Microsoft beats on earnings, but stock is flat
It is perhaps too early to draw meaningful conclusions, but Microsoft’s failure to jump on better than expected earnings sure seems like more evidence that this is a market priced to perfection. After the close today, January 30, Microsoft reported fiscal second...
Rally or bear trap: Concentration in megacap tech stocks reaches a record high
I’m trying to decide if we’re watching a legitimate rally or a classic bear trap. If this rally is real, and likely to run for a while, investors should be putting cash to work even at market highs. If it’s a bear trap–you know one of those...
Tech earnings take spotlight this week–but we also get consumer and oil company reports
Hope you like earnings news. This week brings a ton of third-quarter earnings reports with news from Microsoft, Amazon, Meta Platforms, and Alphabet quite capable of moving the entire market. We’ll also get more consumer company (Coca-Cola and Kimberly-Clark for...
I’ll be selling Nvidia out of my Volatility Portfolio (on my JAM subscription site) tomorrow
I’m going to take advantage of today’s pop in Nvidia (NVDA) to sell the shares out of my very short-term Volatility Portfolio tomorrow on my subscription JAM.com site, Tuesday, October 2. The shares closed up at the close today at $447.82, a gain of 2.95%...
My 10 stocks for a core portfolio–you’ll have to sign up as a member (it’s free) to read the post with all the “why’s” in the Jim’s Extra section of this site
I think a well-constructed portfolio should resemble an onion. (Yes, to continue the analogy, it may make you cry in the short term, but the end result after cooking time is yummy.) At the center of that onion is a core built of stocks with extremely high,...
Your 10 Best Stocks for a Core Portfolio–and the “Why” for each pick
I think a well-constructed portfolio should resemble an onion. (Yes, to continue the analogy, it may make you cry in the short term, but the end result after cooking time is yummy.) At the center of that onion is a core built of stocks with extremely high,...My 10 Stocks for the AI Gold Rush–Why these picks?
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...
Microsoft soars on earnings, so I’m selling the shares I bought for my Volatility Portfolio on my subscription site (but keeping other positions)
Back on March 24, I added shares of Microsoft (MSFT) to my Volatility Portfolio on my subscription JubakAM.com site on the thinking that in a quarter when earnings were projected to be down for the Standard & Poor’s 500 as a whole, reliable technology...
Microsoft launches AI-enhanced version of its search engine Bing; Google responds with Bard
This isn’t exactly unexpected. Microsoft (MSFT) today unveiled new versions of its Bing search engine and Edge browser powered by the newest artificial intelligence technology from ChatGPT maker OpenAI. Microsoft recently invested $10 billion in OpenAI. “This...
Please Watch My New YouTube Video: Quick Pick Microsoft
Today I posted my two-hundred-and-twenty-ninth YouTube video: Quick Pick Microsoft This week’s Quick Pick: Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT). Microsoft came out with earnings on Tuesday (shortly after filming this video). The earnings were expected to be disappointing as...
Wall Street has second thoughts on yesterday’s Microsoft earnings
Yesterday, shares of Microsoft (MSFT) rose by more than 4.6% on an earnings report for the December quarter that showed the company slightly beating analyst estimates on earnings and training only slightly on revenue. Today, investors and traders had second thoughts....
Microsoft reportedly plans to cut 11,000 jobs; this is a serious indicator for the economy
Granted these are all reports from outside news sources but there are a number of them. Where there’s smoke there might well be fire. U.K. broadcaster Sky News has reported that Microsoft plans to cut about 5% of its workforce or about 11,000 roles. Bloomberg...
Microsoft beats but tumbles on showdown in cloud revenue
Microsoft (MSFT) managed to beat Wall Street earnings estimates for its fiscal first quarter, reporting earnings of $2.35 a share versus the $2.29 expected by analysts after the market close on October 25. But the stock is down strongly today, October 26, on the...
Please watch my new YouTube video: Earnings Not as Bad as They Could Be
My one-hundred-and-sixty-second YouTube video “Earnings Not as Bad as They Could Be” went up today. Microsoft (MSFT) serves as my example. We’re seeing some companies that, despite very meager earnings growth, give investors the impression that...
A very busy week ahead–Ukraine and commodities, tech stock earnings, and, of course, the Fed on interest rates
What a week ahead. I’d expect speculation about what the Federal Reserve will say on Wednesday to dominate a very lengthy slate of market news. No real suspense about whether or not the Fed will raise rates at its July 27 meeting. The central bank has made it...
