I’m adding Alcoa to my Jubak Picks Portfolio as a hedge against Ukraine risk and as a commodity boom play
Today I’m adding shares of Alcoa (AA) to my Jubak Picks Portfolio. At 3:10 p.m. today, February 18, the shares were up 2.01% on the day. My target price for the shares is $93. The pick is a short-term hedge against sanctions against Russia if the Ukraine/Russia...
For investors hedging the Ukraine/Russia conflict, here’s my best estimate of what’s next
If you believe as I do that one of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s goals in igniting the current conflict in Ukraine was to attempt to use Europe’s dependency on Russia natural gas to drive a wedge among NATO members, the most recent developments make a...
Please watch my new YouTube video : Steady vs. hot hands
I’m starting up my videos again–this time using YouTube as a platform. My one-hundredth-and second YouTube video “Strong vs. hot hands” went up today. Hello there! Today I’m looking at a few stocks that exemplify what most experienced...
Generac pops after earnings and guidance for 2022
Shares of Generac Holdings (GNRC), a maker of backup power systems, are up 14.05% at 3:45 p.m. New York time today, February 16, after the company reported fourth quarter earnings of $2.51 a share after the market close on Tuesday. Revenue hit $1.06 billion. Wall...
Oil moves toward $95 a barrel on rising Ukraine war fears
International benchmark Brent crude jumped as much as 4.7% to $95 a barrel for the first time since 2014. Brent was up 23.68% and trading at $94.77 at 3 p.m. New York time Friday. U.S. benchmark West Texas Intermediate, which normally trades below Brent in price, was...
Disney beats on revenue, earnings–and new streaming subscribers
So much for fears the Disney (DIS) would follow the disappointing course plotted by Netflix (NFLX) and report disappointing numbers for new subscriptions to its Disney Plus streaming service. For the December quarter, the company’s first quarter of fiscal 2022,...
Please watch my new YouTube video: QuickPick Xylem (Update)
I’m starting up my videos again–this time using YouTube as a platform. My ninety-seventh YouTube video “QuickPick Xylem Update” went up today. (Xylem is a member of my Jubak Picks Portfolio. The position is up 250% since inception on September...
Oil breaks above $90 for first time since 2014
On Thursday, Feburary 3, U.S. crude benchmark West Texas Intermediate rose above $90 a barrel–it closed at $90.87, up 0.60% for the day, for the first time since 2014. International benchmark Brent crude gained 0.42% to close at $91.53 a barrel. Of course, it...
Time to add an airline stock? I’d say yes: Adding Delta to Jubak Picks
From my perspective, there are good reasons to almost never own an airline stock. The industry doesn’t make money. The investing saw is that over the sector’s history it has broken even–at best. Airline stocks are extremely cyclical with swings from...
Please watch my new YouTube video: “Quick Pick CMG”
I’m starting up my videos again–this time using YouTube as a platform. My ninety-fourth YouTube video “QuickPick CMG” went up today. (By the way, I added Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG) to my Jubak Picks Portfolio on January 26. The stock closed...
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...Big banks deliver mixed start to Q4 earnings season with JPMorgan down and Wells Fargo up
Sing along: One of these banks is not like the others. One of these banks doesn’t belong. This morning big money center banks JPMorgan Chase (JPM) and Citigroup (C) delivered disappointing reports on fourth quarter revenue and earnings. Shares of JPMorgan Chase...
Buying Wells Fargo in Jubak Picks ahead of earnings
Wells Fargo (WFC) is scheduled to report fourth quarter 2021 earnings on Friday, January 14. The bank is expected to be one of the few big money center banks to show a significant increase in earnings for the lat quarter of 2021 from the fourth quarter of 2020 (when...
Please watch my YouTube video: Quick Pick Conoco Phillips
I’m starting up my videos again–this time using YouTube as a platform. My eighty-fifth YouTube video “QuickPick Conoco Phillips” went up today. Please watch and subscribe to my YouTube channel. And like my video. Here’s the...
Ford gains 11.7% today on news that it will double production capacity of F-150 electric pickup
As of the close New York today Ford Motor (F) shares were up 11.67% after the company announced it would nearly double production capacity to meet demand for its upcoming F-150 Lightning electric pickup truck. The price of $24.31 is a 21-year high for Ford’s...
