Jim Woods
The Scars of History Must Never Heal
“It was not a street anymore but a world, a time and space of falling ash and near night.” That’s how novelist Don DeLillo described lower Manhattan on September 11, 2001, in his masterpiece “Falling Man.” That novel was published six years after the attack, but the memories and the scarring on our national soul […]
Gain Inverse Exposure to the Market with this ProShares ETF
Investing expert Jim Woods presents an inverse S&P ETF.
The Truth About Tariffs
Investing expert Jim Woods cuts through the rhetoric and the bluster in order to explain the truth about tariffs.
Harnessing the Power of Energy with a Utility ETF
The Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund (NYSEARCA: XLU) is an exchange-traded fund intended to give shareholders access to the utilities segment of the economy. Specifically, XLU tracks the Utilities Select Sector Index, which, in turn, attempts to mirror the performance of the utilities sector of the S&P 500 Index. The decision of XLU’s management to […]
A Fond Farewell to a Libertarian Luminary
Mention the name “Koch” in American political circles and you’ll get reactions ranging from revulsion to loathing and from gratitude to celebration. Not surprisingly, news of the death of David Koch last Friday at age 79 elicited a wave of responses from both the political left and the political right. Just reading some of the […]
What the Business Roundtable Should Say
Investing expert Jim Woods writes about the Business Roundtable’s recent statement.