Selling ServiceMaster out of my 50 Stocks Portfolio
I wish I hadn’t bought ServiceMaster Global Holdings (SERV) in my long-term 50 Stocks Portfolio back on December 17. But I did. It was a bargain then. It’s not now. And now I think it’s time to cut my losses after some relatively minor gains on March...
Selling HDFC Bank out of 50 Stocks Portfolio as India declares coronavirus lockdown
In normal markets I don’t sell stocks out of my long-term 50 Stocks Portfolio on changes in market direction. This is definitely a buy-and-hold-ish portfolio. But these aren’t normal times either for financial markets or economies and today, March 24,...
Apple suppliers gear up for cheaper iPhone for March
There’s no official announcement from Apple yet, but iPhone assemblers including Hon Hai Precision Industry, Pegatron, and Wistron, are planning to begin producing a new lower-cost iPhone in February. Apple is expected to official announce the new phone in...
#3 of my four “Not so easy pieces” for rebalancing my long-term 50 Stocks Portfolio: My four buys
In my most recent Special Report: When to sell: What to sell on my JubakAM.Com subscription site I recommended that any current rebalancing build up some cash. To implement that cash-building strategy, when you sell to rebalance a portfolio for 2020, buy fewer stocks...
iPhone sales in China show double-digit growth in December
Apple’s iPhone shipments in China grew 18.7% year over year in December to roughly 3.18 million units, according to Bloomberg. (Bloomberg’s calculations are based on data from the China Academy of Information and Communication Technology, a government...
Reporting 2019 (+21.19%) and 2018 (-8.22%) performance on long-term 50 Stocks Portfolio
Before I move onto looking at future buy and sells for this long-term portfolio, let me take a look at where the 50 Stocks Portfolio has been over the last two years. It makes some sense to treat your portfolio returns for 2018 and 2019 as one giant two year period...
The first of four not so easy pieces for rebalancing any portfolio but specifically my long-term 50 Stocks Portfolio
In an ideal world, every stock market trend–up, down, sideways–would begin on January 1 and end on December 31. That would make an annual rebalancing of any portfolio as easy as falling off a madly spinning log in a Canadian logging festival. Most market...
The squeeze on the U.S. shale patch just keeps getting worse–selling Cheniere Energy out of my long-term 50 Stocks Portfolio
The second quarter of the year is, historically, the weakest quarter for global demand for natural gas. That’s not a good forecast since the global glut of natural gas has already gotten so large that U.S. exporters of liquified natural gas have no place to send...
Disney hits new record price on launch of streaming service
The bad news is that 10 million customers tried to sign up for Disney+ on Tuesday, intermittently crashing the website for Disney’s (DIS) new streaming service. The good news is that 10 million customers flocked to the newly launched streaming service and by Day...
An Amazon quarter disappoints but not for the usual reasons
You know what an “Amazon quarter” feels like right? Lots of revenue growth but no earnings as capital spending eats profits? Well, that’s sort of what the company delivered today. But not quite. And the not quite is important. Usually an Amazon...
Adding Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing to JubakAM.com Special Report 10 Long-term Picks for a Short-term Market as Pick #6 and to my long-term 50 Stocks Portfolio
It’s hard to get a handle on exactly how big the market called the Internet of Things will be. Bain Capital sats $520 billion by 2021. McKensey, another consulting company, says $11 trillion by 2021. The huge difference is a result of 1) what these...
Two strikes and it’s time to sell Tyson out of my 50 Stocks Portfolio
Ok, one lawsuit/investigation/class action action against a company is bad news, usually, for a stock. Two, though? Time to say, Move along. Especially when the company in question shows a remarkable ability to keep getting sued for the same practices. Back in April...
Adding Tyson Foods as last of my 5 Value Picks Special Report–and adding to my 50 Stocks Portfolio
Today I’m making Tyson Foods (TSN) the fifth and final value pick in my Special Report 5 Value Stocks for a Market at an All-time High.That Special Report ran on my subscription JubakAM.com site. And I’m adding the shares to my long-term 50 Stocks...
Adding China Mobile to my 50 Stocks Portfolio
Recently in my Special Report on Disrupted Sectors on the coming 5G disruption to the telecom and Internet space on my subscription JubakAM.com site, I noted that China would be relatively early to roll out 5G capacity and handsets and that because of that timing and...
In the shortish short term does anything matter for U.S. financial markets except for the Fed?
