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...
May 26, 2020 | Daily JAM, STZ |
Constellation Brands (STZ) is up more than $70 a share--or 67% from its March 23 low $105.64. At today's close of $176.41, up another 2.38% today, the stock is knocking on the door of the $185.96 high and the 200-day moving average at $182.08. I added it to the...
May 22, 2020 | Daily JAM, HBI, Special Reports |
It'a gotten so that I shudder whenever a stock in my Dividend Portfolio gets near the day for the company to announce the dividend payout for the upcoming quarter. Too often, lately, the news has been grim: General Motors (GM) suspended its dividend for the second...
May 18, 2020 | Daily JAM, ITW |
Way back in November 2019--if you remember a period when projected earnings growth was strong and before the coronavirus recession--I argued for a dividend strategy that focused on companies with fast growing and solidly predictable earnings that were, in my opinion,...
May 11, 2020 | HBI, Stock Alerts |
No doubt about it--looking at the loss in my position in Hanesbrands (HBI) of 37.66% since I added it to my Dividend Portfolio on February 21, 2020 isn't pleasant. But since I hold this stock for its dividend payout, the gain/loss at the moment isn't the only...
May 11, 2020 | Daily JAM, GM, Stock Alerts |
On April 27, General Motors (GM) suspended its quarterly dividend. It's a smart move to save cash--about $1.6 billion in the remainder of 2020--but without a dividend the stock doesn't deserve a place in a dividend portfolio. I've waited for the dust to clear on that...
April 30, 2020 | Daily JAM, KO, Stock Alerts |
Today's shocking announcement from Royal Dutch Shell (RDS-A) that it would cut its 10% dividend, to 16 cents a share is a brutal reminder of one of the big challenges facing dividend investors. Royal Dutch shares were down 12.02% as of 3 p.m. Nw York time today, April...
April 27, 2020 | Daily JAM, OKE, Stock Alerts |
The greatest danger of any dividend position right now is from a cut to the dividend payout. That kind of cut would send even an already crushed stock lower. I think that's the possibility facing shares of ONEOK (OKE) when it reports earnings on April 28. The stock...
April 23, 2020 | Daily JAM, Notes You Need |
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March 30, 2020 | Daily JAM, PAC, Stock Alerts, Volatility |
Grupo Aeroportuario del PacÃfico (PAC) has postponed its annual meeting until April 28. Th company's stock buyback plan and dividend payouts on the agenda. It's hard to imagine that the company hasn't at least considered cutting its buyback and dividends. Grupo...
March 24, 2020 | Daily JAM, GM, Stock Alerts |
General Motors (GM) drew down its $16 billion credit line today to maximize its financial cushion as the auto industry headed into a very uncertain future. The $16 billion drawdown adds to the $16 billion in cash that General Motors projects to have on hand by the end...
March 3, 2020 | Daily JAM, VGSH |
I'd wager that almost nobody today is buying U.S. Treasuries for their yield. The yield on the 10-year Treasury broke below 1% to 0.9043% for the first time EVER. The 10-year finished the day with a yield of 1.01%. The yield on the 2-year Treasury fell to a low of...