August 5, 2020 | Daily JAM, Notes You Need |
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...
May 15, 2020 | Daily JAM |
China is ready to put U.S. technology companies such as Apple, (AAPL), Cisco Systems (CSCO), and Qualcomm (QCOM) on its "unreliable entity list." That would likely result in investigations and economic restrictions on those U.S. companies, according to the Global...
May 12, 2020 | Daily JAM, Notes You Need |
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...
April 18, 2020 | Daily JAM |
... earnings season to shift into second gear with reports from IBM, Intel, Procter & Gamble, Delta, and Netflix. IBM (IBM) kicks off the week with its report on Monday after the market close. IMB isn't the market mover that it once was but it is the first major...
April 1, 2020 | Daily JAM, Morning Briefing |
Not much mystery to today's selling. Investors and traders were trimming positions--or more--ahead of tomorrow's report on initial claims for unemployment. Last week brought a record 3.28 million new claims for unemployment as the coronavirus and "shelter in place"...
March 24, 2020 | Daily JAM, Long Term |
Intel (INTC) said Tuesday that it would suspend its share buyback program. In October 2019 the company said it would buy $20 billion in shares over the next 15 to 18 months. The company completed $7.6 billion in buybacks in the fourth quarter of 2019 and the first...
January 25, 2020 | Daily JAM |
... 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....
December 6, 2019 | Daily JAM, Friday Trick or Trend |
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...
December 6, 2019 | Daily JAM, Notes You Need |
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...
December 3, 2019 | Stock Alerts |
When you have 90% of the very high margin market for server chips, you should expect to have people make a run at you. So Intel (INTC) is once again facing off in its never ending battle with Advanced Micro Devices (AMD.) That company is shooting to gain more than 10%...
November 5, 2019 | Daily JAM |
Contrary to recent evidence, stocks don't go up everyday. And today U.S. stocks took a very minor rest with the Standard & Poor's 500 actually falling 0.12% and the NASDAQ Composite essentially flat with a gain of 0.02%. But I think the trend is still definitely...
April 29, 2019 | Daily JAM, Stock Alerts |
Shares of Intel (INTC) continued their post-earnings slide today, dropping about 2.52% to $51.11. On April 24, the day before there company reported first quarter 2019 earnings, the stock closed at $58.72. That's a drop of 12.96% in less than a week. I think three...