December 22, 2020 | Daily JAM, GLW, Stock Alerts, Top 50 Stocks |
“While Corning (GLW) shares have rallied, we believe that a ‘stronger for longer’ consumer trend augurs well for underlying demand drivers in Corning’s business segments exposed to consumer electronics, with further tightening in the glass supply demand environment due to outages at a major competitor,” wrote Citigroup analyst Jim Suva in a note to clients last week.There’s a shortage of the high-tech glass used in video displays, mobile phones, and cars. One reason is a power outage that damaged manufacturing equipment at a Japanese factory of Corning rival Nippon Electric Glass. But another reason is a pick up in demand for consumer electronics products.
November 3, 2020 | Daily JAM, NJDCY, Stock Alerts, Top 50 Stocks |
Can't say Nidec (NJDCY) isn't ambitious when it comes to expanding its share of the market for motors for electric vehicles in Europe, which has become along with China one of the world's top markets for electric vehicles. The Japanese company, based in Kyoto, will...
October 15, 2020 | Daily JAM, Stock Alerts, Top 50 Stocks, TSM |
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM) reported earnings of 90 cents per American depositary receipt today on sales of $12.14 billion for the company's September quarter. Net income climbed 36% year over year. Analysts had expected the company to earn 81 cents an...
October 2, 2020 | Daily JAM, Jubak Picks, Stock Alerts, Top 50 Stocks, TWLO |
Twilio (TWLO), which makes cloud-based software, climbed 13% today after analysts raised price-target after Thursday's investors day event. (For example Morgan Stanley raised its price garget for Twilio to $270 from $240. I would note the stock closed at $290 today,...
September 24, 2020 | ALB, Daily JAM, Jubak Picks, SQM, Top 50 Stocks |
On Wednesday, September 23, shares of Albemarle (ALB) and SQM (SQM), the two dominant lithium producers in the world, fell 11.56% and 11.82%, respectively, on an announcement at Tesla's (TSLA) Battery Day that the electric car maker would start its own lithium mining...
September 16, 2020 | Daily JAM, ILMN, Jubak Picks, Top 50 Stocks |
Shares of Illumina (ILMN) dropped 8.44% today, September 16, on reports by both Reuters and Bloomberg that the genetic sequencing marketing leader is in talks to acquire Grail, a still private startup focused on blood tests for the early detection of cancer. I think...
July 20, 2020 | Daily JAM, SCHW, Stock Alerts, Top 50 Stocks |
On Thursday, after the close of trading in New York, brokerage Charles Schwab (SCHW) reported net revenue of $2.4 billion for the second quarter, a 9% drop year over year and short of the $2.47 billion projected by Wall Street analysts. Non-GAAP adjusted earnings fell...
July 15, 2020 | Daily JAM |
Pentair (PNR) is my second pick for my Special Report: 10 Global Warming Stock Picks. Everybody wants a swimming pool when the temperature tops 100 as if has this week in Dallas, Phoenix, and Las Vegas. But while a warming planet assures rising demand for anything...
June 19, 2020 | Daily JAM, ISRG, Top 50 Stocks |
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June 16, 2020 | Daily JAM |
Just about everybody agrees that the world after the coronavirus pandemic and recession will look very different. And from what I've read every stock market guru worth his or her smart phone agrees that buying the stocks of companies that are "attuned" to that...
June 16, 2020 | AMZN, Daily JAM, Special Reports, Top 50 Stocks |
Amazon (AMZN). Maybe you've heard of it. It's been one of the great stocks of the best--well, however long. As of June 15, Morningstar puts the stock's 15-year return at an average of 33.11% a year. That's the kind annual performance that you need to show to be a...
June 12, 2020 | Daily JAM, PANW, Stock Alerts |
Analysts have raised their earnings estimate for cyber-security software company Palo Alto Networks (PANW) by 4.5% to 6.5% (depending on the data source you use) over the last 60 days. For 2020 Wall Street is now looking for $4.79 a share for 2020. That would still be...