April 19, 2021 | AMAT, ASML, Daily JAM, Jubak Picks, Top 50 Stocks, TSM |
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM), the globes biggest independent chip foundry, said last week that it expects the chip shortage that has left automakers scrambling for silicon and cutting back production will be over by the end of the third quarter. Whether that’s good news or not depends on how much weight you give to this company’s projections.
October 23, 2020 | ALV, Daily JAM, IFNNY, Jubak Picks, NJDCY, NXPI, Top 50 Stocks, Volatility |
Autoliv (ALV) reported third quarter earnings per share of either $1.48 (non-GAAP) or $1.12 (GAAP). (GAAP is generally accepted accounting principles.) That consensus was $1.09 a share on Wall Street. Revenue of $2.04 billion was in line with expectations and up 0.5%...
May 1, 2020 | Daily JAM |
In my post on the possibility of a deflationary cycle, I noted the big surplus of supply over demand in the auto market. Where I wondered were all those excess cars going? Today, a story from Los Angeles, says that some of them are swanning around at sea--along with a...
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...
February 14, 2020 | Daily JAM, Friday Trick or Trend, GM |
Our regular (or occasional or perhaps occasionally regular) Friday series (actually running on Friday 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. Market...
April 11, 2019 | Daily JAM, Special Reports |
As Monty Python's Flying Circus so memorably admonished, Nobody ever expects the Spanish Inquisition. But investors should expect disruption. Thanks to the missionary work of Austrian economist Joseph Schumpeter, Wall Street, capital markets, and investors all know...
February 12, 2019 | Daily JAM |
Those of us trying to figure out not whether the U.S. economy is slowing but how big the slowdown will be are latching on to any data point. This one seems more important than many: Auto loans delinquent more than 90 days rose to 4.47% of total loans in the fourth...
December 3, 2018 | Daily JAM |
Auto stocks rallied big on Monday after President Donald Trump tweeted that China had agreed to "reduce and remove tariffs on cars coming into China from the U.S." China had raised tariffs on U.S. auto imports to 40%, while cutting tariffs on cars from other...
September 29, 2018 | Daily JAM, Friday Trick or Trend |
Our regular (or occasional or perhaps occasionally regular) Friday series ( actually running on Saturday 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. On Friday...
August 14, 2018 | Daily JAM |
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December 12, 2017 | Daily JAM, Stock Alerts |
No surprise really, which is why shares of Autoliv (ALV) climbed only 0.75% on the news today. But it's still good to have a formal decision: After completing its review of the business, the company's board has decided to spin off Autoliv's auto electronics safety...
November 6, 2017 | Daily JAM, JCI, Stock Alerts |
Johnson Controls, a member of my long-term 50 Stocks portfolio, hasn’t done much of anything for a year now. Over the last 12 months the shares are up just 0.66%. That performance isn’t surprising. The company just about completely remade itself in 2016 by spinning off its automotive interiors business and by merger with Ireland-based Tyco International in what has been called one of the most egregious examples of corporate tax avoidance since Constantine outsourced the Roman Empire to Byzantium. Frankly I don’t think investors have known what to do with the “new” company–and the bad taste left by the 2016 tax inversion ploy and the company’s continued problems in generating cash have given investors very few reasons to put in the homework necessary to figure it out. But I think Johnson Controls deserves a little bit of attention now
