Trick or trend: How much higher can copper run?
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. Back on...
Saturday Night Quarterback says, For the week ahead expect…
... a lot of data on commodities. You're excused if commodity prices haven't been on the top of mind lately. There have been a few other things to think about. So maybe you've missed some of the big moves in the sector. Copper, for example, has been up for seven...
Commodities take another China hit–which gives us something else to watch for a bottom
Two Chinese companies have invoked force majeure clauses in their contracts to refuse delivery of cargoes of liquified natural gas and copper. Chinese buyers have also asked Chilean miners to postpone shipments and China's biggest oil refiner Sinopec Group is likely...
Updating First Quantum Minerals in my Volatility Portfolio and making it #3 in my bottom fishing Special Report
First Quantum Minerals (FQVLF) is tricky for bottom fishers. If the challenge with Illumina (ILM), my #2 pick for my 5 Bottom Fishing Picks Special Report, Â is figuring out when the bad news will all be in the stock--hence making it a good buy for bottom fishers, the...
Copper meeting bullish on projected supply deficit
The big Cesco copper conference in Santiago, Chile, has been remarkably bullish considering worries about global economic growth and the Chinese economy. That's because there looks like a significant gap in the development of new supplies in 2019 and 2020 that could...
Adding First Quantum Minerals to my Special Report: 10 Best Buy Stocks for after the bear–and to my Jubak Picks Portfolio
Tuesday January 22, I will be adding First Quantum Minerals (FQVLF) to both my Special Report: 10 Bust Buy Stocks for after the bear--and to my Jubak Picks Portfolio. The shares are already a member of my Volatility Portfolio. Although this Canadian copper miner...
Does news that U.S. will let Russia’s big aluminum producer avoid sanctions remove this wild card from commodities and stock markets?
U.S. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin said today that Russian metals giant Rusal, could get sanctions lifted if Putin-connected oligarch Oleg Deripaska relinquished control. The Treasury also gave Rusal a five month extension as it considered Rusal’s appeal of the sanctions. Commodity prices–especially aluminum–fell on the news.
Nice bounce today but I’m buying FCX puts in my Volatility Portfolio for more downside ahead
Last night I played standard first-stage defense by selling shares of Freeport McMoran Copper and Gold (FCX) out of my Jubak's Picks Portfolio. That reduces, in my opinion, my risk to the likely continuation (again in my opinion) of a market retreat on fear that the...
Selling copper pick Freeport McMoran on fears of U.S./China tariff war
Freeport McMoRan Copper and Gold (FCX) was the third and last copper stock I added to my portfolios back in January 12, 2018--after Southern Copper (SCCO) and First Quantum Minerals (FQMLF). I added so much copper since copper prices were soaring in 2017--up 30%--and...
Notes You Need for March 9: Samsung S9, rig count, U.S. dollar, Albermarle, copper, lithium
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 representative sample is this entry from today: “10: 20 a.m.: Recode is out with the compilation of reviews on Samsung’s new flagship phones, the Galaxy S9 and S9+ due in stores on Friday, March 16. Consensus: It’s not an “If you’ve seen last year’s Galaxy S8, you’ve seen the $719.99 S9. The Bixby voice assistant is still a dud.” Samsung added a number of gimmicky features, Recode concludes, such as face-scanning, aperture-switching, Super Slow Motion and AR Emoji to show on TV commercials. The company did make a number of unseen changed to improve the user experience. My take is that this illustrates the big current problem with top end smart phones: Where’s the whiz-bang to get people to ditch their old phone and spend $700 to $1,000 on a new model?”
I’m adding copper exposure to my Jubak’s Picks Portfolio by moving Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold from my 50 Stocks Portfolio
By this time I think you get the message: I like the trend in copper prices and copper stocks over the next five years. I've added copper producers South Copper (SCCO) to my long-term 50 Stocks Portfolio and First Quantum Minerals (FQVLF) to my volatility portfolio....Download Jim’s eBook for Free
