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Special Report: Getting higher dividends–safely–in a dividend crisis! Parts 1, 2, and 3 with 8 Dividend Picks
It'a gotten so that I shudder whenever a stock in my Dividend Portfolio gets near the day for the company to announce the dividend payout for the upcoming quarter. Too often, lately, the news has been grim: General Motors (GM) suspended its dividend for the second...
Disney and market blast higher on optimism about economy after re-opening–the picture from the ground isn’t as positive
Disney (DIS) re-opened part of its Florida park complex today--actually just the admission-free Disney Springs area of restaurants, shops and entertainment venues today. The reaction on line hasn't been all Bippity-Boppity- Boo!  “Not going till they remove these...
Stock Pick of the Day: Taiwan Semiconductor (TSM)
Announcing a new feature on JubakAM--my stock pick of the day. With Taiwan Semiconductor as my first pick. The hoo ha at the end of last week over restrictions on the sale of U.S. semiconductors to China's Huawei Technologies, high-lighted the central role that Taiwan...
Selling Illinois Tool Works out of my Dividend Portfolio to make room for new dividend strategy and new picks
Way back in November 2019--if you remember a period when projected earnings growth was strong and before the coronavirus recession--I argued for a dividend strategy that focused on companies with fast growing and solidly predictable earnings that were, in my opinion,...
Selling Visa out of Dividend Portfolio to make room for new dividend strategy and picks
Way back in November 2019--if you remember a period when projected earnings growth was strong and before the coronavirus recession--I argued for a dividend strategy that focused on companies with fast growing and solidly predictable earnings that were, in my opinion,...
Hanesbrands is a prime example of the dividend dilemma right now–keeping it in Dividend Portfolio despite loss
No doubt about it--looking at the loss in my position in Hanesbrands (HBI) of 37.66% since I added it to my Dividend Portfolio on February 21, 2020 isn't pleasant. But since I hold this stock for its dividend payout, the gain/loss at the moment isn't the only...
Selling GM out of my Dividend Portfolio
On April 27, General Motors (GM) suspended its quarterly dividend. It's a smart move to save cash--about $1.6 billion in the remainder of 2020--but without a dividend the stock doesn't deserve a place in a dividend portfolio. I've waited for the dust to clear on that...
Selling Twilio out of Volatility Portfolio today
I still love Twilio (TWLO) for the long term. It's positioning in the forefront of providing aps and a developer platform for linking multi-device input and replies into a single network makes this a stock that I want in my portfolio for the next five years (a...
Buying Put Options on theme park operator Six Flags
Think of Six Flags (SIX) as Disney (DIS) without the movie studio, streaming service, and cable and TV assets. In other words, the company is just theme parks. 25 of them with 22 in the United States. Right now the company says that the parks are closed through...
Disney misses Wall Street projections on earnings; signals worse to come
How did Wall Street analysts get Disney (DIS) earnings today so wrong? Analysts had been projecting earnings of 86 cents a share. The company reported earnings of just 60 cents for the company's second quarter. The bigger-than-Disney takeaway here is "Wonder if it...
Buying Put Options on Shake Shack after today’s earnings
Shake Shack (SHAK) reported earning of 2 cents a share today after the market close. Wall Street had expected a penny a share loss. Earnings were down from 13 cents a share in the year ago quarter. Same store sales dropped 12.8% years over year and revenue for the...Jim’s Stock Alerts
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