Economic Outlook
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The Fed Leaves in ‘Considerable Time’
The Fed served up more of the same today, as Chair Janet Yellen and company kept interest rates near zero while also continuing the Fed’s taper of quantitative easing. More importantly, the Fed left in the rather dovish language that says the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) would keep interest rates low for a “considerable […]
China ETFs: Now You Have a “Class A” Choice
The world of ETFs just keeps getting bigger and better, with fantastic new choices spanning the entire globe. The latest sector demonstrating what I think is an extremely investable innovation is with ETFs pegged to the Chinese stock market. As subscribers to my Successful ETF Investing advisory newsletter know, I have been bullish on China […]
The Fed Stays on the Taper Course
The Fed stayed on course with respect to its “taper” of quantitative easing today, announcing another $10 billion reduction in its current bond-buying program. According to the Federal Open Market Committee’s (FOMC) statement: “Beginning in July, the Committee will add to its holdings of agency mortgage-backed securities at a pace of $15 billion per month […]
Introducing the New Successful ETF Investing
After nearly four decades of helping investors make money, we know that delivering the best possible investment advice requires us to keep evolving and adjusting to the tools that the market provides. This is a philosophy that my father, Dick Fabian, held when he first started the flagship Fabian publication, and this is a philosophy […]
How Investors Should Connect the Fed’s ‘Dots’
By Jim Woods I hate the Fed and all it stands for. I despise the very existence of a quasi-governmental cabal that controls the money supply, and I hate the fact that most people have no clue how the Fed got started and what its real purpose is (to facilitate big government, finance wars and […]
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Christie and Tesla — A Freedom Problem
By Jim Woods As an unapologetic advocate of capitalism and free markets, the thought of a politician blocking the sale of a legal product in any way, or for whatever reason, is an abhorrent concept. The idea is even more repugnant when that politician is being trumpeted by mainstream Republicans as a leading candidate for […]
The Rant Heard Round the Country — Five Years Later
By Jim Woods, Editor-at-Large, The Wealth Shield It is often said that markets have a short memory. This certainly is true in terms of the trading business, because when you’re in the trenches buying and selling securities, or recommending investments to clients or newsletter subscribers, you’re often only as good as your last trade. Yet […]
Still Mad at the Banks
It has been more than five years since the 2008 financial crisis and the bailout of some of the biggest Wall Street banks, but that situation doesn’t mean Americans still aren’t mad as hell about it. According to a recent survey titled the Consumer Banking Insights Study, nearly eight in 10 Americans (78%) still think […]
Was that it for the Correction?
After a horrible start to 2014 that saw the S&P 500 sink about 5% through the first five weeks of the year, stocks in the broad measure of the domestic market have come roaring back. The chart here of the S&P 500 shows the decline in January that took the index down below its 50-day […]
Get Fiscally Fit in 2014, Part VI
For the past five weeks, we’ve outlined how you can get on the right path to become fiscally fit in 2014. This week, we have the sixth and final installment in our series. To wrap things up, I want you to conduct an overview of two of the most important elements in your overall financial […]
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.
