March 8, 2021 | Daily JAM, FXY, JD, Jubak Picks, VGIT, Volatility |
Let’s be clear. I don’t have any idea of when the current selling in technology and high-valuation growth momentum stocks will end. It does seem likely to me, even after the March 9 bounce, that the rotation into cyclicals, vaccine recovery stocks, and value stocks will continue for a while. From that perspective, I’m glad that I added Invesco KBWB Bank ETF (KBWB), Vulcan Materials (VMC), Caterpillar (CAT), MGM Resorts International (MGM) and Coca Cola (KO) to my Jubak Picks Portfolio since the middle of February. And that I added Dow (DOW) and Citigroup (C) to my Dividend Portfolio in Mid-December. (All those picks are in the black since my purchase date. You can check the online portfolios to see by how much.) But now that the NASDAQ Composite has dropped into an official correction–down 10% from its February 12 high–I’d like to be holding some more cash in case
December 29, 2020 | Daily JAM, Morning Briefing, Short Term |
Yesterday stocks moved higher on news that President Donald Trump had actually signed the combined coronavirus stimulus/relief and government spending bill. I guess after contemplating the possibility of no bill and another government shutdown, even $600 checks seemed like a big deal. Today, not so much. Worries that Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell will prevent the House-passed bill increasing the size of those checks to $2,000 from even coming up for a vote on the floor of the Senate were enough to trigger a mild retreat in stock prices.
December 24, 2020 | Daily JAM, Morning Briefing |
Congress dispersed for Christmas. President Donald Trump headed to Florida. And there’s still no telling whether President Trump will, as he’s suggested via Twitter, whether he will veto the huge coronavirus relief/government spending bill.
November 30, 2020 | Daily JAM, Morning Briefing |
China’s official Purchasing Managers Index for Manufacturing rose to 52.1 in November. The was up from 51.4 in October. And beat the 51.5 median estimate from economists surveyed by Bloomberg. The index for the non-manufacturing sector climbed to 56.4 in November from 56.2 in October. That exceeded the median forecast of 56. The picture that emerges is of a Chinese economy that has stabilized in November and that has momentum generated by end of the year consumer spending and government measures to stimulate domestic consumer.
October 27, 2020 | Daily JAM, Special Reports |
Before the coronavirus pandemic, I used to eat breakfast a couple of times a week at the Manchester Diner a few blocks from my house. Then one day the diner just closed. Common enough in New York City where small local restaurants can go out of business over night...
July 16, 2020 | Daily JAM, JD, MPNGF, Volatility, You Might Have Missed |
The Chinese economy returned to growth in the second quarter with gross domestic product climbing 3.2% in the quarter from the June quarter of 2019. That was a recovery from the 6.8% drop in GDP in the first quarter and the results beat projections for 2.4% growth....
July 14, 2020 | Daily JAM, JD, Volatility |
Of course, China's government isn't exactly giving away money. But Beijing has embarked on one of its periodic efforts to talk stocks in Shanghai and Shenzhen and Hong Kong higher and then higher some more. On Monday July 6 the CSI 300 Index, which tracks the 300...
February 5, 2020 | Daily JAM, Morning Briefing |
Stocks took off out of the gate this morning on reports on Chinese television that said a drug being tested by researchers at Zhejiang University in China was effective against the virus. That speculation got further traction on news that China had started a clinical...
January 28, 2020 | Daily JAM, JD, Stock Alerts |
In my thinking we've still got a way to go before markets can breathe a true sigh of relief and put coronavirus fears behind them. And move onto worrying about other things like economic growth rates in China, rising debt levels, and earnings growth for U.S. stocks in...
December 12, 2019 | Daily JAM |
In my set up to this Special Report: 12 Bargain Stocks NOW I laid out the reasons for adding some bargain stocks to a portfolio. (You can find that set up in my Special Report in the Special Reports pane on the home page of JubakAM.com. I'll add these picks to that...
December 5, 2019 | Daily JAM, Special Reports, You Might Have Missed |
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November 12, 2019 | Daily JAM, JD, Stock Alerts |
Last time I owned Alibaba (BABA) e-commerce competitor JD.Com (JD) I got a 25% short-term pop. I think it's time to go back to that trade again. JD.Com sold $29.17 billion in goods during the recently completed Singles' Day shopping frenzy. That was a new record for...
