Doug Fabian
Making Money Alert: The Only Story that Matters
Since May 22, the only story that really matters to the markets is what the Federal Reserve is going to do with respect to its current bond-buying program. On that day, we heard Chairman Ben Bernanke introduce the concept of “tapering” into the trading milieu. Since then, stocks have sold off hard, and bonds have […]
ETF Talk: Veggies May Pep up Your Portfolio
The last few ETF Talks have highlighted broad-based agricultural funds, but today’s featured exchange-traded fund is one that is focused on a narrow part of the sector: food production. This week’s featured ETF is the iShares MSCI Global Agriculture Producers Fund, which has an amusing ticker symbol: VEGI. This fund tracks an index that follows […]
Making Money Alert: A Technical Look at the State of Stocks
For the past couple of weeks, the 2013 bull stampede has slowed considerably. Indeed, ever since the Fed introduced the term “tapering” into the trading milieu (a reference to the potential for reducing its current bond-buying scheme) the market has seen the return of sellers. We’ve also seen the return of volatility, and that’s caused […]
ETF Talk: Satisfy Your Agricultural Appetite with MOO
The world’s population could top nine billion people by the year 2050, according to projections, and all of those people are going to boost demand for food.
Making Money Alert: Rolling out the Red Carpet
Wall Street rolled out the red carpet on Wednesday, with the major averages down big in the midweek trading session.
ETF Talk: Power Your Shares from the Ground Up
Investing in agricultural products can be as risky as growing them in unpredictable weather. Droughts such as the one farmers faced in 2012 are a key concern. For that reason, it is important to know how to weather any economic storm in agriculture, whether it occurs in the industrial, technological or manufacturing sector. An exchange-traded […]