For my radio show and newsletter readers I have posted the latest edition of the Fabian ETF Report. Armed with this extensive information on virtually the entire ETF universe, you’ll be able to glean a really sharp picture of what sectors, countries and types of ETFs are currently outperforming their peers. Perusing this extensive list [...]

As we begin 2010, we are entering what is likely a new era in the investing and financial landscape, and now is the time to prepare and execute a safe and profitable investment plan for the year ahead. It is with that in mind that I proudly invite you to tune in for this LIVE [...]

President Obama just submitted a new 10-year federal budget that has me very worried. The primary reason for my concern is tax hikes. As I expected, the mammoth $3.8 trillion budget for the next fiscal year raises taxes on businesses and upper-income households by $2 trillion over 10 years. And after what [...]

It’s not easy being in power when the electorate is riled up. President Obama certainly found that out last week in Massachusetts, where the election of Republican Scott Brown to the vacant seat of the late Ted Kennedy shattered his party’s filibuster-proof supermajority in the U.S. Senate. This week another political luminary found out that [...]

On Saturday, Jan. 9, I held my first investor teleconference of the year. This call was tremendously successful, and I want to thank all of you who called in and joined the fun. Now, if you didn’t get a chance to call in, then don’t fret. A recording of the call is available now at [...]

Join Doug Fabian for his first investment conference of the New Year. On Saturday January 9, 2010 at 12:00 pm (noon) Pacific, Doug will be discussing the investment landscape for 2010. Doug has been writing on the subject of stocks, interest rates, commodities, and currencies for decades and he is presenting a unique opportunity to learn [...]

By David R. Clarke, President, Miracle Debt Solutions If you read the economic history books, there’s not much fondness for the 1930s. This was the decade of the Great Depression, where unemployment was well over 20% for much of the time. It’s also when food lines literally stretched for miles long as many American [...]

I can’t believe it, but 2010 is just about a week away. And soon, we’ll all be resolving to not make the same mistakes we made in 2009. If you haven’t started making your financial New Year’s resolutions for 2010, let me give you a little head start. Here’s just a sneak peak at what [...]

You may not have heard this news, but Greece just had its bond rating cut to BBB from Moody’s. Now, you may be asking what the big deal is. After all, what does Greece’s credit rating have to do with my investments here at home? Well, just like you, countries have credit ratings. They [...]

You might not be thinking about taxes with the holidays now in full swing, but my friend and CPA Lee Haight called me the other day to remind me that there are several strategies I can employ before the end of the year to reduce my tax burden. Lee asked me to pull together [...]

I can’t let this Thanksgiving week go by without addressing a few things that I’m truly thankful for. On Monday, I had a great conversation with a new Successful Investing subscriber who told me that prior to joining the service he was so worried about the market and his investments that is was actually [...]

In my third installment of the five-part series, The Obama Impact on Your Money, I share with you three simple strategies to grow and protect your wealth using exchange traded funds. The world of ETF’s keeps getting better and better. We can now invest in almost any asset class, currency or country in the world. Three [...]

Today’s Federal Reserve decision to leave interest rates unchanged, and at essentially zero, came as little surprise to Wall Street. But as has become the norm on Fed decision days, the reading of the tea leaves and the parsing of the language by market pundits is in ample supply. So this week, I thought I’d [...]

Last week’s government-subsidized, 3.5% third-quarter growth in U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) may or may not be a true indicator that the economy is turning around. But if the recovery is real, it could send stocks of materials companies soaring.  If, however, we see the economy stall, we could see a slide in cyclical stocks. Whichever [...]

In my third installment of the five-part series, The Obama Impact on Your Money, I will be sharing with you three simple strategies to grow and protect your wealth using exchange traded funds. The world of ETF’s keeps getting better and better. We can now invest in almost any asset class, currency or country in [...]

One clear sign that a market has reached the top is a rotation of market leadership. When sectors that have led the market higher begin to falter, and when laggard sectors begin to show signs of life, you know that a changing of the guard is underway. Over the past 30 days we’ve seen several [...]

Last week I read a fascinating post on the blog of one of my favorite pundits, Mike Shedlock, better known to his audience as “Mish.” In his post, Mish analyzed my friend and fellow market pundit John Mauldin’s recent article on how to solve the nation’s fiscal mess. John offers up some insightful [...]

