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Albemarle, other lithium stocks, ride Tesla’s draft
Shares of electric car maker Tesla (TSLA) were up another 21.6% as of 3:15 p.m. New York time to another all-time high. And shares of lithium miners, who produce the stuff that goes into Tesla batteries, rode the draft higher with Albemarle (ALB) picking up 12.27% and...
First three bargain stock picks for my Special Report
In my set up to this Special Report: 12 Bargain Stocks NOW I laid out the reasons for adding some bargain stocks to a portfolio. (You can find that set up in my Special Report in the Special Reports pane on the home page of JubakAM.com. I'll add these picks to that...
Materials stocks up today even as U.S.-China trade fears linger
I think the strong move in commodities stocks today has more to do with continued weakness in the U.S. dollar than it does with any renewed faith in growth in the global economy. After all the U.S.-China trade war doesn't look any more settled today than it did last...
Notes You Need for January 29: AAPL, MCD, savings rate, SQM, TSLA, PYPL, EU trade war,
In my daily trawling through the market I come upon lots of tidbits of knowledge that I think are important to investors but that don’t justify a full post. I’ve decided to start compiling these notes here each day in a kind of running mini blog that I’m calling Notes You Need. A typical entry would resemble this from today: “10:20 a.m.: Apple (AAPL) shares down 2% this morning on news reports out of Japan that the company will lower iPhone X production volume by 50% in the first quarter of calendar 2018. The stories see that Apple has notified suppliers that it will cut production for January-March quarter to 20 million units for the iPhone X instead of the 40 million units projected at the phone’s November release. Apple reports earnings after the market close on Wednesday, February 1.”
Turmoil isn’t done in lithium sector with volatility at SQM and ALB
The announcement of a deal between Sociedad QuÃmica y Minera de Chile (SQM) and Chile's development agency CORFO that resolves a long-standing dispute on royalty rates and that would allow SQM to expand lithium production from the brines at government-owned Salar de...
Lithium producer SQM soars after Chilean election
Quite a good two days for Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile or SQM for short. The Chilean producer of lithium climbed almost 8% yesterday and tacked on another 2.8% today. The shares (SQM) are now up 11.47% since I added them to my long-term 50 Stocks Portfolio back...
