’m starting up my videos on JubakAM.com again–this time using YouTube as a platform. My one-hundredth-and fourth YouTube video “Trend of the Week: Electric Vehicle Charging Stocks” went up today. This week I’m talking about electric vehicle charging stocks. You may have heard me talk about these in the past. However, these stocks have been hammered so far in 2022, so right now they are cheap. Why are they worth buying? Because we know that the U.S. government has already allocated $5 billion to build charging stations around the country. We haven’t seen the upside of that yet! I currently own EVGO and CHPT in my portfolios.
February 18, 2022 | AA, Daily JAM, Jubak Picks |
Today I’m adding shares of Alcoa (AA) to my Jubak Picks Portfolio. At 3:10 p.m. today, February 18, the shares were up 2.01% on the day. My target price for the shares is $93. The pick is a short-term hedge against sanctions against Russia if the Ukraine/Russia conflict escalates further. Russia supplies 6% of the world’s aluminum and I’d expect European and U.S. sanctions to hit those exports. The pick is longer term bet on the continued rise in demand for aluminum and a continued and growing shortage of supply.
February 17, 2022 | ALB, AMAT, Daily JAM, Jubak Picks, Millennial, NVDA, Top 50 Stocks |
I’m starting up my videos on JubakAM.com again–this time using YouTube as a platform. My one-hundredth-and second YouTube video “Strong hands vs. hot hands” went up today. Today I’m looking at a few stocks that exemplify what most experienced traders know: some hands are steady, and some are not. So when Nvidia announced this week that it expected to see supply chain issues (despite beating earnings and raising guidance), the stock fell. Similar things happened to chip-making equipment supplier Applied Materials and Albemarle, the lithium maker. I’m taking this opportunity to add some of these stocks into my portfolios. What about you?
February 16, 2022 | Daily JAM, NVDA, Stock Alerts, Top 50 Stocks |
After the close today, Nvidia (NVDA) reported fourth quarter earnings of $1.32 a share (versus analyst projections of $1.22) and revenue of $7.6 billion (versus expectations for $7.42 billion). As of 4:45 the stock has trading down $1.09 in the after-hours market. In my opinion that’s likely a result of a big run up in the stock before earnings. The stock gained 11% from February 11 through the close today, February 16. From January 27, a low in the recent downturn in Nvidia shares, to today’s close the shares are up 21%.
February 16, 2022 | Daily JAM, GNRC, Jubak Picks |
Shares of Generac Holdings (GNRC), a maker of backup power systems, are up 14.05% at 3:45 p.m. New York time today, February 16, after the company reported fourth quarter earnings of $2.51 a share after the market close on Tuesday. Revenue hit $1.06 billion. Wall Street had been expecting earnings of $2.42 a share and revenue of $1.02 billion. For the full 2021 fiscal year net sales climbed 50% to a record $3.75 billion. Adjusted earnings were $9.63 a share. But it was guidance for 2022 that popped the stock.
February 14, 2022 | Daily JAM, Millennial, TSLA |
This week’s trend of the week is Lidar, which is a light-based navigation technology (like radar but with lasers) that is being used for self-driving cars. Companies in this area include Luminar (LAZR), Ouster (OUST), Velodyne Lidar (VLDR), and Innoviz Technologies (INVZ). And tomorrow I’ll be adding one of these stocks to my Millennial Portfolio
February 14, 2022 | Daily JAM, Millennial, NVDA, Top 50 Stocks |
Traders and investors look to be anticipating a big earnings beat from Nvidia after competitor Advanced Micro Devices delivered good news in its earnings report. The Wall Street consensus is that Nvidia will report $1.01 a share for the quarter, up from 64 cents a share in the year earlier period. But the course of the stock after earnings is likely to have more to do with news, if any, on a chip that Nvidia announced at the January 2022 Consumer Electronics Show.
February 11, 2022 | COP, Daily JAM, EQNR, Jubak Picks, LNG, Morning Briefing, PXD, Volatility |
International benchmark Brent crude jumped as much as 4.7% to $95 a barrel for the first time since 2014. Brent was up 23.68% and trading at $94.77 at 3 p.m. New York time Friday. U.S. benchmark West Texas Intermediate, which normally trades below Brent in price, was up 4% to $93.50 a barrel at 3 p.m. in New York.