I just completed a special live conference call discussing real estate financing. Interest rates are near all time lows and you may not have thought about your mortgage since the last time you purchased your home or refinanced. But trust me when I tell you that now is the time to review your mortgage [...]

Whenever I need an update on the current real estate and mortgage rate environment, I turn to my trusted experts at Miracle Mortgage Corp. Today we have a special treat from Miracle Mortgage President John Doan, who lets us in on his keen insights straight from the mortgage front. Take it away, John. The [...]

I am proud to announce the addition of John Doan and his team at Miracle Mortgage as the latest sponsor of my radio program. John has many years of experience in the mortgage industry and is an expert that I turn to for any mortgage related matters. I encourage all of my listeners [...]

Although exchange-traded-funds (ETFs) are finding their way into the portfolios of many investors, they have yet to make much headway in 401(k) retirement plans. But that situation could start to change. If current drawbacks to using ETFs in 401(k) plans are resolved, the ETF industry would gain increased working capital, heightened revenues and earnings, and [...]

Change. That’s been candidate Obama, and now President Obama’s, rallying cry ever since he vaulted into the political limelight. Well, one thing you have to give the president credit for is his willingness to stick to his guns. You see, if “change” is what you voted for last November, you should consider [...]

I’ve never been the kind of guy who responds well to scare tactics. In fact, it takes a lot for me to start climbing the wall of worry. So when I tell you that I am worried about what I think is a looming, and very dangerous, currency crisis, well, let’s just say that I [...]

As a followup to my presentation at the San Francisco Money Show I have posted the latest edition of my PowerPoint The Seven Secrets of Success for ETF Investors for everyone to view.   Click below to download this PDF. Seven Secrets of Success for ETF Investors – August 2009 Best of luck in your investing endeavors. Share and [...]

This weekend I am heading off to one of my favorite cities in the world, the incomparable San Francisco, California. I will be there for the annual investor summit by the Bay, otherwise known as the San Francisco Money Show. At the show, I will be making several presentations on ETFs and how investors can [...]

Subscribers to my investment newsletters and trading services know about my passion for exchange-traded funds (ETFs). During the past several months, I have provided you with features relevant to investors who are looking to improve their portfolios with a variety of funds that are both diversified and cost efficient. Now, I want to get back [...]

I’m a big advocate of taking personal responsibility for the things that go wrong in your life. Usually, what you achieve and what you fail to achieve is directly related to how much effort you’ve put into a given endeavor. I know there are always circumstances beyond one’s control, but the key to leading a [...]

The 44th president has been in office now for nearly six months, and so far his rather ambitious agenda has me very concerned. Regardless of which side of the political aisle you sit, there’s no denying the president’s goals are increased government involvement in the economy. This increased involvement includes more stimulus spending, [...]

The literati out there will likely remember the famous refrain, “The best of all possible worlds,” from Voltaire’s master work, Candide. In the novel, Voltaire set out to expose what he considered a fallacious line of thinking proffered by the philosopher Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz. According to Leibniz, because God is both good and [...]

If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck and quacks like a duck—then it’s probably a duck. We’ve all heard this little common-sense gem, yet when it comes to investing, many people have a hard time telling the ducks from the swans. Nowhere is this case of mistaken identity more pronounced than when [...]

It’s not often that you get to interview a former governor, former presidential candidate and radio and TV talk show host all at the same time, but that’s just what I had the privilege of doing recently when I interviewed Mike Huckabee for my radio show. Gov. Huckabee is a very gracious gentleman who is also [...]

Join me at the American Association of Individual Investors (AAII) seminar on Saturday June 20, 2009 at the Skirball Center in Los Angeles, CA. My topic will be: ETF Strategies in a Difficult Market. How to generate income from Exchange-Traded funds How to build a portfolio of ETFs around an investment theme How to use inverse [...]

The just-released 2009 Social Security Trustees Report shows that the recent economic woes have had a big negative impact on the Social Security budget. The report projects that by 2016 Social Security spending will exceed the revenue it receives each year from all of us. But just how bad is the situation? Social Security is a [...]

