Coming soon, DeepSeek V4: the next big test for AI stocks, tech sector, and the entire market
I’m writing this while waiting for Nvidia’s earnings report. I’m interested to see if the company addresses the DeepSeek challenge. China’s AI disruptor DeepSeek is preparing to introduce a new model. Reuters had initially reported that DeepSeek would launch its...
Will earnings this week be enough to restore tech leadership in the market?
A week of Big Tech earnings reports will confirm or reverse what sure looks like a sector rotation away from tech shares and into metal company stocks. The group known as the Magnificent Seven–Alphabet (GOOG), Amazon (AMZN), Apple (AAPL), Meta (META), Microsoft...
Nvidia speeds things up in AI
I’d argue that the big news out of the 2026 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas wasn’t about new chips, or flashy hardware across TVs, PCs, phones, and robots. It’s all about speed: Nvidia (NVDA) pushed up the launch schedule for its new Vera Rubin AI...
Next week is Nvidia’s week
Nvidia (NVDA) will report earnings Wednesday November 19, for the quarter that ended on October 25. According to Zacks Investment Research, based on 13 analysts’ forecasts, the consensus EPS forecast for the quarter is $1.17. The reported EPS for the same...
Nvidia drops 3.03% after earnings as market decides 56% data center growth isn’t good enough
Nvidia’s basic problem is that investor expectations are so high that the company struggles to meet them. In the quarter ended on July 27, results released today after the close of trading, Nvidia said it earned an adjusted $1.05 per share on $46.74 billion in...
Nvidia gains after-hours on earnings, but will the gains hold tomorrow?
In after-hours trading on Wednesday, May 28, shares of Nvidia (NVDA) were up 4.51% as of 5 p.m. in New York after the company reported earnings for the first quarter of fiscal 2026. For any company but Nvidia the results would qualify as a home run. For the period...
Look for a big market reaction to Nvidia’s earnings on Wesnesday
I expect that the most important event of the short week ahead will be Nvidia’S (NVDA) report–after the market close on Wednesday, May 28–of earnings for the fiscal first quarter of 2026 that ended in April 2025. Expect volatility. Both in Nvidia’s...
Nvidia hit with surprise effective ban on chip sales to China
Just days after Nvidia and other chip stocks rallied on news that thee Trump Administration would pause tariffs on chips and electronic goods, the White House has informed the company it would require a special license for exports of its H20 chips. The H20 chips were...
QQQ, which tracks NASDAQ tech stocks, closes below 50-day MA–2 days before NVDA earnings
The Invesco QQQ ETF (QQQ), which tracks the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 index (NDX), closed below its 50-day moving average on Monday for the first time in just over three weeks. The ETF was down another 0.83% as of 3:30 p.m. New York time on Tuesday. The ETF, The...
Will Nvidia’s earnings this week move the market?
The earnings report of the week will be Nvidia’s (NVDA) report after the close on Wednesday, February 26. For the fiscal quarter ending January 2025, the consensus EPS forecast is $0.79. The reported EPS for the same quarter last year was $0.49. Analysts expect...
AMD’s drop on huge revenue growth exemplifies risks in the tech sector
Yesterday, February 4, after the close of trading Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) reported record revenue growth for the fourth quarter. The chipmaker even reported growth in market share at the expense of rival Intel (INTC). Yet in after-hours reading the stock dropped...
As tech sells off in a rout, where’s the fear?
Don’t think traders and Wall Street market strategists haven’t noticed: on a day when AI stocks like Nvidia (NVDA) and Broadcom (AVGO) fell 17% each, the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.4%. Yes, Wall Street’s “fear gauge”—-the VIX—soared 20% the most since...
China’s DeepSeek news leads to AI stock rout–do you think AI stocks might have been overvalued?
News that DeepSeek a Chinese AI startup, had developed an open-source AI model that matched the performance of U.S. AI models from OpenAI, Alphabet, and Meta platforms at a fraction of the cost sent AI stocks reeling today, Monday, January 27. Nvidia (NVDA) shares...
Nvidia to get pop from CES and Huang keynote today
Last year, Nvidia’s stock experienced a 16% increase over the 10 days following the beginning of the huge Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. This year Nvidia (NVDA) CEO Jensen Huang is scheduled to deliver the opening keynote speech at 6:30 p.m. Las Vegas...
