Doug Fabian
Making Money Alert: The Importance of Positivity
When your profession requires you to watch a lot of news, as mine does, you tend to be bombarded by all sorts of disturbing information. Sometimes, you just have to tune it out and focus on the positives in life. With this situation in mind, I wanted to share with you some insights that I […]
ETF Talk: Investing in the IT Matrix
While the last couple of ETF Talks have focused on location-based technology exchange-traded funds (ETFs), this week’s write-up will target a key part of the industry: information technology. In this age of communication, conveying information increasingly faster and more efficiently is of paramount importance. And an ETF that follows this trend is the Vanguard Information […]
Making Money Alert: The Return of the Slogan Months
Today is May 1, or May Day, depending upon which circles you run in. For investors, the first day of May ushers in what I call the “slogan months.” This period is when you hear a loud chorus of market wizards warning investors to “sell in May and go away.” Interestingly, this market cliché actually […]
ETF Talk: Are Chinese Technology Companies Future Asian Tigers?
In keeping with last week’s theme of highlighting international technology companies, today’s ETF Talk focuses on China. Indeed, China is the world’s most populous country and its people increasingly have money to spend on the latest smartphones, computers and other devices. U.S. companies such as Apple are placing big bets on the Chinese consumer, but […]
Making Money Alert: Rebounding off Bad News
The action in the financial markets over the past week and a half has been tumultuous to say the least. Last week (between Monday’s open bell and Friday’s closing bell), the major market indices — the Dow, S&P 500 and NASDAQ Composite — all sank more than 2%, with the selling really heating up after […]
ETF Talk: Technology Goes Global
Countries in Asia and Europe are joining the United States as drivers of technology innovation. Indeed, technology advances can come from developed and developing countries alike.