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‘He Shot My Arm Off’
“Don’t mess with Norco.” That was a headline of a story on my local Southern California news website KTLA, as it described one reaction to video of liquor […]
Life’s A Cruel Mistress
You can love her, take care of her, be truly good to her, but the next thing you know, she delivers you a heart-crushing blow. Yes, life can be a very cruel mistress. Allow me to get personal here for a moment, as recent events in the lives of those close to me have prompted […]
Tangled Up In Capitulation
I lived with them on Montagüe Street In a basement down the stairs There was music in the cafés at night And revolution in the air –Bob Dylan, “Tangled Up In Blue” Stocks have witnessed a very robust comeback over the past week, and almost under the radar, the Nasdaq Composite has climbed more than […]
Life’s A Renaissance Man’s Game
Greetings from The Mirage Hotel in Las Vegas, where I’m about to begin the best week of the year, i.e., the week of FreedomFest! Right about now, I’m preparing […]
Will AI Destroy Humankind?
Will artificial intelligence, or AI, destroy humankind? That’s the very serious and eminently fascinating discussion I had with my friend, computer scientist, investor and fellow Renaissance Man, Robert Deadman (and yes, that is his real last name). Robert is one of those rare individuals who possesses a breadth of knowledge that he can eloquently translate […]
All You Have Is Now
Right now, in this very moment, you have an incredible opportunity to do something so sublime, and yet […]
Here’s When the Selling Will Stop
This morning I received an inquiry from a subscriber (thank you, Scott M.) who asked me what I thought would be the market bottom on the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Here’s what I told him in response: “A numerical value on a Dow bottom is nearly impossible to peg with any real certainty. That said, […]
Kevin O’Leary Enters My Shark Tank
Cryptocurrencies are getting crushed. Consider that Bitcoin, the largest and most heavily traded cryptocurrency, has plummeted 26% over the past five trading sessions. That is an astounding decline in such a […]
Time to Kill All Tariffs
It’s not often you get a politician to admit they might be wrong on an issue, but that’s actually what happened recently, and of all things, it happened on the subject of tariffs. Now, I have long been an opponent of tariffs, as they are essentially a tool used by government that punishes its citizens […]
Victory Belongs to the Most Tenacious
The statement “Victory belongs to the most tenacious” is stenciled onto the inside of the stands on Court Philippe-Chatrier, the center court at the Stade Roland Garros. In English, the “Stade Roland Garros” translates from French into “Roland Garros Stadium,” and it is the name of the complex of tennis courts located in Paris that […]
Jim Woods is a 30-plus-year veteran of the markets with varied experience as a broker, hedge fund trader, financial writer, author and newsletter editor.
His books include co-authoring, “Billion Dollar Green: Profit from the Eco Revolution,” and “The Wealth Shield: How to Invest and Protect Your Money from Another Stock Market Crash, Financial Crisis or Global Economic Collapse.” He’s also ghostwritten many books and articles, as well as edited content for some of the investment industry’s biggest luminaries. Read more about Jim Woods.
