Markets decide coronavirus vaccine is just around the corner–is this a fear of missing the virus bottom rally?
Stocks took off out of the gate this morning on reports on Chinese television that said a drug being tested by researchers at Zhejiang University in China was effective against the virus. That speculation got further traction on news that China had started a clinical...
Today earnings and coronavirus news battled to a draw in the U.S. stock market; tomorrow?
The Standard & Poor's 500 finished the day down a scant 0.09%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 0.04%. The NASDAQ Composite was ahead 006$% and the Russell 2000 small cap index dropped 0.55%. The iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF ended the day higher by...
No end to selling as coronavirus news, profit-taking drive downward move today
The news from China and about the coronavirus continues to get worse. The death toll has climbed to 82, and at least 2,800 cases have been reported in China. And it doesn't look like the outbreak has been contained with health experts questioning the efficacy of any...
Saturday Night Quarterback says, For the week ahead expect…
... earning, earnings and more earnings, especially from the big technology companies in the NASDAQ 100. 26 companies in the index are scheduled to report results for the December quarter next week. Including reports from three of the four biggest U.S. companies....
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...
The Trend is strong, it is–at least for the next two weeks
Today has continued a pattern that emerged last week. With the odds improving that the United States and China will sign a Part 1 trade agreement on Wednesday (or so), the risk on, momentum stocks that led the market in 2019 have reasserted their leadership....
iPhone sales in China show double-digit growth in December
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Stocks start 2020 in melt-up mood
We've seen this before. And investors and traders seem determined to keep a good thing going--until it doesn't work anymore. Today, January 2, the first trading day in the new year for U.S. markets, stocks were off to the rally races again. The Standard & Poor's...
Little stock market movement by the close today is actually a good sign
The Standard & Poor's 500 closed dead even for today December 27. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was head just 008%. The NASDAQ Composite slipped 0.17% and the Russell 2000 small cap index was off 0.62%. The iShares MSCI Emerging Markets EFT (EEM) was up by...
Bargain stock picks #4-#7 for my Special Report with an emphasis on China bargains
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...
Trick or trend: Are chip stocks going to lead the market again?
Our regular (or occasional or perhaps occasionally regular) Friday series (actually running on Sunday this week) Trick or Trend looks at what might (or might not) be emerging investible trends. Exclusively on JAM. This post won't run anywhere else. Ever. First, chip...Jim’s Stock Alerts
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