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The Fed Hikes, ups 2017 Expectations
The big market-moving news this week was the Fed, and its decision to raise interest rates for the first time in a year. That move on Wednesday by Janet Yellen and her fellow central bankers was widely expected. What wasn’t anticipated was the ratcheting up of rate-hike expectations for 2017. The Fed “dots,” which are […]
A Month of Trump Money Migration
If you’ve been paying even cursory attention to the markets since Election Day, you already know that stocks here in the United States have been on a tear. All three major indices — the Dow Industrials, S&P 500 and NASDAQ Composite — have made a series of new, all-time closing highs since the election of Donald J. […]
A Trump-Bump Breather
Stocks took a bit of a breather this week, with the first mellowing of the “Trump bump” that occurred after the Nov. 8 U.S. presidential election. While the major averages were basically flat this week, there’s no doubt that money has been rotating out of sectors such as technology, biotech, utilities, bonds and gold, and […]
The Optimism Force Multiplier
I must admit to my distinct bias toward Thanksgiving as my favorite time of year. Sure, I love Independence Day and the summer surfing season, but there’s nothing that compares to the nip in the air in November, a big holiday feast and the Christmas season right around the corner. This time of year is […]
The Trump Equity Rotation
It’s been 10 days since the country elected Donald Trump as its 45th president, and already the markets are adjusting to this new reality. U.S. equities soared last week, with big gains in “Trump win” sectors such as infrastructure stocks, banks, defense stocks, etc. The gains in these markets have pushed the major indices to near […]
Trump Wins and Investors Follow the Herd
Here comes President Donald J. Trump. Now that’s something you don’t see every day. By now, the world knows all about the remarkable election results. To say that most so-called “experts” were wrong about the outcome is to be as generous as one can possibly be. This is especially true of so many so-called market […]
My Post-Election Investing Direction
The vote is nearly here, and in four days we’ll know who has become the next president of the United States. I don’t know about you, but I am glad the drama is nearly over. When the outcome is known next week (barring any 2000-like contested election situation) it will be time to get back […]
A Less-Than-Bonding Experience
The bond market is trying to tell us something. If you look at the price of the iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT), you can see that bond prices are falling (i.e. bond yields are rising). In fact, the decline in bond prices of late has brought TLT, which is a benchmark fund for […]
Electing a Market Churn
This week, stocks largely bounced around their current trading range, as investors appear to be biding their time in front of the upcoming presidential election. The madness that is the 2016 battle is nearly over, and not soon enough for most of us. While the unusually caustic banter can, at times, be morbidly interesting to […]
Navigating the Election Nuttiness
Navigating Your Portfolio Through the Election Nuttiness ETF Talk: Regional Fund Provides Access to Established Latin American Equities Twain on Voting Has there ever been a nuttier presidential election than this one? Certainly not in my lifetime, and I’m not the only one who thinks so. A recent survey from the American Psychological Association (APA) […]
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.