Nvidia to replace Intel in Dow Jones industrials Average–another catalyst for shares
AI chipmaker Nvidia (NVDA) will join the Dow Jones Industrial Average, replacing chipmaker Intel (INTC), S&P Dow Jones Indices, the owner of the 127-year-old index, said late Friday. Nvidia’s (NVDA) is currently the world’s second-most valuable public company....
So what happened to the big market crash?
I think of Nvidia (NVDA) as this market’s warning indicator; it’s the canary in a coal mine; the bird that will die first if dangerous gases start to build up. So, yes, it’s important that Nvidia shares plunged from $134.91 on July 10 to $98.91 on August 7. And again...
Nvidia drops another 9.5% on the day
So much for my feeling on Monday that a 7% drop in Nvidia (NVDA) after the company’s August 28 earnings report was about as big a dip as investors would get and that it was time to buy Nvidia shares. The stock dropped another 9.5% on Tuesday. I’d sure like to have...
Hold onto Nvidia for Blackwell chip launch–it’s a big deal even for the AI rocket
If you own Nvidia (NVDA) shares or are thinking of buying them post the stock’s 10 for 1 split, I know you’re trying to figure out 1) how much more upside is there to Nvidia’s shares, and 2) how much more valuable can a stock with a $3 trillion market cap get? You’re...
Nvidia beats even the most optimistic earnings forecasts
esterday, May 22, after the market close, Nvidia (NVDA) crushed Wall Street projections for revenue and earnings for the company’s fiscal first quarter of 2025. Nvidia reported that revenue soared 262% year-over-year to a record $26 billion, marking an 18%...
Nvidia lifts most but not all tech boats
Yesterday, Thursday, February 22, Nvidia (NVDA) gained 16.40% at the close after beating Wall Street expectations on earnings and revenue after the market close on Wednesday. And then raising guidance for the rest of 2024. I think it’s safe to say we’re in the midst...
Nvidia beats; stock picks up 7% in after hours trading
Well, optimistic analysts just weren’t optimistic enough about Nvidia’s (NVDA) fourth quarter 2023 earnings. The company reported adjusted earnings of $5.16 per share on revenue of $22.1 billion. Analysts were expecting earnings of $4.60 a share and revenue of...
Want to know where the market is headed? Watch the reaction to a Nvdia beat
The market reaction to Nvidia’s (NVDA) earnings report, to be released after the close on Wednesday, February 21, will tell investors a lot about the short-term direction of this stock market. We’re likely to learn more, however, from the reaction to an Nvidia...
Get ready for the Nvidia circus
Can you hear the barkers yelling to the crowd? It’s Wall Street analysts rushing to raise their target prices for Nvidia (NVDA) ahead of next week’s quarterly earnings report. On February 21, after the close, Nvidia is expected to report earnings of $4.18 share, up...
Nvidia beats on earnings and revenue but falls short of highest expectations
Nvidia (NVDA) beat Wall Street expectations again. After the market close today, November 21, the company reported adjusted earnings per share of $4.02 on revenue of $18.12 billion for its fiscal third quarter. Analysts had projected adjusted earnings per share of...
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,...
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Today I posted my two-hundred-and-eighty-first YouTube Video: Trend of the Week Should You Sell Nvidia? Want to grow your portfolio and protect it too? In the toughest investing market in 40 years? Grab my eBook, Your Best Investing Strategy for the Next 5 Years: Free...
Wednesday’s rally in the market’s most speculative stocks is the last straw for me: I said I’d be a seller into any post-Fed rally–but what specifically would I be selling? Here are the 12 stocks I’d sell now
The rally on February 15 sure looked like a speculative blowout of the kind that often signals a market top. For me, it was the last straw and I’m selling into the rally. This post tells you what I’m selling and how I arrived at these decisions. But first,...
It’s a new trade war with China and this one is really, really serious
If you liked the Trump administration’s trade war with China, you’ll love the Biden administration’s new, more dangerous, escalated version. Rather than slapping tariffs on Chinese goods, and inviting retaliatory tariffs by China on American...
AMD gives disappointing chip guidance again
After the close today October 6, Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ) announced that its preliminary estimate of revenue for the third quarter would be just $5.6 billion. That’s well below Wall Street forecasts of $6.71 billion. On the news shares of Advanced Micro...Jim’s Daily Email Alerts:
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