Doug Fabian
Making Money Alert: Climbing up Mt. Worry
[youtube_sc url=”http://youtu.be/ruXxQD2ylC0″] The term “climbing a wall of worry” is an oft-abused cliché on Wall Street. But like most clichés, there’s more than a kernel of truth to the concept. The Dow has made a robust surge since last Friday, as has its broad-based brethren, the S&P 500 Index. The Dow is firmly above the […]
Making Money Alert: It’s Central Bank Week
[youtube_sc url=”http://youtu.be/oUMY–kIwfE”] This week’s market action is going to be dominated by two central bank events. We got the first of these today with the Federal Reserve Open Market Committee’s (FOMC) decision on interest rates, which they predictably left unchanged and nearly zero. What was more important to the market was whether the Fed would […]
ETF Talk: Technology Fund Positioned to Outperform S&P
The ongoing global economic slowdown has impacted nearly every sector, including information technology companies. But that sector benefits from new smartphone rollouts and other technology innovations. For those reasons, the sector may warrant higher valuations than it has been receiving lately. The Vanguard Information Technology Index Fund (VGT) is an exchange-traded fund (ETF) that may […]
ETF Talk: Agriculture Fund Provides a Positive Outlook for Investors
The agricultural sector in the United States has been experiencing a recent bout of hardships, particularly with the widely traded corn crop. Droughts in the Midwest have been decreasing production, reducing exports and increasing prices. While commodity markets often are volatile, they also can provide investors with gains amid rising-price environments. With agricultural commodity prices […]
Making Money Alert: Don’t Fall For Europe Fatigue
[youtube_sc url=”http://youtu.be/8P6qUFYxaLI”] Are you tired of hearing that Europe is about to implode? Most investors have heard enough about the fiscal troubles brewing in the Old World, and that has caused way too much complacency as to just how precarious the situation has become. It’s almost as if investors are turning a deaf ear to […]
Making Money Alert: Is it a Breakout or a Fake Out?
[youtube_sc url=”http://youtu.be/UmM-4FfY1AU”] There’s been a whole lot of shaking going on in the equity markets through the first half of July. Stocks began the month with a concerted sell-off. But during the past several trading sessions, we’ve seen the return of buyers to the market. A choppy, range-bound market isn’t surprising this time of year, […]