Fed Chair Serves Up a Surprise

——————————————————— Jim Woods’ Weekly ETF Report for February 28, 2018 —————————————————- By: Jim Woods   Editor-in-Chief, Successful ETF Investing, Intelligence Report The Fed Chair Serves Up a Surprise ETF Talk: Easy Exposure to the Commodities Market Get Ready to Achieve Economic Freedom On Pleasing Profoundly *********************************************************** The Fed Chair Serves Up a Surprise What’s driving

A Week of Digestion, Relative Calm and New Buys

After the volatility over the past several weeks, stocks were overdue for a boring week of digestion. That’s essentially what happened, as the Dow and S&P 500 are on pace to finish the holiday-shortened week with a very most declines while the NASDAQ Composite is on pace to put in a modest gain. While there

Kylie Jenner Isn’t Welcome Here

When a single tweet from a member of the Kardashian clan can send a stock reeling, that’s not the kind of stock you want to own. I am referring here to perhaps the most humorous stock story this week, the plunge of Snap Inc. (SNAP) shares because of one negative comment from a reality TV

Intelligence Report — March 2018 Issue

The Return of Volatility and the Resolve of Resilience Find out about our latest recommendations, and all of the most recent market-moving news, in the newest issue of Intelligence Report that has just been completed. I invite you to download the issue as soon as you have a chance. As a valued subscriber, we want you to have

Get Ready to Achieve Economic Freedom

“Economic freedom is available to every American.” This is the positive message direct from the mind of my friend, colleague and former editor of the Weekly ETF Report, Doug Fabian. Now, long-time readers of this publication might remember that it was just about a year ago that Doug handed the reins over to me, along

This Market Has a ‘Magic Resistance Potion’

What to Do in an Active-Shooter Situation Most of the time, this publication is devoted to how to protect and grow your wealth. Yet given we are just a few days removed from the worst mass shooting in American history, I thought another type of protection message might be in order. The fact is that

When the Market Channels James Brown

As I thought about the lead for today’s Hotline, I thought about the tremendous resilience the market has displayed over the past five trading sessions. Remember that last week, we were less than 1% away from our first sell signal in nearly three years. Today, we are approximately 6% above our sell triggers. Now, I

Successful Investing — March 2018 Issue

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What Valentine’s Day Teaches Us about Investing  

——————————————————— Jim Woods’ Weekly ETF Report for February 14, 2018 —————————————————- By: Jim Woods   Editor-in-Chief, Successful ETF Investing, Intelligence Report What Valentine’s Day Teaches Us About Investing   ETF Talk: Is it Time to Short Long-Term Bonds with This Fund? Learning to Match the Beat of the ‘New World Man’ Market Ben’s Beautiful Wisdom

When Will There Be a Return to Serenity?

Let’s start with the obvious. After an incredible run in the markets from November 2016 until a couple of weeks ago, stocks are finally doing what they periodically do, and that is sell off. And while you knew that already, it is very easy to succumb to what psychologists call “recency bias,” which is a

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