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Is It Time to Pull Up the Brink’s Truck on Gold?
This week, the world watched as a massive hurricane came barreling into the southeastern coast. Yet there was another hurricane of sorts that slammed markets this week, and that was the hurricane of selling in gold and precious metals. Indeed, gold, silver and gold mining stocks were collectively crushed this week, falling to their lowest […]
What Do Clinton, Trump and a German Bank Have in Common?
I’ve been covering the markets for a very long time. In fact, it has been about four decades since I started in this business. Yet despite that much time having gone past, every week I get a sense of surprise over what has happened — and what the causes are of the back and forth […]
No Fed Surprise Gives Stocks a Boost
No Fed Surprise Gives Stocks a Boost ETF Talk: Featuring an Effective Investment in Emerging Markets Fear of a Bond Bubble Madison on Power The big news event this week came from Fed Chair Janet Yellen and her band of central bankers, who opted to leave interest rates alone, as was widely expected. The Federal […]
The Bond Market Bubble That Everyone Fears
The Bond Market Bubble That Everyone Fears ETF Talk: Huge Emerging Markets Fund Offers Diversification On Knowing Yourself, and Your Enemy When it comes to talk of a market “bubble,” it’s not equities that are the real worry among the smart money. Sure, stocks in the Dow, S&P 500 and NASDAQ Composite all are trading […]
Is This Market Ready for ‘Turning Points?’
Stocks are down this morning, and down pretty hard. As of midday Friday, the Dow was down some 235 points, or 1.27%, which makes Sept. 9 the worst day for equities since the post-Brexit-vote selloff. So, why did stocks tumble this morning? Not surprisingly, it was due to Fed speak and fear that the central […]
Not Enough Jobs for a September Rate Hike
The stock market got a very important data point from the Labor Department today, as the official Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) August employment report showed the economy created 151,000 net new non-farm payroll jobs during the month. That number was tepid and below most economists’ forecasts, which ranged anywhere from 170,000 to 180,000. While […]
Dueling Fed Officials and a Market Flip-Flop
To say that the equity markets have been Fed-driven during the past seven years would be an exercise in stating the obvious. Yet on days like today, we get that message drummed home to us with a very loud beat. As I woke up and scanned the financial media this morning, all I saw was […]
Outsmarting the Billionaire Bear Club
There are a whole lot of billionaires bearish on the equity markets right now. That bearishness is understandably born out of a sense of unease about this market, a market that’s feeling way too “toppy” and way too overbought. So, who are these bearish billionaires? Well, the list reads like a who’s who of American […]
Is It Time to Pile into Stocks?
Although it seems hard to fathom, on Thursday the major market averages — the Dow, S&P 500 and NASDAQ Composite — all closed at record highs. The last time that happened was on December 31, 1999. Yes, we are in a confirmed bull market. The interesting thing, however, is that investors as a whole still […]
Increase in Employment Boosts Markets to New Highs
When New Hires Equal New Highs ETF Talk: In a Tough Time for the European Market, Look for Stability On Power This morning the market had been eagerly anticipating the July jobs report. The reason this jobs report was so critical is because it comes at a time when everyone is hoping that the labor […]
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.
