Jim Woods
Welcome to the Hotel California
So I called up the Captain “Please bring me my wine” He said, “We haven’t had that spirit here since 1969” — Eagles, “Hotel California” Some nights in a life are just better than others. And then there are some nights that are epic. This past Saturday, I experienced one of those epic nights when […]
This ESG Fund Has a Wide Moat
The VanEck Morningstar ESG Moat ETF (BATS:MOTE) tracks an equal-weighted index of U.S. stocks perceived to have high fair value, sustainable competitive advantage, positive momentum and excellent environmental, social and governance (ESG) ratings. MOTE is a passively managed fund which tracks an index that provides exposure to U.S. stocks of any market-capitalization size that are […]
Gentlemen, Start Your Investing Engines!
“There are only three sports: bullfighting, motor racing, and mountaineering; all the rest are merely games.” — Ernest Hemingway Hemingway’s inclusion of motor racing as one of only three real sports is often quoted with a sense of pride among those of us who pour our love, time and, yes, considerable financial resources toward this […]
Swimming in A Wide Moat
One trait found among many successful companies is the quality of competitive advantage, or “moat.” This means that competing with these companies is difficult, whether due to significant barriers to entry in the industry or other factors such as important patents. VanEck Morningstar Wide Moat ETF (MOAT) is an exchange-traded fund (ETF) that invests in […]
He Eat a Lot of Ice Cream
When asked in an interview on “Meet the Press” if he could name one thing that President Biden has done that he supports, Georgia Senate candidate Herschel Walker uttered the following response… “He eat a lot of ice cream.” Walker’s bid for the Senate, which includes the endorsement of former President Trump, has been highly […]
Betting Big with this Short ETF
Much like last week’s featured exchanged-traded fund (ETF) in The Deep Woods, the ProShares Short Russell2000 ETF (RWM) provides a bet against the Russell 2000’s index of 2,000 U.S. small-cap firms, the majority of which are growth and value stocks. The underlying index, the Russell 2000, specifically contains the 1,001st through the 3,000th securities of […]