January 21, 2024 | Daily JAM, Morning Briefing, Short Term |
The Magnificent Seven stocks accounted for virtually all of 2023’s 24% stock market gain. The Magnificent Seven stocks are Alphabet (GOOG), Amazon (AMZN), Apple (AAPL), Meta Platforms (META), Microsoft (MSFT), Nvidia (NVDA), and Tesla (TSLA). And according to Wall Street analysts these stocks are set to do it again when they report fourth quarter earnings beginning this week (on Wednesday, Jonuary 24, with Tesla and continuing into the following week.The Magnificent Seven are expected to deliver combined earnings growth of about 46%, according to data from Bloomberg. That’s down slightly from the third quarter’s 53% expansion, but it still dwarfs almost all of the main sectors in the S&P 500 Index. It’s not surprising, therefore, that the long Magnificent Seven (and other tech stocks) is the most common trade in the current market. Nor that the options market is pricing in “virtually no risk” for mega-cap stocks, Brian Donlin, head of equity derivatives strategy at Stifel Nicolaus, told Bloomberg. All of which makes the recent weakness in some of the Mgnificent Seven stocks a bit worrying. Apple and Tesla are most likely to deliver disappointing numbers.
January 19, 2024 | Daily JAM, Long Term, Morning Briefing, Top 50 Stocks, TSM |
Shares in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM) were up almost 10% yesterday after the company announced an unexpectedly strong return to growth. That has in turn pushed chip stocks higher across the sector. For example, shares of Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), which were already moving higher this week ahead of the news, hit a new record high today. The good news from semiconductor companies and the moves on their stock have also rallied the general market.
December 6, 2023 | ALB, Daily JAM, GOLD, Jubak Picks, MSFT, NVDA, Special Reports, Stock Alerts, Top 50 Stocks, TSM |
Here are the first 8 picks for my GREATER Growth Stocks Special Report. More on the way.
November 18, 2023 | Daily JAM, NVDA, Short Term, Stock Alerts, Top 50 Stocks, TSM |
Nvidia’ earnings report after the close on Tuesday, November 21, will be the big event of the short Thanksgiving week.
September 26, 2023 | AAPL, ADBE, ALB, AMAT, EUM, GOLD, LAC, Morning Briefing, MSFT, NVDA, PILBF, RWM, SCCO, Short Term, Special Reports, UUP, Volatility |
So what do you do with your portfolio for the rest of 2023? And what’s your best strategy to be prepared for 2024? In Part 1 of this Special Report I laid out the 10 developments that I thought would drive the financial markets for the rest of 223 and into 2024. Today, in Part 2, I’m going to give you the first 2 of 10 moves to take–with as much detail and as many specifics as possible–that you should be making now to position your portfolio for the uncertainties of the last quarter of 2023.
September 15, 2023 | Daily JAM, Mid Term, Morning Briefing |
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM), the company that makes the chips for everyone from Apple to Nvidia, has told suppliers to delay some deliveries amid concerns about slowing chip demand, according to a new report Friday from Reuters. The company has told large chip-equipment suppliers to delay some deliveries, Reuters reported. The company is “increasingly nervous” about demand from its customers, the report said.Last week, the company said its August revenue fell 13.5% from last year but rose 6.2% from the prior month. As you might imagine, the news wasn’t greeted with cheers by investors in technology stocks.
June 1, 2023 | AMAT, AMD, CVS, Daily JAM, Dividend Income, EMR, GOOG, ILMN, Jubak Picks, Long Term, MSFT, NVDA, Top 50 Stocks, TSM, Volatility |
Artificial intelligence really is a paradigm-breaking, transformative technology. Right now, investors are so enthusiastic about the sector, especially the obvious leader Nvidia (NVDA), that we’re looking at a potential bubble that will collapse with much gnashing of teeth and I-told-you-so “wisdom” casting doubt on the reality of the entire endeavor. I think a bubble is indeed possible. Nvidia did trade at a trailing twelve-month price-to-earnings ratio of 196 on May 31, after all. But I think you do want to own the sector now–because the breaking of the bubble, if it does break is, in my opinion, two quarters or more away. And you want to own the sector for the long run–say, 10 years or more–because it is such a game changer for so much of the economy. But what to own? I’ve put together a list of the 10 stocks that I think are the best way to participate in the AI gold rush.
January 18, 2023 | Daily JAM, Top 50 Stocks |
Well, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (RSMC) ought to know. The world’s largest chip foundry makes semiconductors for just about everyone. And last week the company said that it expects revenue to fall in the first half of 2023 as semiconductor companies cut orders and reduce inventory. But, the company says, it expects demand to return to “normal” in the second half o 2023.
October 19, 2022 | Daily JAM, Videos |
Today I posted by one-hundred-ninety-fourth YouTube video: China Retaliates, Act 2 of the U.S./China trade war. The National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party has rubber-stamped a third term as president for Xi Jinping–a move that required amending the Chinese constitution. Because of his age, this is likely his last term–a legacy term. Legacy terms can be dangerous in states dominated by Great Leaders because these leaders are looking to make big moves and lasting changes to secure their place in history. During this “transition,” there has been a delay in China’s response to U.S. trade restrictions, but that’s likely to change now and I expect a very strong response from the Chinese government. In the next few weeks, we can expect to see retaliation in the technology sector: rare earth minerals and refined lithium. China controls 90% of the world’s rare earth supply as well as processing for that supply. Restrictions on the exports of that material to the U.S. have been very effective in the past and extremely damaging to US technology companies. The second move, I think, will be market moves to restrict access by U.S. companies to the Chinese economy. Companies like Tesla and Apple and other big U.S. actors in China can expect harsh restrictions. The third one is a real wildcard: what happens with Taiwan? Xi’s recent speech to the National Congress was very aggressive about the Chinese government’s claim that Taiwan needs to be quickly reintegrated into China. Xi has a somewhat similar problem as that of Vladimir Putin: he has created an extreme hardcore right wing, which is putting pressure on him to be more aggressive. So, he’s going to make a move and however he moves, it will rattle the financial markets. That’s the Chinese agenda for the next four weeks or so and it makes me very hesitant about putting money into technology stocks. Additionally, look to cut risk in Apple, Tesla, and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing.
October 19, 2022 | Millennial, Top 50 Stocks, TSM |
I hate to do this. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM) is the premier chip manufacturer in the world and I see the company continuing to grow revenue from the increasing demand for smaller and more powerful chips. And I certainly hate to sell a stock that’s down 46% for the year to date as of the close on October 18. Under ordinary circumstances, I would hold on and ride out the current slump in the semiconductor cycle. After all, we’ve been here before, right? Except that the U.S.-China trade war and the possibility that China will look for a confrontation over Taiwan make the current circumstances anything but “ordinary.”
August 17, 2022 | Daily JAM, Morning Briefing, NXPI, TSM |
The chip boom is over–or at least coming to an end. Gartner has cut its outlook for revenue growth in 2022 to just 7.4%. That’s down from a forecast of 14% growth for chip revenue three months ago. Garner sees chip revenue falling 2.5% in 2023. And you don’t have to take the word of market watchers at Gartner.
July 20, 2022 | AMD, ASML, Daily JAM, Top 50 Stocks, TSM |
The Chips for America Act looks headed to a cloture vote in the Senate on Thursday. As the $52 billion bill now stands, it includes $39 billion for semiconductor companies to “build, expand, or modernize domestic facilities.” Here are the winners as I see them.
