No doubt you have been reading the negative news on the economy. How can you not, it’s everywhere! We just witnessed a slowdown in economic growth, and recently we saw second-quarter GDP revised downward. No doubt you have seen the downbeat news on the housing front, as overall sales and home prices are ounce again headed [...]

What’s past is often prologue, and this Shakespearean phrase (from “The Tempest” for my fellow literary cohorts) certainly applies to financial markets. So when assessing the market’s future, it often helps to look through the lens of historical precedent. One way to do this is to take note of key times in the [...]

Our latest high yield special report focuses on a dozen stocks and funds that are currently yielding more than 6% annually. We have broken these funds down into three high yield investment categories and included detailed descriptions about each one. In these uncertain economic times we are committed to providing investors independent, thorough and current [...]

Over the course of the last several years, I’ve been telling you about the threat that deflation (as opposed to inflation) may pose to your serious money. Well, it seems as though now I am not the only money manager concerned with the threat of inflation. According to an article in The Wall Street Journal [...]

It’s summer, and the weather is heating up all across America.  To cool off, many people will pour themselves a tall glass of ice-cold lemonade.  Hey, I think it’s fine if your lemons get squeezed into lemonade, but what isn’t fine is if you have lemons in your investment portfolio. The lemons I’m talking about here [...]

Earlier today, President Obama signed into law the Dodd-Frank financial overhaul bill. The new law, commonly known as FinReg, is designed to protect the public from financial malfeasance on the part of financial institutions. Ostensibly, the bill deals with macro concepts such as “systemic risk” and “too big to fail.” Yet I [...]

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 [...]

Join me Saturday, July 10, at 12:00 p.m. (noon) Pacific Standard Time, for a FREE discussion of the rapidly changing 2010 financial markets. In this teleseminar, “Mid-Year Review and Market Outlook,” I will be speaking about how you should position your portfolio for what promises to be a tumultuous second half of 2010. As you’ve likely [...]

On May 6, the market experienced something it really never has seen before. The huge “flash crash” that caused the Dow to swing more than 1,000 points in a little more than an hour represented the second-largest, one-day point decline (998.5 points) on an intraday basis in Dow Jones Industrial Average history. There’s been a lot [...]

I recently read an article in The Wall Street Journal that proffered the theory that there are seven reasons why investors shouldn’t dump international equity funds. Some of the key points in the article are that the euro has already fallen way off its highs, and therefore cannot go down much more. The [...]

Two weeks ago I sent you an update on the financial markets concerning the cross of the S&P 500 Index below the 200-day average. This is what’s known as a “sell signal” within the parameters of the Fabian Plan. As a follow-up to that message I have created a brief 10 minute powerpoint [...]

To give you a bit more perspective on the Fabian Plan and just how effective it’s been throughout the years, I wanted to show you something we call “Great Moments in Fabian History.” This is a rundown of some of the major events that have unfolded in the financial markets during the past three decades, [...]

Listen to my latest audio special report recorded on Saturday, May 15,2010. In this seminar, Sound Fixed-Income Strategies in an Uncertain World, I outline the conservative fixed-income strategies that I am implementing during this time of unprecedented financial challenges. No doubt you’ve been following the news of late in Europe. The continent is facing a crisis [...]

Join me on Saturday, May 15, at 12:00 p.m. (noon) Pacific Standard Time, for a FREE discussion of the rapidly change financial markets in 2010. In this teleseminar, Sound Fixed-Income Strategies in an Uncertain World, I will be speaking about conservative fixed-income strategies that I am implementing during this time of unprecedented financial challenges. No doubt [...]

In a recent radio show broadcast, I offered my listeners a free special report, The Top 10 Fixed Income ETFs for 2010. I made this report available for free, because I believe most fixed-income investors are using the wrong investment vehicles to achieve their goals. Many people still are using expensive mutual funds and/or [...]

Airlines and their related exchange-traded funds (ETFs) recently got a boost, as they hit 52-week highs, given lift by the broader market rally. The recent Icelandic volcano eruption kept European flights grounded for a number of major carriers and caused the share prices of those companies to dip. The question is whether airline stocks will [...]

First it was Greece, and then it was Portugal, now it’s Spain. Of course, I am talking here about the recent debt downgrades in these three PIIGS nations. PIIGS is the market acronym that stands for Portugal, Italy, Ireland, Greece and Spain, and so far three of these five little piggies have been [...]

Last week, we received the news that Wall Street icon Goldman Sachs had come under investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission (S.E.C.) for allegedly misleading its customers by withholding “vital information” about a synthetic collateralized debt obligation (CDO) named Abacus. The news rocked the market, but in the days following the Friday Goldman [...]

Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd (D-Conn.) has been all over the media lately with his plans to impose new regulation on the financial industry. One of the proposed changes to the current body of regulatory law includes the potential of designating brokers and other financial advisers as fiduciaries. Now, you may have [...]

Join me on Saturday, March 6, at 12:00 p.m. (noon) Pacific Standard Time, for a FREE update on the financial markets in 2010. In this teleseminar, titled “Return of the Bear Market,” I will be offering my opinion on how you should be managing your assets as we navigate these choppy market waters. Let’s face it, [...]

In the following interview I sat down with my CPA, Lee Haight on February 9, 2010 to discuss three subjects that tax payers need to focus on: 1. 2009 tax return preparation 2. 2010 tax planning 3. Roth IRA conversion opportunities Please click below to access this recording in either WMA or MP3 format: Listen in Windows [...]

As of yesterday we’ve seen the U.S. equity markets drop more than 7% from their January highs, and this kind of sharp pullback has me proceeding with extreme caution. But it’s not just the domestic market that’s been hit with a selling wave. International markets have retreated even further off their highs, with several major [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]