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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...
Wells Fargo and JPMorgan Chase stop accepting applications for home equity loans
As economic indicators go, this isn't one that I follow in normal times. In normal times banks are happy to accept an application for a home equity loan from anyone who owns a house. Real estate is a good credit risk. In normal times. But if you're still looking for...
Another typical Amazon quarter–revenue beat and earnings miss–despite corona virus
Amazon reported first quarter earnings today and fell $1.10 a share short of Wall Street estimates for $5.01 a share (GAAP earnings). That was a 30% year over year decline. Revenue, however, of $75.5 billion was up 26.5% year over year and beat estimates by $1.41...Jim’s Stock Alerts
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