Jim Woods

Jim Woods

Editor-in-Chief, Successful Investing, Intelligence Report, Bullseye Stock Trader

Jim Woods is the Editor-in-Chief of Successful Investing, Intelligence Report and Bullseye Stock Trader . He is a 20-plus-year veteran of the markets with varied experience as a broker, hedge fund trader, financial writer, author and newsletter editor.

His books include co-authoring “Billion Dollar Green: Profit from the Eco Revolution” and “The Wealth Shield: How to Invest and Protect Your Money from Another Stock Market Crash, Financial Crisis or Global Economic Collapse.” He’s also ghostwritten many books and articles, as well as edited content for some of the investment industry’s biggest luminaries.

His articles have appeared on many leading financial websites, including InvestorPlace.com, Main Street Investor, MarketWatch, Street Authority, Human Events and many others. Jim formerly worked with Investor’s Business Daily founder William J. O’Neil, helping to author training courses in the CANSLIM stock-picking methodology.

In the five-year period from 2009 to 2014, the independent firm TipRanks ranked Jim the No. 4 financial blogger in the world (out of more than 9,000). TipRanks calculates that during that period, he made 378 successful recommendations out of 506 total, earning a success rate of 75% and a +16.3% average return per recommendation.

He is known in professional and personal circles as “The Renaissance Man” because his expertise includes such varied fields as composing and performing music, Western horsemanship, combat marksmanship, martial arts, auto racing and bodybuilding.

Jim holds a BA in philosophy from the University of California, Los Angeles, and is a former U.S. Army paratrooper. A self-described “radical for capitalism,” he celebrates the virtue of making money from his Southern California horse ranch.

Recent Articles

Coke, Smoke and Kleenex Top 14 Dividend Stocks Increasing Payouts

By Jim Woods, Editor-in-Chief, Successful Investing, Intelligence Report, Bullseye Stock Trader

The week may have been shortened by the President’s Day holiday on Monday, but there was no shortage of dividend stocks increasing payouts.

The 3 Best Ideas From the Inside ETFs Conference

By Jim Woods, Editor-in-Chief, Successful Investing, Intelligence Report, Bullseye Stock Trader

The Inside ETFs Conference is one of the most interesting investment meetings of the year. Unlike other ETF industry gatherings, the Inside ETFs Conference, sponsored by website ETF.com, is the largest meet up in the business. With some 2,000 professional attendees all looking for the latest and greatest ways to use ETFs as part of their investment portfolios, this conference tends to generate buzz on the next wave of best ETF ideas.

Cisco Systems Tops 9 Dividend Stocks Increasing Payouts

By Jim Woods, Editor-in-Chief, Successful Investing, Intelligence Report, Bullseye Stock Trader

For this week’s bevy of dividend stocks increasing payouts, the timing against this bullish backdrop is once again fortuitous. Leading the pack higher this week was tech-giant and NASDAQ bellwether Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO).

Tesla Earnings Preview: TLSA Needs to Recharge Momentum

By Jim Woods, Editor-in-Chief, Successful Investing, Intelligence Report, Bullseye Stock Trader

TSLA stock has fallen in the last six months, but Elon Musk has a chance in tomorrow's earnings call to put investors' fears to rest. Look for what Musk says about 2015 deliveries and the company's production efficiency to drive Tesla stock forward.

GM Revs Its Engine As 8 Dividend Stocks Increase Payouts

By Jim Woods, Editor-in-Chief, Successful Investing, Intelligence Report, Bullseye Stock Trader

This week another group of big-name dividend stocks increased payouts, including an unofficial announcement from GM.

General Motors Company (GM): Earnings Preview

By Jim Woods, Editor-in-Chief, Successful Investing, Intelligence Report, Bullseye Stock Trader

The results for the final quarter of what’s been basically a good, yet recall-tarnished year for General Motors earnings will go a long way toward determining if GM stock can extricate itself from its yearlong-plus slide

Trains, Fertilizer, Copiers Lead 15 Dividend Stocks Increasing Payouts

By Jim Woods, Editor-in-Chief, Successful Investing, Intelligence Report, Bullseye Stock Trader

This week there was a bevy of big-name dividend stocks increasing payouts. From trains to fertilizer to business machines, the eclectic batch of dividend stocks increasing payouts this week was a bonanza for income investors on the hunt for high dividend yield.

Tesla Puts Pedal to the Metal in China

By Jim Woods, Editor-in-Chief, Successful Investing, Intelligence Report, Bullseye Stock Trader

Tesla plans to introduce China to the “D” and the Model X, proof Elon Musk is committed to selling in the world's second-largest economy.

Kinder Morgan, Alaska Air Lead 9 Dividend Stocks Increasing Payouts

By Jim Woods, Editor-in-Chief, Successful Investing, Intelligence Report, Bullseye Stock Trader

The European Central Bank and its bigger-than-expected QE-style bond buying scheme caused the bulls to pour back into both U.S. and European equities, and that served as a nice backdrop for nine dividend stocks increasing payouts.

Oil (Yes, Oil!) Tops 7 Dividend Stocks Increasing Payouts

By Jim Woods, Editor-in-Chief, Successful Investing, Intelligence Report, Bullseye Stock Trader

Volatility, selling, a rising U.S. dollar and especially those plunging oil prices have dominated the market landscape since the beginning of the year. Now, however, we are flying headlong into earnings season, and that means we also are likely to see a bevy of big dividend stocks increasing shareholder payouts. This week, there were six high-profile dividend stocks moving to make shareholders happier, and one of the biggest came from the battered oil sector.

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