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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

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

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,...
Microsoft soars on earnings, so I’m selling the shares I bought for my Volatility Portfolio on my subscription site (but keeping other positions)

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 soars on earnings, so I’m selling the shares I bought for my Volatility Portfolio on my subscription site (but keeping other positions)

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...

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%...
It’s not that Wall Street loved the potential Biden tax hikes today after hating them yesterday–it’s just that the market remembered there’s profit to be made today while the tax increases are a long way off–if ever

It’s not that Wall Street loved the potential Biden tax hikes today after hating them yesterday–it’s just that the market remembered there’s profit to be made today while the tax increases are a long way off–if ever

Yesterday, a quite promising early stock market rally got derailed on news stories–based on anonymous sources–that the Biden administration would propose tax increases on wealthy Americans and corporations. The speculation points to an increase in the top...
There looks to be enough fuel for the Santa Claus rally

Apparently everybody decided today that tomorrow’s March jobs report will show accelerating economic growth

With the financial markets closed tomorrow for Good Friday, traders and investors jumped in to buy today ahead of what is expected to be a jobs report tomorrow morning showing unemployment dropping to 6.0% (by the official measure) from 6.2% in February. The Standard...