August 13, 2020 | Daily JAM, Volatility |
So far the stock market, in general, doesn't seem to be too worried that the talks over the next coronavirus stimulus/rescue package have collapsed--probably, it now looks, until September. Today, August 13, the Standard & Poor's 500 was down just 0.20% at the...
June 9, 2020 | Daily JAM, EWZ, Morning Briefing, Short Term, WFC, You Might Have Missed |
Prices on options market are saying that there's an awful lot of risk in some of the stocks that have soared the most in the rally of the last few weeks. Buyer beware! at this point. On Friday, when stocks soared on the May jobs report surprise, I went fishing in the...
May 18, 2020 | Daily JAM, Morning Briefing |
As of 1 p.m. New York time today, May 18, the Standard & Poor's 500 is up 3.17% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average is higher by 3.60%. The NASDAQ Composite has climbed 2.47% and the Russell 2000 small cap index is ahead 5.29%. The iShares Emerging Markets ETF...
March 21, 2020 | Daily JAM, Friday Trick or Trend |
Our regular (or occasional or perhaps occasionally regular) Friday series (actually running on Saturday 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. The ink...
March 16, 2020 | Daily JAM |
According to acting Department of Homeland Security secretary Chad Wolf, the Trump administration is considering"all options" to curb the coronavirus outbreak in the U.S., including an outright halt to domestic air travel. Meanwhile some airline analysts are talking...