January 4, 2021 | Daily JAM, Jubak Picks |
Yes, the big indexes were down today, January 4, with the Standard & Poor’s 500 off 1.48% at the close; the Dow Jones Industrial Average down 1.25%; and the NASDAQ Composite lower by 1.47%. But I think we can find some clues about tomorrow’s action–and the moves over the next month or more–from taking a look at individual stocks and sectors.
December 1, 2020 | Daily JAM |
The Dollar Spot Index (DXY) fell by 0.7% today to the lowest level in more than two years on the biggest drop in almost four weeks.
October 20, 2020 | Daily JAM, Short Term |
Even if House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin reach a deal on a new coronavirus rescue and stimulus package sometime in the next week or two, it will die in the Senate if Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has anything to say about it. Today at...
September 28, 2020 | Daily JAM, Morning Briefing |
Today, Monday, September 28, as of 1:15 p.m. New York time the Standard & Poor's 500 was up 1.60% to trade at 3352.78. Along with Friday's 1.60% gain in the index, I think that shows the market's downward momentum stalled for the moment. Only for the moment,...
August 4, 2020 | Daily JAM, Morning Briefing |
The weak dollar of the past few months has been a boon to emerging market assets. It has made the dollar-denominated interest payments that many companies in these economies need to make cheaper in local currency terms. It has helped support financial assets in...
August 3, 2020 | Daily JAM, GLD, GOLD |
Spot gold hit an all-time high today to close at $1991.40 an ounce. In July gold rose 11%, the most since 2012. And now even investors and traders who never own gold are looking at the metal and say, "Should I buy? Will it rally some more?" In my opinion it's late to...
June 25, 2020 | Daily JAM, Stock Alerts |
A while back I sold the Invesco Currency Shares Japanese Yen ETF (FXY) out of my Perfect Five ETF Portfolio because I was looking for more diversification in that limited five ETF portfolio. (I replaced it with the iShares Large Cap China ETF (FXI) on April 20, 2020....
March 16, 2020 | Daily JAM, Perfect Five-ETFs |
The Japanese yen soared 2% Monday after the Federal Reserve announced that it would cut interest rates and add $700 billion to its balance sheet by buying Treasuries and mortgage-backed securities. The dollar is down 0.66% today against the DXY Spot Index, a basket of...
January 21, 2020 | Daily JAM, Morning Briefing, Short Term |
News that a mysterious respiratory virus in China has infected medical workers, a sign that the virus has entered a new phase wherein it spreads from person to person, rocked Asian financial markets today. The death toll has climbed to six and China today raised the...
December 28, 2019 | Daily JAM |
...a short week of trading (duh!) without much going on (not even on the impeachment news front). But going into the new year, I'd advise watching the U.S. dollar. With optimism rising that the U.S. and China will at least reach a trade truce and that global trade...
December 16, 2019 | Daily JAM, Morning Briefing |
This morning it doesn't matter that the Part 1 U.S.-China trade agreement isn't signed and that we don't have more than the bare, vague outlines of the deal. This morning it doesn't matter that the smashing Conservative Party victory in the United Kingdom elections...
November 13, 2019 | Daily JAM, Morning Briefing, Short Term |
Given a chance to say that the Federal Reserve will keep its interest rate policy on hold through 2020, Fed chair Jerome Powell refused to take the bait at this morning's testimony in front of the congressional Joint Economic Committee. “We see the current stance of...
