April 13, 2020 | Daily JAM |
As of 1 p.m. New York time the Standard & Poor's 500 is down 1.88% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average is off 2.14%. The NASDSQ Composite is lower by 0.79% and the Russell 2000 small cap index has tumbled 2.80%. The iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (EEM) has...
January 20, 2020 | Daily JAM, Special Reports, Volatility, You Might Have Missed |
Let's be clear about one thing, shall we? I'm not calling for a sell off in 2020. The mere fact that U.S. stocks are trading at all time highs does not mean that the markets will collapse in 2020. A year like 2019, when the Standard & Poor's 500 returned 33% with...
January 9, 2020 | AAPL, CRUS, Daily JAM, Stock Alerts, SWKS, Volatility, XLNX |
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January 8, 2020 | Daily JAM, Morning Briefing, Short Term, You Might Have Missed |
After last night's Iranian attack on the U.S. troops stationed at two Iraqi airbases and a relatively restrained morning message from U.S. President Donald Trump, financial markets have decided to take profits in oil and cybersecurity stocks today. And wait for the...
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...
November 19, 2019 | AAPL, CRUS, Daily JAM, Stock Alerts, SWKS |
Apple (AAPL) shipped 10 million iPhones in China during September and October, according to Bloomberg. That would be an increase of 6% from the same period in 2019. The projections add to speculation that sales of the iPhone 11 are running ahead of Wall Street...
November 13, 2019 | Stock Alerts, Volatility, XLNX |
On November 6 I added chip maker Xilinx (XLNX) to my Volatility Portfolio as one last FOMO pick to go with Skyworks Solutions (SWKS) and Cirrus Logic (CRUS). The stock closed that day at $93.77. It closed essentially unchanged at $93.29 today. My argument for the...
November 8, 2019 | AAPL, CRUS, Daily JAM, SWKS, Volatility |
I'm using my Volatility Portfolio pick Cirrus Logic (CRUS) as an indicator of the trend in technology stocks--particularly chip stocks--through the end of 2019. And right now that indicator is pointing up. On November 1, the company's shares jumped to $72.43 from...
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...
October 23, 2019 | Daily JAM, Morning Briefing |
Shares of Texas Instruments (TXN) closed down 7.48% today after the company reported that third-quarter earning felt $1.49 a share from $1.58 a share in the third quarter of 2018. Revenue dropped 11% year over year. On the other hand, shares of Apple continued to move...
October 15, 2019 | AAPL, CRUS, Daily JAM, SWKS, TSM, VMW, Volatility |
On October 8 I wrote "Tech is back" led by fact-based speculation that Apple (AAPL) had asked supplier to increase production of components for the iPhone 11 by 10%. That, obviously, was a good sign for Apple, which is set to announce earnings on October 30. And, I...
October 7, 2019 | Daily JAM, Stock Alerts, SWKS |
On Friday, October 4, Japan's Nikkei Asian Review reported that Apple (AAPL) has told suppliers to increase production of their products that go into the new iPhone 11 line by as much as 10% to meet stronger than expected sales. A 10% increase would add 7 million to 8...