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ETF Talk: The Rise of The Raj
So, what caused the sharp retreat in equities last week? As I’ve pointed out so many times during the past year, the culprit that keeps plaguing the overall market is the pernicious slide in financials. To see just how uncomfortable the slide in financials has been, take a peek at the chart below of the Financials Select Sector SPDR (XLF) […]
Income Investors: Pick Up Your Phones NOW! 3
So, what caused the sharp retreat in equities last week? As I’ve pointed out so many times during the past year, the culprit that keeps plaguing the overall market is the pernicious slide in financials. To see just how uncomfortable the slide in financials has been, take a peek at the chart below of the Financials Select Sector SPDR (XLF) […]
Preaching The ETF Gospel 2
Stocks have fallen back below their long-term, 200-day moving averages following a heavy, two-day sell off caused in large part by one thing: surging oil prices […]
ETF Talk: Dialing For Dollars With Currency ETFs
Stocks have fallen back below their long-term, 200-day moving averages following a heavy, two-day sell off caused in large part by one thing: surging oil prices […]
Income Investors: Pick Up Your Phones NOW! 2
Stocks have fallen back below their long-term, 200-day moving averages following a heavy, two-day sell off caused in large part by one thing: surging oil prices […]
Preaching The ETF Gospel
I am going to come clean here and admit to you that I am not smart enough to predict the future. I suspect that no matter how smart one is, the future is not knowable because it just hasn’t happened yet. (I know, that sounds like something Yogi Berra would say). I know this may sound simple enough, but you’d be surprised how many self-proclaimed psychics there are working on Wall Street […]
ETF Talk: Actively Managed ETFs
After the worst first quarter in recent memory, stocks finally showed everyone that the bears hadn’t taken up permanent residence on Wall Street. Now in the wake of the admittedly very good performance we witnessed in April, many pundits have taken to asking if the credit and equity market crisis is now over […]
ETF Talk: Avoid the Tax Trap of Commodity ETFs
The decision has been rendered, and the Federal Reserve once again has cut the cost of capital. The central bank’s Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) lowered its benchmark fed funds rate by 25 basis points to 2%. The FOMC also took down the discount rate by 25 basis points […]
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The decision has been rendered, and the Federal Reserve once again has cut the cost of capital. The central bank’s Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) lowered its benchmark fed funds rate by 25 basis points to 2%. The FOMC also took down the discount rate by 25 basis points […]
Bearish on Banks
In my opinion, we are at the beginning of a new wave of dividend cuts, especially from traditional dividend-paying sectors such as banks and other financial institutions. I really am bearish on banks right now, and for that matter any company that makes a living by loaning money […]
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.
