Watch my new YouTube video: It’s All About Water

Watch my new YouTube video: It’s All About Water

My one-hundred-and-sixty-sixth YouTube video “It’s All About Water” went up today. In this video, I look at how global water scarcity could impact the chip industry, using Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM) as an example. I then provide some of my top picks for water stocks–more to come in an upcoming Special Report: Investing in Water Stocks on my JubakAm.com subscription site.

Xylem is my 10th Special Report: Profit and Protect pick on the climate change trend

Xylem is my 10th Special Report: Profit and Protect pick on the climate change trend

I’m making Xylem (XYLEM) the 10th and last pick for Stage 1 in my Special Report on the stock market stages for 2021. The stock fills the final slot in my three picks for the climate change trend. The collapse of the energy delivery system in the deep freeze that killed so many people and disrupted the economy from Texas east to Ohio has received the bulk of the headlines. But the stories about families left without drinking water–or indeed water of any sort–should remind us that climate change is also a water crisis.

Special Report: Profit and Protect–What you need to know about stock market stages for 2021–Updated Part 1 and 2 of 3 with my 10 picks to buy now, my first 4 sells, and my first 2 hedges

Special Report: Profit and Protect–What you need to know about stock market stages for 2021–Updated Part 1 and 2 of 3 with my 10 picks to buy now, my first 4 sells, and my first 2 hedges

2021 is shaping up as an especially challenging year for investors. Much, much more challenging than 2020. I don’t think we can count on this rally running uninterrupted through the year. That would be simple, wouldn’t it? We’d all know how to profit from that scenario. And I don’t think the market is about to drop off a cliff from its current record highs. That would be traumatic. But, still, we do know how to protect a portfolio in that scenario. And even how to profit from a prolonged plunge–if we can bring ourselves to place those short and Put Options bets. Instead 2021 is likely to be one of those years with a Rally Stage and then a correction (or “something”) to be followed by a last quarter of 2021 that is, at this moment, close to completely unpredictable. That would make 2021 one of those years that gives investors a chance to be wrong several times over, to botch timing on the upside and the downside, and to let emotions power some really bad investment moves. I don’t pretend that I’ve got this year’s market stages down perfectly–although I think the outlines for the first two stages for 2021 are pretty clear. I don’t imagine that I’ve got the timing for navigating these stages clocked perfectly–although I do think I understand “generally” when the market is likely to switch gears. And that lets me lay out for you a likely pattern for 2021 and to suggest stocks and ETFs to use to navigate this year. Part of the point in getting as specific as I can at this point isn’t that I expect that I’ve got everything right, but to lay out concrete markers that will let you and me adjust portfolios as the year progresses. I’m dividing this Special Report into three parts.

Xylem is my 10th Special Report: Profit and Protect pick on the climate change trend

My Stock Pick of the Day: Xylem (XYL)

Xylem (XYL) is that rare coin on raw market--a pure play water stock at a time when foresighted investors are looking for water stocks and realizing how few of them exist. (The basic water story is that Mother Nature isn't making more of it. Rising global populations...