Microsoft beats earnings estimates on cloud computing
On Tuesday, April 26, Microsoft (MSFT) reported net income of $16.73 billion or $2.22 share for the company’s fiscal third quarter. That was up from net income of $15.46 billion or $2.03 a share in the third quarter of fiscal 2021. Wall Street analysts had...
Microsoft beats earnings estimates on cloud computing
On Tuesday, April 26, Microsoft (MSFT) reported net income of $16.73 billion or $2.22 share for the company’s fiscal third quarter. That was up from net income of $15.46 billion or $2.03 a share in the third quarter of fiscal 2021. Wall Street analysts had...
On second look market decides Microsoft earnings were good news
The reaction to Microsoft’s (MSFT) earnings report yesterday after the market close tells you that this market is poised at an earnings inflection point. Earnings, especially technology company earnings, are going to be strong this quarter, but the earnings...
Please watch my new YouTube video: 3 Picks on Tech Stock Guidance
I’m starting up my videos again–this time using YouTube as a platform. My ninetieth YouTube video “3 Picks on Tech Stock Guidance” went up today. Please watch and subscribe to my YouTube channel. And like my video. Here’s the...
There looks to be enough fuel for the Santa Claus rally
Judging from the close of Monday’s trading session, there looks to be enough fuel for a Santa Claus rally to end 2021. The Standard & Poor’s 500 closed up 1.38% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.98%. The NASDAQ Composite was ahead by 1.39%...
Watch my new YouTube video: “Amazon’s miss is a big deal…for all stocks”
I’m starting up my videos again–this time using YouTube as a platform. My forty-fourth YouTube video “Amazon miss is a big deal…for all stocks” went up today. Please watch and subscribe to my YouTube channel. And like my video. You can...
Why Microsoft outpaced the market and techs today
Today Microsoft (MSFT) closed up 2.08%. The NASDAQ 100 was ahead just 0.51% and the Standard & Poor’s 500 gained only 0.13%. The gains took Microsoft shares to a record intraday high of $297.35. Why the extra pop in Microsoft shares? Because today Microsoft...
Watch my new YouTube video: “3 picks for the fall tech rotation”
I’m starting up my videos again–this time using YouTube as a platform. My fortieth YouTube video “3 picks for the fall tech rotation”-went up today. Please watch and subscribe to my YouTube channel. And like my video. You can see it below:...
A tried and true earnings game boosts Microsoft another 1.23% today
After picking up; 1.3% yesterday, shares of Microsoft added 1.23% today, Friday, July 23, as Wall Street analysts raised earnings estimates ahead of the company’s July 27 earnings report. It’s a tried and true earnings season game: No analyst wants to be...
Market looks to be setting up for next week’s tech earnings parade
The Standard & Poor’s 500 closed up 0.20% today, July 22. The Dow Jones Industrial Average squeezed out a 0.07% gain. But if you were looking for bigger upside moves, turn your eyes to the technology sector. The NASDAQ Composite was up 0.36% and the NASDAQ...
Stocks extend growth fears, selling today–how far does this go?
Today, Monday, July 19, stocks accelerated their retreat from the end of last week on fears that a fourth wave of the pandemic, fueled by the Delta variant, will crush hopes that the economy is headed back to normal. As of the close New York the Standard &...
Friday’s move in tech signals that’s where you want to be for a second quarter earnings blowout
Friday’s market action argues that investors and traders are looking to buy shares of Apple, Amazon, Microsoft–you know the usual suspects–ahead of what looks like a blowout earnings season that will start on July 13 when JPMorgan Chase (JPM) reports...
The Standard & Poor’s 500 is basically flat with a loss of just 0.04% as of the close today. If you want ACTION!!! you have to look elsewhere: To the NASDAQ Composite, which was up 0.87% at the close and to the small cap Russell 2000, which was down 1.18%...
Microsoft’s earnings report: When great isn’t good enough
Reporting after-hours today, April 27, Microsoft (MSFT) beat analyst expectations on revenue (reporting $41.7 billion versus a Wall Street forecast of $41.05 billion) and earnings per share (reporting $2.03 a share versus $1.78 a share.) And still shares fell by 2.62%...Jim’s Daily Email Alerts:
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