Think about it this way: The bulk of investors and traders believe that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates at both the July 31 and September 18 central bank meetings. A significant minority believes that the Fed will deliver more than just two 25 basis point...
PepsiCo beats on earnings as usual
Before the open today, July 9, PepsiCo (PEP) announced second quarter earnings ahead of analyst expectations. But with the stock already up 21.69% for 2019 to date, the market shrugged. PepsiCo shares fell 0.62% at the close. PepsiCo has beaten analyst earnings...
Correction: I’m adding DuPont to my 50 Stocks (not Dividend) Portfolio
I’d be willing to be dollars to donuts that U.S. stocks won’t repeat their first half performance–up 17.4% on the Standard & Poor’s 500–in the second half of the year. It’s hard for me to find a catalyst that isn’t...
Raising target price on Tencent Holdings , #4 in my 10 Best Picks for the Next 6 months of 2019 Special Report on JubakAM.com
In my first three picks for my Special Report 10 Best Picks for the Next Six Months of 2019 on my subscription site JubakAM.com I’ve focused on index ETFs that, in my opinion, will ride the big trend of lower interest rates higher in 2019. In other words, these...
Further lowering China exposure in my portfolios
This morning Wall Street is buzzing with talk that the U.S.-China trade war could stretch on to 2035. I think there’s just about no chance of that. But we aren’t looking at the quick resolution of the dispute that seemed possible just 10 days ago. And we...
Cisco earnings on May 16 powered the market; Cisco gained 6.66% on the day and another 0.75% today, May 17
Yesterday, May 16, earnings from Cisco Systems (CSCO) and Wal-Mart (CSCO) before the open powered U.S. stocks higher to start the day.So what did Cisco say? (I reported on Wal-Mart in a post yesterday.) Cisco reported earnings per share of 78 cents for the...
Recent weakness good opportunity to pick up Disney for patient, long-term investors
Every so often the calendar and the movie release schedule give patient long-term investors a chance to buy Disney (DIS) on some mild weakness. That’s where we are now. The stock pulled back slightly after the company announced first quarter earnings on May 9 of...
LNG from Cheniere dead in the sights of trade war with China–short term I’d think about selling; long term I’d just hang on
LNG (liquified natural gas) from Cheniere Energy (LNG) is one of the U.S. exports most in danger in the newest round of the U.S.-China trade war. Reflective of that the stock was down 3.57%, or $2.42 a share, as of 2 p.m. New York time, to $65.45. That has taken the...
Tariffs up, talks end, Chinese retaliation next
Whatever the ultimate end point of the trade talks between the United State and China, the next step is almost certainly the announcement of retaliatory measures by China in the wake of the Trump administration’s decision to raise tariffs on $200 billion of...
Middleby sees 17.4% revenue growth, stock pulls back slightly on earnings miss
Yesterday, May 8, Middleby reported earnings of $1.24 a share, 10 cents a share below Wall Street estimates. Revenue for the first quarter climbed 17.4% from the first quarter of 2018 to $686.8 million, slightly above the $683.01 million Wall Street projection. Gross...
Amazon signals slowdown ahead; Wall Street doesn’t believe it
Great first quarter for Amazon (AMZN.) On Thursday, April 25, Amazon reported earnings of $7.09 a share, $2.43 a share better than Wall Street expected. The company’s cloud unit, AWS, reported a 42% increase in revenue, 59% jump in operating income and a surge...
Copper meeting bullish on projected supply deficit
The big Cesco copper conference in Santiago, Chile, has been remarkably bullish considering worries about global economic growth and the Chinese economy. That’s because there looks like a significant gap in the development of new supplies in 2019 and 2020 that...
More cash flow ahead for 50 Stocks pick Cheniere Energy
At the moment everything is running Cheniere Energy’s (LNG) way.  And while natural gas remains a cyclical sector and subject to the ebbs and flows of global growth, catalysts are very strong for this member of  50 Stocks Portfolio. Catalysts? Let me count them...Adding 50 Stocks pick VMC to Jubak Picks Portfolio as well
If politicians are to be believed Vulcan Materials (VMC) would be my perfect earnings recession stock. Revenue and earnings look on a steady uphill trend in 209, after carving out that track in 2018. The company’s business is almost totally domestic. And...
Ya betta listen when Cummins talks business cycle
Some companies you listen to because their stocks themselves are good investments–and because of their insight into a big chunk of the economy and trends in the economy. For example, I pay attention to what Deere (DE) says in its quarterly earnings report...Jim’s Daily Email Alerts:
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