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

Are Family Dollar Earnings Proof Recession is Over? (FDO, BIG, DLTR, NDN)

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

On Wednesday morning, Family Dollar Stores (FDO) came out with a most impressive fiscal second-quarter financial report. The company said earnings jumped 33% over the same period a year ago, but that wasn't the only good news. The discount retailer also lifted its full-year earnings outlook to $2.48 to $2.58 a share from $2.15 to $2.35, citing strong sales momentum in the quarter as the primary reason. That sales momentum is indeed strong, as the company saw an 11% rise in same-store sales in March, the first month of its fiscal third quarter.

iPad Sales Enjoy Huge Opening Weekend

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

It was quite a weekend for Apple (AAPL) and sales of its much-hyped tablet computer, the iPad. Despite its lampooned name, the iPad sold over 300,000 units the first day, a number which included pre-orders for the device. Though the official sales numbers for the opening weekend aren't yet in, industry analysts estimate that Apple sold between 600,000 and 700,000 iPads in just two days. If this figure holds up, it would easily best the 500,000 many pundits on Wall Street were hoping for in order to declare the iPad an opening weekend success.

8 Inverse ETFs to Play the Coming Correction

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

This market is just like the Energizer Bunny -- it keeps going, and going, and going. But at some point, even this uber-energized equity bunny will need to stop and recharge its battery. When this happens, we're likely to see a correction of anywhere from 7% to 10% nearly across the board. Now, there are three ways you can respond to a correction. First, you can sell your positions and head into the safety of cash. Second, you can just ride the pullback out and hope that it doesn't turn into a bear market of the sorts we witnessed in 2008 and early 2009. Or, you can do what the smart money does and use inverse exchange-traded funds (ETFs) to collect big profits while stocks on are the retreat.

Weak BlackBerry Crop Could Make RIM the Next Palm (RIMM, AAPL, GOOG, PALM)

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

There was a time when Research In Motion (RIMM) owned the smart phone space. Its ubiquitous BlackBerry unit ruled the roost, and no other handset maker could even come close to it in terms of sales and customer loyalty. But that was then, and this is now -- with the Apple (AAPL) iPhone the gold standard and Google (GOOG) the new up-and-comer with its Android OS. That doesn't look too good for RIM, and headwinds it faces going forward could stymie the stock's progress, and that's bad news for shareholders.

Sundown for Solar Stocks LDK, FSLR, ESLR, SPWRA, STP, TSL, KWT?

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

On Tuesday, one of the solar sector's brightest companies failed to shine. China-based LDK Solar (LDK) reported a narrowed loss in its fourth quarter . A negative call by Barclays Capital back in February helped send shares of the highest profile stocks in the sector reeling, including Evergreen Solar (ESLR), First Solar (FSLR), SunPower Corp. (SPWRA), Suntech Power Holdings (STP) and Trina Solar (TSL).

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