Jim Woods
What’s Going On with the ‘VIX?’
There are a lot of indicators to watch in the market. There are moving averages, price-to-earnings ratios, relative strength ratings, earnings per share (EPS) growth rates, stochastics, Bollinger bands — and even something called a Fibonacci. While most market indicators are useful in their context, sometimes there are indicators that give off a perplexing warning […]
Gain Inverse Exposure With This Short ETF
To paraphrase Thomas Paine’s famous pamphlet, “The Crisis,” “These are the times that try investors’ souls.” Indeed, while some recent days have been bright spots in an otherwise bleak market landscape, Forbes reported that the S&P 500 was down nearly 24% on the year through Sept. 30, and even reached its lowest level since November […]
Bet Against the S&P 500 with This Fund
The ProShares Short S&P500 (NYSEARCA:SH) provides inverse exposure to a market cap-weighted index of 500 large- and mid-cap U.S. firms selected by the S&P Index Committee. SH offers a bet against the S&P 500 and provides the liquidity required to allow investors to use it as such. The fund, like most leveraged and inverse products, […]
Behold the Power of Effective Communication
Note: Today I am proud to present to you a guest editorial by my friend and colleague Heather Wagenhals. An expert in communications, media and public speaking, Heather’s insights into how to effectively communicate are a perfect antidote for our polarized, tribalistic times. If you want to learn how to be a more effective communicator […]
Harnessing the Power of Kindness
Kindness is a powerful force. I’ve known that for some time, and the older, and hopefully wiser, I get, the more I realize it. And apparently, I’m not the only one. A few days ago, I read a story about how people underestimate the positive impacts of random acts of kindness. This story covered a […]
Small Uranium Fund Offers Unique Approach
Nuclear energy may be a daunting idea to some, but the trend toward using it is likely to continue. Next in my series on funds targeting this industry is VanEck Uranium+Nuclear Energy ETF (NLR). This fund’s holdings are a little different from those of its peers in the nuclear and uranium segments. It has fewer […]