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With Vaxart you get Volatility–here’s why it’s so extreme
Yesterday shares of Vaxart (VXRT) were up 46.79%. Today they're down 16.13% as of noon in New York. And, of course the shares are down 55.38% since I bought them on July 22, 2020 at $14.79. Why so much, such extraordinary volatility? Some is because this is the kind...
Adding shares of Berkshire Hathaway (BRK/B) to my Jubak Picks Portfolio
Warren Buffet's Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-B) hit the headlines today on news that it had made a big buy in shares of Japanese trading companies. To me that looks like a typical Buffett value play on commodities and international trade at a time when the market in...
Apple’s split bails out the NASDAQ today
Shares of Apple (AAPL) split 4-1 today, helping the stock to a 3.39% gain on the day. If not for Apple (with a little aid from Amazon (AMZN), up 1.45% at the close), the last day of August might have looked a bit ugly. Even with the help from Apple and Amazon, the...
Adding Pfizer to my Dividend Portfolio today
You remember how in Part 3A of my Special Report: Meeting Your Retirement Challenge, I suggested that when temporary factors created an opportunity to buy the shares of a solid, predictable, cash flow generating company, with a yield of 4% you should jump at the...
At the most serious end, the mortgage delinquency problem is getting worse
The overall number of borrowers delinquent on their mortgages fell by 340,000 in July. That's down by 9% from June. (These are figures from Black Knight, which collects delinquency numbers monthly. The Mortgage Bankers Association, on the other hand, releases its...
Barrick Gold raises dividend 14%
Shares of Barrick Gold (GOLD) are up 11.10% today to $29.99 as of 1:30 p.m. New York time on Monday, August 17. The continued climb in Barrick Gold shares comes on the strength of an ongoing rally in gold prices and news that broke on Friday that Warren Buffett's...
Trick or trend: Whither gold? As of June 30 Warren Buffett was a buyer
Our regular (or occasional or perhaps occasionally regular) Friday series (actually running on Saturday this week) Trick or Trend looks at what might (or might not) be emerging investible trends. Exclusively on JAM. This post won't run anywhere else. Ever.Granted it's...
Adding West Pharmaceutical Services to Jubak Picks Portfolio on rotation back to momentum winners
What a difference 72 hours can make. Just a few days ago I was looking to find consumer/cyclical/"re-opening dependent" shares as the stock market looked to be rotating away from recent technology and momentum leaders and toward beaten down shares that would climb...
AES: Pick #7 for my Global Warming Special Report
My first six picks for my 10 Stocks for Global Warming Special Report belong to "We've got to do something" Stage One. As laudable as these efforts are, to me it looks like global warming has picked up so much momentum the we're gong to need concerted government and...
Gold and silver take another step toward excess
We've been here before. With gold and silver we're at that stage in a huge rally where Wall Street analysts rush to increase their target prices in order to keep ahead of the market and where the number of posts urging investors to get in now--And here's...
Ericsson is my 5G network pick
Ericsson (ERIC) has been piling up the contract wins for 5G networks. That's the future--which is why I'm recommending buying this ADR in my Jubak Picks Portfolio today. If you want to ride the transition to 5G telecommunications network, this is the best horse to...Jim’s Stock Alerts
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