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A Macro Data Extravaganza
Today we saw a flood of alphabet soup data, with news on the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), the ADP report on jobs and the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting. Let’s take each one as a separate bite here, and see what the implications are for the markets. First, today we saw the continuation of […]
Making Money Alert: The Importance of Positivity
The Importance of Positivity When your profession requires you to watch a lot of news, as mine does, you tend to be bombarded by all sorts of disturbing information. Sometimes, you just have to tune it out and focus on the positives in life. With this situation in mind, I wanted to share with you […]
The Importance of Positivity
When your profession requires you to watch a lot of news, as mine does, you tend to be bombarded by all sorts of disturbing information. Sometimes, you just have to tune it out and focus on the positives in life. With this situation in mind, I wanted to share with you some insights that I […]
Making Money Alert: The Buy-and-Hold Grandfather’s Warning
The Buy-and-Hold Grandfather’s Warning When Jack Bogle speaks, the market usually stops and listens. That’s because the grandfather of buy-and-hold investing, and the founder and chairman of mutual fund stalwart Vanguard Group, is thought of as a sagacious, steady and calming voice that sooths those who want to buy stocks, and then just simply forget […]
Making Money Alert: The Market’s at New Highs, So What May Go Wrong?
The Market’s at New Highs, So What May Go Wrong? The bulls are screaming, and during the past week we’ve seen the S&P 500 Index surge to its highest point in more than five years. In fact, the last time the broad measure of the domestic equity market was at this elevated level was back […]
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A Guy Named “Cliff” and a Guy Named Ben
There are two guys taking center stage in the market right now. The first guy’s name is “Cliff,” and the second guy’s name is Ben. Well, “Cliff” isn’t really a guy. Rather, “Cliff” is short for the “Fiscal Cliff.” As long as this issue remains unresolved, Wall Street will continue its tentative and […]
ETF Talk: Preferred Shares Fund Offers Income and Capital Appreciation
With the stock market sliding again today, you may be among the investors looking for alternatives to equities. One way to hedge your bets against a falling stock market is to invest in preferred shares. My inclination toward exchange-traded funds (ETFs) as an investment tool leads me to bring the fledgling Global X SuperIncome Preferred […]
If Europe’s Fiscal Levee Breaks
When the levee breaks, I’ll have no place to stay… –Led Zeppelin, “When The Levee Breaks” I am beginning to think the markets are watching the European version of the film “Groundhog Day.” That’s because last Wednesday, stocks were down in a big way over how to deal with the massive debt […]
Avoiding a European Downpour
Stocks are down big time today, and there’s one reason — Europe. The machinations over how to deal with massive debt, a bailout plan and Greece’s viability as a member of the European Union (EU) is coming to a head this week, as policymakers in the region may have only a small window of […]
The Bond Bull isn’t Over
There has been a lot of banter in the financial press about the folly of owning bonds right now. The theory is that if we are experiencing a strong recovery in the U.S. economy, then interest rates will begin to rise after a decade of low levels. Unfortunately, the opposite is occurring. Interest rates remain […]
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.
