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ETF Talk: Striking Black Gold
The continued weakening of the U.S. dollar could spur a mini-gusher for investors looking to profit from oil. Also known as black gold, oil is among the commodities that tend to be inversely related to the strength of the U.S. dollar. As the dollar dips, the price of oil rises. Indeed, the exploding U.S. debt […]
The Professor on the Dollar
“Has America’s Federal Reserve become the single greatest obstacle to global economic recovery? Central bankers around the world increasingly are asking this question as the American greenback continues its Fed-inspired decline and damages the export-driven growth of countries from Latin America and Asia to Europe.” The preceding quote comes to us courtesy of my friend […]
The President on the Debt
I find it both a welcome relief and an ironic twist of fate that President Obama now feels compelled to address the issue of our national debt. In an interview with Fox News, (another ironic twist given Mr. Obama’s hitherto reluctance to speak with Fox reporters), the president said that if government debt were to […]
Punching a Hole in the Ceiling
The key metric in the market since last week has been the breaching of the psychologically and technically significant 1,100 mark on the S&P 500 Index. The index managed to punch a hole in this ceiling on its way to a new, 52-week high. As you can see by the chart below of SPX, this […]
I Think, Therefore I Win
While the enemy sleeps, I lay awake While he licks his wounds, I taste his scars As he waits for me to strike, I define my attack I will out think my enemy, Therefore I will win –Jim Woods, "I Think, Therefore I Win" This provocative poem is just one of many in the soon-to-be […]
The Obama Impact on Your Money — Part III
Last Saturday, I conducted my third installment of the five-part series titled, The Obama Impact on Your Money. In my presentation, I share three simple strategies you can use to grow and protect your wealth using exchange-traded funds. The world of ETFs keeps getting better and better. We now can invest in almost any asset […]
ETF Talk: ‘Pure Play’ Funds Target Texas and Oklahoma
The term "pure play" commonly is used to describe investing in an individual sector or a region. Two new funds, rolled out in the past couple of weeks, give investors a chance to target the energy-rich states of Texas and Oklahoma, respectively. The new funds simplify such targeted investing. The Oklahoma fund (OOK) took flight […]
Defining Today’s Biggest Risk
By John Doan, president, Miracle Mortgage The stock market falls. The stock market rises. But real estate values continue to plummet and governments at every level continue amassing unsustainable amounts of debt. Meanwhile, consumers are scared and foreign governments shutter over the absurdly low value of the U.S. dollar. And yet, these are not the […]
Of Large Caps and Small Caps
This market once again has proven that it’s in full bull mode, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average hitting yet another 52-week high. To say that this has been an impressive run higher since we hit the March lows would be the understatement of the year. A better way to describe this market recovery […]
Happy Birthday, Carl
"Each of us is a tiny being, permitted to ride on the outermost skin of one of the smaller planets for a few dozen trips around the local star… The longest-lived organisms on Earth endure for about a millionth of the age of our planet… They barely set foot on the world stage and are […]
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.
