April 6, 2020 | Daily JAM, EWZ, Volatility, You Might Have Missed |
I understand why U.S. and European stocks are up so strongly today on news that the rate of new infections is dropping in Spain and Italy and that New York looks to be on a similar path with a possible peak in coronavirus cases sometime in the next week to 10 days....
April 6, 2020 | Daily JAM, Stock Alerts, URI |
This sell follows the same logic as my immediately prior sell of Vulcan Materials. Last week House Speaker Nancy Pelosi threw in the towel on any near-term chance for a big infrastructure spending package. The horrific jobs numbers had convinced her, she said, that...
April 6, 2020 | Daily JAM, Stock Alerts, VMC |
Last week House Speaker Nancy Pelosi threw in the towel on any near-term chance for a big infrastructure spending package. The horrific jobs numbers had convinced her, she said, that sending more aid to unemployed workers and small businesses took a higher priority....
April 5, 2020 | Daily JAM, Short Term, Volatility, WFC |
If my recent buy of Put Options on JPMorgan Chase (JPM) is a bet that investors and traders will sell one of the country's best run big banks ahead of first quarter earnings and second quarter guidance to protect against the effects of an economic slowdown, my buy of...
April 5, 2020 | Daily JAM, JPM, Short Term, Volatility, You Might Have Missed |
As I wrote in yesterday's Saturday Night Quarterback, I'm buying to Puts on bank stocks tomorrow, Monday April 6, ahead of bank earnings reports that begin with JPMorgan Chase (JPM) and Wells Fargo (WFC) before the market open on Tuesday April 14. I think banks will...
April 3, 2020 | CMWAY, Daily JAM, Stock Alerts |
I've only got a small bit of exposure to the global banking system and, frankly, I think it's past time to get rid of even that exposure. We're in one of those banking sector moments where we know that banks are loaded up with assets that can't be priced (in the case...
April 2, 2020 | Daily JAM, DIS, Stock Alerts |
Gugenheim analyst Michael Morris issued a deeply pessimistic call on Walt Disney (DIS) shares on Thursday, April 2. He's still more positive on the stock than I am in the next six months or so. While I continue to hold Disney shares in my long-term 50 Stocks...
April 2, 2020 | Daily JAM, Dip-O-Meter, PANW, Stock Alerts |
The problem isn't that there's no good news out of individual companies. It's just that good news on specific stocks doesn't count for much in a bear market when everything moves together in a single direction--most usually down. Take Palo Alto Networks (PANW), a...
April 2, 2020 | Daily JAM, EMR, Stock Alerts, Volatility |
I'm using today's bounce to sell Emerson Electric (EMR) out of my Jubak Picks Portfolio today. The shares are up 3.54% today. I think Emerson Electric is a stock that I'd like to own for the long-term if the short-term didn't look so negative for the economy as a...
March 31, 2020 | Daily JAM, MIDD, Stock Alerts |
I love this stock. It's been in the long-term 50 Stocks Portfolio since May 3, 2013. And someday I think the company's strategy of buying smaller commercial and domestic kitchen equipment companies and then super-charging their sales by giving them access to a bigger...
March 31, 2020 | Daily JAM, GM |
Automakers are scheduled to report first quarter sales numbers tomorrow with Ford Motor (F), Fiat Chrysler, and General Motors (GM) all expected to snow big declines. And the next quarter looks even worse. “There are basically no U.S. auto sales right now,” Adam...
March 30, 2020 | Daily JAM, PAC, Stock Alerts, Volatility |
Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico (PAC) has postponed its annual meeting until April 28. Th company's stock buyback plan and dividend payouts on the agenda. It's hard to imagine that the company hasn't at least considered cutting its buyback and dividends. Grupo...