It’s time again for our quarterly lemon-squeezing ritual. That’s right, it’s time for us to expose the worst-performing mutual funds for what they really are — sour investment vehicles that will make your portfolio pucker. For Q1 2009, the Mutual Fund Lemon List contains 2,335 mutual funds totaling $718 billion in assets! Now to be classified [...]

Many of my Fabian Wealth Strategies clients have expressed a big fear about the threat posed to their financial well-being from inflation. This justifiable fear has been engendered by the huge expansion of the federal budget, and the huge increase in government spending. This governmental intervention in the economy was ostensibly done to [...]

We are now in history-making economic times. In the last 18 months, most investors large and small have suffered catastrophic losses. The recent rebound in the equity markets has given some relief and hope that the future may be improving but there is still great concern for our economy. HOW your money is being managed going [...]

Have you lost faith in your financial advisor? Does his or her insistence on “staying the course” make you feel like they don’t have your best interest at heart? If so, then it’s time for you to get a second opinion. If you find yourself holding a bull market portfolio in the midst of [...]

Today is tax day, a dreary day for most Americans—especially if you have the skills, ability and fortitude to earn a substantial amount of money each year. Yes, this is the day the government says, in essence, pay up, sucker! Now you’ve probably heard about the many tax “tea parties” being held today throughout our [...]

Millions of people have seen their 401(k)s, IRAs and stock market portfolios hammered by the current bear market. As the S&P 500 and the Dow slid further and further last year, many investors flocked to so-called bear market funds. The general philosophy behind bear market funds is to take advantage of market slumps by investing [...]

Today’s stock market beast is not the same animal it was a decade ago. In fact, the pace of change has been relentless in recent years, and even the most conscientious individual investor has had a tough time keeping up with the all of the financial market upheaval. If you’re managing your own money, are you [...]

Just because we don’t know what the market’s future will bring doesn’t mean we can’t make a few proclamations about the nature of markets, and the operation of market psychology. First, whenever you get big sell offs like we’ve seen so far in 2009, and for that matter since Nov. 2008, a buying opportunity—even if only [...]

Mutual funds control the majority of Americans’ retirement assets through 401(k)s, IRAs and annuities. Sadly, a gullible public has bought into the idea that steady investments in mutual funds, regardless of market conditions, is the way to make their financial dreams come true. This is one of the biggest fallacies of investing, and why mutual funds [...]

David Fabian, Vice President of Fabian Wealth Strategies, was recently quoted in Investors Business Daily on the bullish case for commodity ETFs during one of the worst bear markets in recent history. Click here to read the full story. Share and Enjoy:

David Fabian, Vice President of Fabian Wealth Strategies, was recently quoted in Investors Business Daily concerning the bubble in treasury bond ETFs and offered several alternatives for investors seeking ways to play the bond market right now. Click here to read the full story. Share and Enjoy:

It’s no secret that most 401(k)-type retirement plans are in shambles as a result of the recent market meltdown. And while there is no simple, quick-fix solution for an ailing 401(k), 403(b) or 457 plan, if you have the ability to self-direct your retirement assets there is a way to put yourself on the [...]

The U.S. national debt is more than $5 trillion and those of us who pay taxes are on the hook for it. To give you an idea about the gargantuan U.S. debt load, the government owes its creditors more money than the annual gross domestic product of any other country in the world. To finance [...]

Ever since President Obama took his place in the big chair at the Oval Office, I’ve been inundated with questions about where best to invest for the Obama era. And while I think that historically speaking, no president has all that much influence on events in the stock market, I do think current conditions in [...]

Although exchange-traded-funds (ETFs) are finding their way into the portfolios of many investors, they have yet to make much headway in 401(k) retirement plans. But that situation could start to change. If current drawbacks to using ETFs in 401(k) plans are resolved, the ETF industry would gain increased working capital, heightened revenues and earnings, and [...]

According to the SEC’s Office of Investor Education published statistics, over 50% of investors seek the advice of some type of advisor when making financial decisions. If you have an advisor managing your money after a volatile year of losses in 2008… how do you know you have the right advisor? It may never be more [...]

It’s time to start looking at the roadmap. The roadmap I am speaking of here is the financial roadmap for 2009. Unlike planning a road trip, knowing where you are going to turn before you start doesn’t apply to investing. Nobody can predict all of the twists, turns, and forks in the [...]