January 13, 2019 | Daily JAM |
... earnings from Netflix (NFLX), scheduled for release after the market close on Thursday, January 17, to be a BIG TEST to see whether this big bounce turns into a sustained rally. Netflix shares gained another 4% on Friday after analysts at Raymond James and UBS...
December 26, 2018 | Daily JAM, NFLX, Short Term, Stock Alerts, Volatility |
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December 24, 2018 | AMZN, Daily JAM, Stock Alerts, Volatility |
On December 21 I made Amazon Put Options my second Portfolio Protection in my completely revised Special Report How to Protect Your Portfolio Without Selling Your Portfolio on this site. I said I would buy the put for my Volatility Portfolio on Monday, December 24. On...
December 21, 2018 | Daily JAM, Short Term, Special Reports |
This Special Report was revised--extensively- on December 21. When I posted the first version of this Special Report back in November, the bear market was just a possibility--although a highly likely possibility--and my best projection on how the market would develop...
December 20, 2018 | AAPL, Daily JAM, EQNR, FCX, NKTR, PXD, Stock Alerts, VIX, Volatility |
In November and December I selectively added risk to my Volatility Portfolio in the expectation of a strong seasonal January Effect Rally and the odds of an end of the year bounce that would, temporarily, disrupt the developing bear market. I thought that was a...
November 8, 2018 | Daily JAM, VIX, Volatility |
The trend is still down, in my opinion, despite today's slight gain in the volatility index. The CBOE S&P 500 Volatility Index (VIX), often called the "fear index" because it measures how much traders and investors are willing to pay to hedge risk in the S&P...
November 5, 2018 | AAPL, Daily JAM, Stock Alerts, Volatility |
Let's see. You're a company running into serious global headwinds in a maturing (or mature market) that are raising huge doubts about your ability to increase unit sales quarter to quarter for your core product. You: a) Grimly admit that unit sales are stagnant and...
November 5, 2018 | Daily JAM, Morning Briefing, Special Reports |
Scary market, huh? Completely unpredictable it seems, right? Up on Tuesday October 30 with the Standard & Poor's ahead 1.57% at the close and the technology-heavy NASDAQ Composite ahead 1.58%. Quite a turn about from the previous day when the S&P 500 finished...
November 1, 2018 | AAPL, Daily JAM, Stock Alerts, Volatility |
Apple (AAPL) reports earnings for its fiscal fourth quarter (the quarter that ended in September) after the market close in New York tonight. Right now, at 2:30 the shares are down 0.05% to $218.76. I bought the Apple January 18, 2019 calls with a strike price of $225...
October 31, 2018 | Daily JAM, Morning Briefing, Special Reports |
Scary market, huh? Completely unpredictable it seems, right? Up on Tuesday October 30 with the Standard & Poor's ahead 1.57% at the close and the technology-heavy NASDAQ Composite ahead 1.58%. Quite a turn about from the previous day when the S&P 500 finished...
October 31, 2018 | Daily JAM, Short Term |
Stocks broke strongly higher out of the gate this morning, held onto most of their gains until about 3:15, and then slid into the close. The Standard & Poor's 500, which had been up 1.94% as of 3:17 p.m. New York time, finished the session up 1.09%. The Dow closed...
October 25, 2018 | AMZN, Daily JAM, Stock Alerts, Volatility |
When I bought the November 23 Puts (AMZN181123P01852500) with a strike price of $1852.50 on Amazon on Monday, October 22, I wasn't looking for a severe multiday sell off in the stock market that focused yesterday, October 24, at least, on growth stocks. Instead I was...
