Jim Woods
Seeking Solace in an Equal-Weight Cybersecurity ETF
This article is the fifth in a series exploring equal-weight ETFs. After a plethora of cybersecurity-related incidents perpetrated by both state and non-state actors around the globe against the United States, Europe and beyond, the importance of cybersecurity defenses and countermeasures in both national and corporate security has been thrust into the limelight. As a […]
Digesting a Tide Pod
A few years back, the mainstream news was packed with the absurdity of a new game being played by adolescents called the “Tide Pod Challenge.” This “game” involved kids eating the Tide laundry detergent pods, despite the fact that eating them was poisonous, dangerous and even lethal. Moreover, they filmed themselves doing it. Aww, such […]
Presenting a Pure Play on the Booming Biotech Industry
This article is the fourth in a series exploring equal-weight ETFs The SPDR S&P Biotech ETF (NYSEARCA:XBI) seeks to provide investment results that, before fees and expenses, correspond generally to the total return performance of the S&P Biotechnology Select Industry Index. The exchange-traded fund (ETF) seeks to provide exposure to the Biotechnology segment of the S&P […]
Some Kind of Wonderful
Today, I watched something wonderful. That something was the second space flight of Blue Origin, Jeff Bezos’ company that is dedicated to making space travel a commercial venture for individual citizens, not just professional astronauts. One citizen of note on this flight was a man who’s acutely associated with space, and he is Captain Kirk […]
Defending the Most Hated Man in America
“When both sides of the political aisle are gunning for your company, you know you are doing something right.” This Wall Street maxim is one that I created a few years ago, and I created it for times when seemingly the entire world has its sights trained on one company and/or one individual. Today, that […]
Invest in a Variety of Banks with This ETF
This article is the third in a series exploring equal-weight ETFs. Last week’s column provided insight into a non-financial equal-weight exchange-traded fund (ETF), while this one can be considered a counterpoint. This week, we are interested in financials that compose the SPDR S&P Bank ETF (KBE). This exchange-traded fund invests in banks as an industry, […]