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A Very Insulting — and Instructive — Comment
“But we have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it, away from the fog of the controversy.” — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi You may have seen this news on Tuesday, as that is when Speaker Pelosi uttered what has got to be one of […]
Listen to My FREE Teleseminar
On Saturday, March 6, we held our latest teleseminar, titled “The Return of the Bear Market.” I want to personally thank all of you who joined me for this event, and as you know, we had a great time discussing ways to deal with the changing tide of the markets. If you didn’t get a […]
ETF Talk: It’s Time to Talk Turkey
If you’re anything like me, you enjoy turkey at Thanksgiving. But my sights at this time of the year now are set on the country of Turkey, which is offering what could be an appetizing investment opportunity through the iShares MSCI Turkey ETF (TUR). That exchange-traded fund (ETF) gives investors exposure to a promising emerging […]
Tax Day Is Right around the Corner
It’s March 10, and that means you have a little more than five weeks before you need to send that tax return to Uncle Sam. During the past month, I’ve been working particularly hard on my own tax situation by meeting regularly with my CPA, Lee Haight. You may recall that Lee wrote an excellent […]
Happy Anniversary, Mr. Bull Market
The date was March 9, 2009, and the S&P 500 Index was trading at its lowest level since the mid-1990s. The equity market was in literal freefall, and nearly everyone on both Wall Street and Main Street was worried that the U.S. economy — and the U.S. equity markets — were about to collapse. Well, […]
Wisdom of Repetition
"A baseball swing is a very finely tuned instrument. It is repetition, and more repetition, then a little more after that." –Reggie Jackson We’ve all heard the saying, "practice makes perfect." This is particularly true in the world of sports, as expressed in the above quote by baseball great Reggie Jackson. This pedestrian, yet profound […]
Follow Me on iTunes
Many of you know that I host a weekly radio show, Doug Fabian’s Wealth Strategies, in Los Angeles every Saturday morning at 10 a.m. PST. But for those of you that aren’t in the Southern California region, we have made it possible for you to follow along at my radio Web site, www.dougfabian.com. In fact, […]
ETF Talk: New Fund of Funds Focuses on High Yields
High-yield investments include heightened risk but one way to mitigate potential fallout is through diversification. A new “fund of funds” ETF now is available that offers diversification by investing in a number of high-yield, closed-end funds. PowerShares CEF Income Composite Portfolio (PCEF), just launched Feb. 19, is designed to invest in more than 70 high-yield, […]
33 Years and Counting
Right now, I am in the process of writing the 33rd anniversary issue of my flagship newsletter service, Successful Investing. This newsletter was started by my parents Dick and Marie Fabian in April of 1977 on the dining room table. Today, my team and I are continuing their legacy. It has been an honor to […]
Beating the Averages
The major stock indices are finding their legs after six weeks of trading between the 50- and 200-day moving averages. As you can see in the chart below, the S&P 500 Index has pushed back above the 50-day average, which is a green light for a new uptrend in stocks. My ideal trade setup was […]
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.
