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Jim Woods

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I’ve always been drawn to controversial figures. I think the reason why is because even if I disagree with their ideas, I usually admire their willingness to come out and take a resolute stand in defense of their values. Unfortunately, in the era of social media dominance and progressive cancel culture, standing up for one’s […]

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COVID-19 created a demand for advances from technology and software companies that investors may want to use to pursue profits. The Delta variant of COVID-19 may be spurring demand for services that require the latest software. So, perhaps it’s time to look at an exchange-traded fund (ETF) that offers broad exposure to large- and mid-cap […]

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Not too long ago, I wrote about investors shifting from growth and technology stocks to value stocks. At the time, the national sentiment was that the lockdown and COVID-19 pandemic would soon abate, and then things would return to normal. Now, it appears that those thoughts were premature. With the effects of the Delta variant […]

[Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve Board Building]
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Over the past few years, we’ve all come to know the phrase “Black Lives Matter.” And regardless of what you might think about the organization of the same name (I have distinctive thoughts, but that’s for another time), one thing that must be said is that they did come up with a positive branding hook […]

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The iShares China Large-Cap ETF (NYSEARCA:FXI) tracks a market-cap-weighted index of the 50 largest Chinese stocks traded on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. FXI, one of the oldest China-focused ETFs on the market, is a concentrated portfolio of 50 large-cap H-shares, P-chips and Red Chips listed in Hong Kong. Notably, mainland-listed A-shares and U.S.-listed Chinese […]

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I’m a very lucky man.  I have been blessed with myriad opportunities from an early age, with parents who took an active interest in my education and who always pushed me to be my best. In fact, my mother did so in a very shrewd way. For example, say I came home from school with […]