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Join Me Saturday for Our Latest Investment Teleconference
Over the past several months, I have been sharing my views on how to manage your portfolio during these unprecedented economic times via a teleconference series entitled: The Obama Impact on Your Money. Thousands of investors around the country have listened to my simple strategies for investing using exchanged-traded funds. I have shared my views […]
ETF Talk: Profit with the Right Materials
The government-subsidized, 3.5% third-quarter growth in U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) announced last week may or may not be a true indicator that the economy is turning around. But if the recovery is real, it could send stocks of materials companies soaring. If, however, we see the economy stall, we could see a slide in cyclical […]
What the Fed Said
Today’s Federal Reserve decision to leave interest rates unchanged, at essentially zero, came as little surprise to Wall Street. But as has become the norm on Fed decision days, the reading of the tea leaves and the parsing of the language by market pundits is in ample supply. So this week, I thought I’d let […]
For Experienced Swimmers Only
In my youth, I spent many summer days working as a lifeguard on the beautiful beaches of Southern California. Yes, I know it was a tough job, but hey, somebody had to do it. Of course, I jest, but one thing we didn’t jest about as lifeguards was the often treacherous conditions in the Pacific Ocean. Despite its […]
Depression-Era Historical Analysis
"The Great Depression was a failure not of capitalism but of the hyperactive state." — Paul Johnson, introduction to Murray N. Rothbard’s, America’s Great Depression Capitalism has certainly taken its lumps over the past year — lumps that, in my opinion, it doesn’t deserve. If you want to know how capitalism started to really get […]
ETF Talk: Is Real Estate Really the Land of Opportunity?
It remains to be seen whether a tepid recovery of the housing market now starting to take shape can be maintained. The good news for investors is that there are two exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that allow you to play the real estate market whether you are an investor with a positive outlook, or a more […]
Rotating Leaders, Rotating Laggards
One clear sign that a market has reached the top is a rotation of market leadership. When sectors that have led the market higher begin to falter, and when laggard sectors begin to show signs of life, you know that a changing of the guard is underway. During the past 30 days, we’ve seen several […]
Behold the Market Attitude Adjustment
Over the past two weeks, there’s been a decided attitude adjustment in the equity markets. Sellers have stepped in and taken their profits off of the table, and the sell-off now has pushed the S&P 500 Index down to its short-term, 50-day moving average. If we look at the chart below of SPX, we see […]
Wisdom from “The Art of War”
"If you know the enemy and know yourself you need not fear the results of a hundred battles." — Sun Tzu, "The Art of War" There is a ton of wisdom to be found in the Chinese military strategist’s classic work, and if you haven’t read it, then you need to immediately. Knowing the principles […]
Got Mortgage Questions? Call Me
All right, I am going to make a prediction right now: interest rates are going to go up. Of course, it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure this one out. With the unprecedented amount of government borrowing, a tremendous amount of pressure is being imposed on the U.S. dollar. This pressure inevitably will make […]
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.
