Doug Fabian
Making Money Alert: The Fed: To Infinity and Beyond!
[youtube_sc url=”http://youtu.be/AG-qpZN8yLc”] By far the biggest story in the markets now is the Federal Reserve’s game-changing announcement about what has been aptly dubbed “QE Infinity.” Last week, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke and crew essentially pushed the monetary panic button by announcing an ultra-aggressive plan to expand the U.S. central bank’s existing mortgage backed security purchase […]
ETF Talk: Agriculture Provides Growth Potential
In the wake of this summer’s devastating drought, domestic crop prices are spiking. In addition, a rare period of summer-like temperatures in March caused trees to blossom earlier than usual, only for crops to be decimated by unexpected freezing in April. These atmospheric disruptions have resulted in a significant U.S. grain shortage. In light of […]
The Global Guru: A Market in Fed-Anticipation Mode
[youtube_sc url=”http://youtu.be/LFM4XBXKP0s”] We are just one day away from the Federal Reserve’s decision on what just about everyone on Wall Street is hoping for, and that’s another round of quantitative easing, or QE3. The majority opinion out there among economists is that the Fed will institute some form of monetary stimulus, although there’s hardly any […]
ETF Talk: The Ultra-Attractive Tech Sector
Late last month, Apple set a new record as the most valuable company in stock-market history, passing $664 per share. Despite a lukewarm performance since then, this achievement has caused many investors to revisit the tech sector. As a result, one exchange-traded fund (ETF) that you may want to consider is the ProShares Ultra Technology […]
Making Money Alert: The ECB, QE3 and the Risk Quotient
We are just one day away from the highly anticipated decision from the European Central Bank (ECB) regarding its plans to implement the steps necessary to keep the euro-zone together. The smart money here is betting that ECB President Mario Draghi will come through with a bond-buying scheme that backstops fiscally challenged Greece, Spain and […]
ETF Talk: Shorting the S&P 500 Offers Risks and Rewards
The S&P 500 reached its highest value of the year by hitting $1,418.13 on Aug. 20. Despite the climb, economic uncertainty that includes continuing high unemployment and a looming “fiscal cliff” for the debt-plagued U.S. government could drive the index down in the coming weeks and months. If you think that the S&P 500’s best […]