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Selling Cirrus Logic out of my Volatility Portfolio on Monday
I was going to wait until just before Cirrus Logic (CRUS) reported earnings on January 29 before deciding to sell. But with the market trending down on fears of the coronavirus outbreak in China (and increasingly globally), I don't see the upside in waiting. Also on a...
Selling Xilinx out of my Volatility Portfolio on Monday
I was going to wait until just before Xilinx (XLNX) reported earnings on January 28 before deciding to sell. But with the market trending down on fears of the coronavirus outbreak in China (and increasingly globally), I don't see the upside in waiting. Also on a pure...
Apple suppliers gear up for cheaper iPhone for March
There's no official announcement from Apple yet, but iPhone assemblers including Hon Hai Precision Industry, Pegatron, and Wistron, are planning to begin producing a new lower-cost iPhone in February. Apple is expected to official announce the new phone in March....
China reports 17 dead from new coronavirus, up from 6 yesterday, but markets say it’s no big deal
Even as the death toll in China from the new coronavirus continues to rise, global financial markets are reacting like everything is under control. My way to track the market reaction is to follow shares of China Southern Airlines (ZNH), the largest airline in China...
#3 of my four “Not so easy pieces” for rebalancing my long-term 50 Stocks Portfolio: My four buys
In my most recent Special Report: When to sell: What to sell I recommended that any current rebalancing build up some cash. To implement that cash-building strategy, when you sell to rebalance a portfolio for 2020, buy fewer stocks than you sell so that the result is...
Good news in yesterday’s U.S.-China trade deal for Visa, MasterCard, and American Express
Yesterday, the day of the announcement of the Part 1 trade deal between the United States and China, shares of Via (V) climbed 1.91%. MasterCard (MA) gained 1.16%. American Express rose 0.79%. On a day when the Standard & Poor's 500 fell 0.15% and the Dow Jones...
Special Report: 12 Bargain Stock Picks NOW #11 Wesco International
Today, Thursday, January 16, I'm making Wesco International (WCC) my #11 Pick for my Special Report: 12 Bargain Stock Picks NOW. (I'll be adding Wesco and my other two recent bargain picks to my Special Report late today so you can find the complete list 1-11 with #12...
FDA and Nektar both shock on company’s opioid drug candidate; I’d buy more on weakness
Yesterday an advisory joint committee at the U.S. Food & Drug Administration voted to reject Nektar's application for its new non-addictive opioid NKTR-181. The thinking--my thinking--was that the committee had structured the vote so that the most likely outcome...
Nektar’s new non-addictive opioid NKTR-181 to finally get an FDA advisory vote tomorrow
I understand why the U.S. Food & Drug Administration has moved so slowly on a decision on Nektar Therapeutic's (NKTR) new non-addictive opioid NKTR-181. The last thing the FDA wants to do in the midst of epidemic of opioid addiction is to approve a drug that might...
Special Report: 12 bargain stock picks NOW: Pick #10 United Rentals
When I wrote up United Rentals (URI) as part of my Special Report: Global Warming and Your Portfolio: Is Your Portfolio Ready? I named it as a stock that I thought would profit from the first stage of response to the damage caused by global warming. In that initial...
Bet you’ve forgotten: Earnings season starts next week with the big banks
What with everything going 0n, I wouldn't be surprised if the start of earnings season next week has slipped your mind. Reports of fourth quarter earnings are actually fairly important this year because stocks trade near all time highs and estimates say that fourth...Jim’s Stock Alerts
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