Doug Fabian
ETF Talk: China is Rising Again
China is a country that has achieved massive growth during the past century. As other economies around the world struggle, China looks ready to rebound after enduring a modest slowdown in recent quarters. This rebound is good news for investors who are languishing in less appealing markets elsewhere. The fund that I want to bring to your attention is one of my Successful Investing newsletter’s picks.
Making Money Alert: A Bullish Consensus on 2013?
The year is nearly in the books, and now is the time when all of the professional pundits, amateur speculators, and major brokerage houses give out their forecasts for the year ahead. According to a recent Barron’s cover story, “Outlook 2013,” there is a bullish consensus among the financial elite that the equity market will […]
ETF Talk: Asia Offers Intriguing Investment Opportunity
With the U.S. government’s fiscal cliff still grabbing headlines and causing uncertainty that hurts domestic stocks, it may be time to shift our gaze to foreign markets. Asia is a region of the world that is showing stronger growth generally than anywhere else; it also can grow without much drag from the fiscal cliff in […]
ETF Talk: U.S. Banks Could Climb after Fiscal Cliff Resolution
Bank stocks have risen during the past year and they still may have further gains ahead. But a major factor impeding continued growth is the uncertainty of the still-unresolved fiscal cliff. Once that uncertainty is resolved, though, look for U.S. banks to rise strongly. With this potential bullishness on banks in mind, now would be […]
Making Money Alert: Deal or No Deal?
As it has for so many weeks now, negotiations about the fiscal cliff continue to dominate the trading landscape. Will there be a deal, or will there be no deal? At this point, the equity markets are betting that a deal will get done. I take that view because during the past week we’ve seen […]
ETF Talk: Banking on International Finance Fund
Banks have been on the recovery trail this year. Recent concerns about the spendthrift U.S. government going off the fiscal cliff likely will take weeks to resolve, giving investors a chance to buy bank stocks that should trade lower due to the uncertainty and the potential economic problems that would result from the lapse of […]