November 25, 2018 | Daily JAM, Friday Trick or Trend |
Our regular (or occasional or perhaps occasionally regular) Friday series (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. U.S. consumers...
November 6, 2018 | Daily JAM, Mid Term, Morning Briefing |
Remember last week when markets got all optimistic at the possibility that U.S. President Donald Trump and China's President Xi Jinping would be able to hammer out an end to the U.S.-China trade deal when they meet at the Group of 20 meeting in Buenos Aires on...
October 30, 2018 | Daily JAM, Morning Briefing, Short Term, You Might Have Missed |
Monday, October 29, started off with a technology-led rally. As of 10:04 a.m. New York time the Standard & Poor's 500 was up 1.81% and the technology-heavy NASDAQ Composite was higher by 1.75%. And then Bloomberg reported that the Trump administration was...
October 29, 2018 | ALV, Daily JAM, Stock Alerts |
Before the market open today, Autoliv (ALV) delivered disappointing earnings for the third quarter. But the stock still climbed on news that China is considering cutting the tax on car purchases to 5% from 10% in an effort to stimulate the country's auto market at a...
October 26, 2018 | Daily JAM, Morning Briefing |
Real GDP (that is GDP discounting any gains from inflation) increased at an annualized rate of 3.5% in the third quarter. Economists surveyed by Briefing.com were looking for 3.3% growth rate. In the second quarter GDP grew at an annualized rate of 4.2%. Big driver in...
October 15, 2018 | Daily JAM, Morning Briefing, Short Term |
If the market were inclined to sell off today, it could have found plenty of reasons. Under the heading of one-off scary stuff, I'd put:Â Continued tensions between the Saudis and just about everyone else over allegations--which look to be true--that the Saudi...
October 10, 2018 | Daily JAM, Short Term |
At 3:30 p.m. New York time the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down a big 2.39% or 632 points. The Standard & Poor's 500 was lower by 2.55%. The NASDAQ Composite Index fell 3.16%. The rout came on fears that the U.S.-China trade war would cut into U.S., Chinese,...
October 5, 2018 | Daily JAM |
The U.S. trade deficit in goods and services widened in August by 6.4% to $53.2 billion from $50 billion in July. That's the biggest trade deficit in six months. The trade deficit with China rose to a record $38.6 billion from $36.8 billion in July. The trade deficit...
October 2, 2018 | Daily JAM, Mid Term, Morning Briefing |
Today Wall Street and trade analysts are saying that they see a grand strategy in the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade deal announced yesterday, in the trade deal with South Korea, and in negotiations with Japan and the European Union. The goal, this analysis says, is to put...
October 1, 2018 | BSMX, Daily JAM, Stock Alerts, Volatility |
I'm moving Mexico and Banco Santander Mexico (BSMX) up from "buy later"--after more of an emerging market bounce from China and South Africa--to a "buy now" on the basis of the announcement on Monday, October 1, of a new trade agreement between the United States,...
October 1, 2018 | Daily JAM, Mid Term, Morning Briefing |
On Saturday the Chinese government and private surveys released more numbers showing that the country's economy was slowing. In September growth in China's manufacturing sector stalled after 15 months of expansion, according to the Caixin/Market Manufacturing...
September 27, 2018 | Daily JAM, Morning Briefing, Short Term, You Might Have Missed |
The U.S. trade deficit in goods grew in August to $75.8 billion, the widest in six months, as exports of food, industrial supplies and autos declined, the Commerce Department reported today. In addition imports of autos and consumer goods increased in the month. A...