With sell of Apple tomorrow I’ll start to unwind my end of the year rally buys
When I bought shares of Apple (AAPL) in my Jubak Picks and Volatility Portfolios, I was looking for gains from the end of the year rally (which kind of fizzed out) and the traditional Santa Claus rally (which came through as expected) to drive shares higher in the...
Ford Motor moves strongly higher on news of huge pre-orders for electric F-150 Lightning pickup
Ford Motor (F) CEO Jim Farley said yesterday, December 9, that pre-orders for the soon-to-launch F-150 Lightning pickup truck are so great that it had to stop taking reservations. “We are completely oversubscribed with our battery electric vehicles, Lightning...
Remember that volatility creates volatility–time to look to some tax loss selling (like Nektar)
With the VIX “fear index” falling back closer to “normal” levels–it dropped to 21.89 yesterday from 31.12 on December 1–it sure feels like the extreme volatility of the end of November and early December is on the ebb. The move to...
Adding Bristol-Myers Squibb to my Jubak Picks Portfolio tomorrow
As I noted in my posts over the weekend, I think that along with all the general volatility and the rotation away from high moment and higher price-to-earnings ratio technology stocks, the last week or so saw a rotation into “safe” haven stocks such as...
Watch my new YouTube video: 4 Picks for the Omicron Wave
I’m starting up my videos on JubakAM.com again–this time using YouTube as a platform. My seventy-fifth YouTube video “4 Picks for the Omicron Wave” went up today. Please watch and subscribe to my YouTube channel. And like my video. Here’s...
Be careful out there: This is one insanely volatile market both on the up and down sides
Want to know exactly how volatile the stock market is right now? Yesterday investors and traders got news that the first case of the Omicron Variant had been recorded in California. On that, and some “We’ll tighten sooner than expected” remarks from...
A stock isn’t a buy just because it’s cheaper than it was–Lessons from Disney on when to buy on the dip
After a huge rally like we’re had this year, it’s easy to fall into one of the most common buy on the dip traps. Just because a stock is cheaper than it was, it’s not necessarily a bargain. There’s nothing that says a stock has to return to its...
Danaher is Pick #6 for end of the year momentum and raising target price in Jubak Picks
It’s hard today, November 30, to find any stock with the kind of momentum that I’m looking for in the last month of 2021. Apple (AAPL) looks like a good possibility, which is why I made it Pick #5 in my Market Melt Up Special Report on my subscription site...
Why is Apple green today when everything else is red?
Even as losses accelerate for almost all stocks as we head into the close today–the Standard & Poor’s 500, which was down 1.31% at 2:30 In New York had moved to a loss of 1.74% as of 3:30–shares of Apple (AAPL) continue to hang onto the green....
Selling Zebra Technologies out of Jubak Picks tomorrow
When I bought Zebra Technologies (ZBRA) back on June 28, 2021, I thought the stock was moderately over-valued. But that, like many over-valued stocks with momentum, it would move higher. I set a target price then of $596 a share. Well, moderately over-valued has...
Apple is Pick #5 for my Special Report: It’s a Market Melt Up!! on my subscription JubakAM.com site (and for my Jubak Picks and Volatility portfolios)
It was sure hard to see a market melt up today, November 22. The Standard & Poor’s 500 was down 0.32% and the NASDAQ Composite fell 1.26%. Market leaders in the melt up rally like Applied Materials (AMAT) and Microsoft (MSFT) were down 1.65% and 0.96%,...
Selling remaining Treasury ETFs out of my portfolios
On what looks like solid odds for interest rate increases in 2022, I’m selling my remaining Treasury ETFs out of my portfolios. (Treasuries drop in price as interest rate and yields climb.) I’m selling the Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF (VGSH) out of my...
Apple is Pick #5 for my Special Report: It’s a Market Melt Up!! on JubakAM.Com. (And for my Jubak Picks and Volatility portfolios tomorrow)
It was sure hard to see a market melt up today, November 22. The Standard & Poor’s 500 was down 0.32% and the NASDAQ Composite fell 1.26%. Market leaders in the melt up rally like Applied Materials (AMAT) and Microsoft (MSFT) were down 1.65% and 0.96%,...Jim’s Daily Email Alerts:
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