December 20, 2023 | Daily JAM, Morning Briefing |
Bond traders and investors kept the bond rally going today December 20. The yield on the 10-year Treasury dropped another 8 basis points to 3.85% today. The yield on the 2-year note fell 4 basis points to 4.40%. The drop in yields came as a result of gains in bond prices. On the other hand, the major stock indexes had a big down day. The Standard & Poor’s 500 fell 1.47% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average ended the day down 1.27%. The small-cap Russell 2000 dropped 1.86%. The NASDAQ Composite and the NASDAQ 100 soared 1.50% and 1.53%, respectively.. The differing results don’t reflect a divergence of views on interest rates–both bond and stock markets see the Federal Reserve cutting interest rates in 2024. The difference does, however, reflect differing views on valuation
April 11, 2023 | Daily JAM, INTC, Jubak Picks, Morning Briefing |
I will sell Intel (INTC) out of my Jubak Picks Portfolio tomorrow, April 12. The position was up 14.55% as of the close on April 11 since I added it on February 8, 2023.
February 16, 2023 | CHPT, Daily JAM, DIS, EVGO, Jubak Picks, Millennial, NVDA, Top 50 Stocks, TWLO, Volatility |
The rally on February 15 sure looked like a speculative blowout of the kind that often signals a market top. For me, it was the last straw and I’m selling into the rally. This post tells you what I’m selling and how I arrived at these decisions. But first, a few words on Wednesday’s move.
October 26, 2020 | Daily JAM, Morning Briefing |
I think the calendar will call the shots in the stock market for the next four to six weeks. And that's why I think momentum has shifted toward sellers rather than buyers. I know that today's drop--the Standard & Poor's 500 closed down 1.86% and the Dow Jones...
June 11, 2020 | Daily JAM |
I don't know who started the rout today, human beings or machines. But conditions were ripe for selling from both sources. On the human side, investors were looking at gains of 50% or more in the last month in stocks that had been crushed by the coronavirus recession....
December 27, 2019 | Daily JAM, Morning Briefing, Short Term |
The Standard & Poor's 500 closed dead even for today December 27. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was head just 008%. The NASDAQ Composite slipped 0.17% and the Russell 2000 small cap index was off 0.62%. The iShares MSCI Emerging Markets EFT (EEM) was up by...
July 9, 2019 | Daily JAM |
Levi Strauss & Co. (LEVI) fell 6.59% in after-hours trading today after the company reported earnings for the second quarter. It will be "interesting" to see how the full session tomorrow--Wednesday, July 10--reacts. Depending on whether you use adjusted earnings...
December 13, 2018 | Daily JAM, Morning Briefing, Short Term |
After yesterday's bounce in riskier bounce-worthy stocks, today the U.S. market is seeing a slight pull back. At 1:30 p.m. New York time the Standard & Poor's 500 is off 0.34% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average is lower by 0.05%. The NASDAQ Composite is down...
September 5, 2018 | Daily JAM, Short Term |
I think today's market downturn is nothing more or less than profit taking. It's not surprising that investors and traders would sell Amazon (AMZN), for example, today (down 2.19%) since the shares were up 11.6% for the past 30 days as of September 4. The entire...
June 7, 2018 | Daily JAM |
The major indexes don't tell the story today. As of 3:30 p.m. in New York the Standard & Poor's 500 was off 0.15% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average was ahead 0.3%. The real damage, though, was those stocks that had led the market up in the earlier part of the...
March 19, 2018 | Daily JAM, Morning Briefing, Short Term |
As of 11:30 a.m. New York time this morning, the Standard & Poor’s 500 Stock index was down 1.15%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was off 1.02%. And the technology heavy NASDAQ was lower by 1.84%. Much of the talk this morning has centered on news from Facebook (FB) and Apple (AAPL) this weekend as the reason for the drop. I think that explanation is misleading
January 8, 2014 | Daily JAM, Videos |
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