January 15, 2019 | Daily JAM, Mid Term, Special Reports, Volatility |
Is the bear market over? And if it is, what stocks should you target as "best buys." The first is a really, really tough question to answer now. News of new efforts to stimulate economic growth in China helped push the Standard & Poor's 500 stock index over...
January 13, 2019 | Daily JAM |
... earnings from Netflix (NFLX), scheduled for release after the market close on Thursday, January 17, to be a BIG TEST to see whether this big bounce turns into a sustained rally. Netflix shares gained another 4% on Friday after analysts at Raymond James and UBS...
December 31, 2018 | Daily JAM, Stock Alerts, VIX, Volatility |
I'm taking advantage of the 25% drop in the CBOE S&P 500 Volatility Index (VIX) to add March 19, 2019 Call Options at a strike price of $26.00 (VIX190319C00026000) to my Volatility Portfolio today. Â The VIX, otherwise know as the fear index, climbs when investors...
December 26, 2018 | Daily JAM, NFLX, Short Term, Stock Alerts, Volatility |
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December 20, 2018 | AAPL, Daily JAM, EQNR, FCX, NKTR, PXD, Stock Alerts, VIX, Volatility |
In November and December I selectively added risk to my Volatility Portfolio in the expectation of a strong seasonal January Effect Rally and the odds of an end of the year bounce that would, temporarily, disrupt the developing bear market. I thought that was a...
November 9, 2018 | Daily JAM, Stock Alerts, Volatility, XON |
Back in my video "Biotech marijuana: What Took So Long?" on October 22, I said that I would buy shares of Intrexon (XON) if it closed above resistance. On yesterday's earnings miss, the shares plunged--forget about closing above resistance--by 18.38% to $10.79 as of 3...
November 5, 2018 | AAPL, Daily JAM, Stock Alerts, Volatility |
Let's see. You're a company running into serious global headwinds in a maturing (or mature market) that are raising huge doubts about your ability to increase unit sales quarter to quarter for your core product. You: a) Grimly admit that unit sales are stagnant and...
October 25, 2018 | AMZN, Daily JAM, Stock Alerts, Volatility |
When I bought the November 23 Puts (AMZN181123P01852500) with a strike price of $1852.50 on Amazon on Monday, October 22, I wasn't looking for a severe multiday sell off in the stock market that focused yesterday, October 24, at least, on growth stocks. Instead I was...
October 22, 2018 | AAPL, AMZN, Daily JAM, EQNR, Morning Briefing, Volatility |
The financial markets are expecting another week of volatility almost as severe as last week. The futures market entered last week expecting a move of something like 70 points on the Standard & Poor's 500, according to calculations by Theo Trade. We got almost...
October 16, 2018 | Daily JAM, Short Term, VIX, Volatility |
Yesterday, October 16, the CBOE S&P 500 Volatility Index (VIX) fell 17.28% to 17.62. That's a huge drop from the closing local high of 24.98 on October 11. If the market's very, very positive reaction to Netflix earnings delivered after the close yesterday is any...
October 16, 2018 | Daily JAM, Stock Alerts, Volatility |
You may remember a pre-earnings trade that I advocated a few quarters back with Nvidia (NVDA) and a couple of other stocks. Well, I'm putting it on again today ahead of Apple's (AAPL) quarterly report now scheduled for October 30. I'm adding the January 18, 2019 call...
October 11, 2018 | Daily JAM, Stock Alerts, VIX, Volatility |
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