Jim Woods
Profiting From the Rise of Online Retail
Are brick-and-mortar stores on the way out? After all, with the rise of Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) and the shift to online retail companies as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, it seems like the old American pastime of going to the mall in order to buy the goods that we want or need may be […]
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Embracing the Giving Season
The holidays are the giving season, and it is called the giving season for good reason. You see, it’s estimated that about 30% of annual donations occur between Thanksgiving and the start of the new year, with the majority of those gifts being sent in the final three days of the year. This year, I’m […]
Sadness Amidst the Benevolent Universe
The year is nearly over, and compared to 2020, 2021 has been a relative return to normalcy. I mean, despite this year’s political, social and pandemic tumult and flare-ups, compared to the previous year, we actually got to navigate some pretty tame waters. Yet, in reflecting back on the events in my life that happened […]
Shopping for a Broad-based Retail ETF?
The SPDR S&P Retail ETF (NYSEARCA:XRT) tracks a broad-based, equal-weighted index of stocks in the U.S. retail industry. XRT uses equal weighting rather than market-cap weighting to make radical differences in exposure and performance compared to its peers. The effect of equal weighting in XRT is keener than some other equal-weighted funds because it draws […]
The High Velocity Options Solution
“It’s good to keep your options open.” That’s one of the many slices of advice my father was fond of raining down on me in my youth. And though it is somewhat of a cliché, it’s also a pretty sound way to live. You see, what you want in life are choices, because the more […]
A Fund That Profits from Real Estate Trends
COVID-19 has done a number on the real estate market. In many places, the sellers’ market exacerbated by COVID-19 still persists, and that can make things difficult for people or businesses looking to secure a location. So, those individuals and businesses that already own real estate, whether to sell or in this case primarily rent, […]