Pivotal Point
Turning points in history and in the markets can help you transform small grubstakes into not-so-small fortunes. Or they can trip up your finances for months, even years. This free e-letter will not only keep you one step ahead of the news, but it will also help you identify the pivotal point in time when a major turn is near.
By Jon D. Markman On July 28, 202103:00 PM Eastern
Mark Zuckerberg wants Facebook, Inc. (Nasdaq: FB) to be the master of its own universe. So, he’s going all in on hardware and something he calls the “metaverse.”
The social media giant announced...
By Jon D. Markman On July 26, 202102:57 PM Eastern
Managers at Rivian, an electric truck company that has not built a single vehicle, are out scouting for a second factory location.
It helps to have investors with deep pockets and a hot...
By Jon D. Markman On July 23, 202103:00 PM Eastern
The yield on the 10-year Treasury bond hit 1.14% on Tuesday, and institutional investors completely lost their minds. Let’s take this for what it really is: a great opportunity to buy cyclicals at...
By Jon D. Markman On July 21, 202103:00 PM Eastern
Netflix, Inc. (Nasdaq: NFLX) whiffed on second-quarter financial results on Tuesday after the close.
However, that’s not the big news investors should be focusing on: The streaming giant is...
By Jon D. Markman On July 19, 202104:29 PM Eastern
The Uber-fication of the physical world is here, and consumers, unsurprisingly, do not like it one bit.
Surge pricing is great for investors, though, and it is only getting started.
The spot...
By Jon D. Markman On July 16, 202103:00 PM Eastern
Jeff Bezos, chief executive at Amazon.com, Inc. (Nasdaq: AMZN), knows how to make money for shareholders. For almost three decades, his abilities have been unrivaled.
However, since September...
By Jon D. Markman On July 14, 202103:00 PM Eastern
The biggest player in streaming media is set to take on live events. Digital is coming for the physical world, and it is a big opportunity for investors.
Netflix, Inc. (Nasdaq: NFLX) is near a...
By Jon D. Markman On July 12, 202103:00 PM Eastern
Politicians say they want to slow the dominance of big tech companies … yet many are pressing legislation that will ensure the opposite.
On Friday, President Biden signed an executive order he...
By Jon D. Markman On July 9, 202103:00 PM Eastern
Successful investing is about riding big trends. Digital transformation is the single biggest investment trend in our lifetime, and it is only getting started.
Tyler Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:...
By Jon D. Markman On July 7, 202103:00 PM Eastern
YouTube is the big winner, according to a report last week from App Annie, a mobile application analytics firm … and it’s part of an important trend. Ad-supported services now comprise seven of...
About the Editor
Jon D. Markman is winner of the prestigious Gerald Loeb Award for outstanding financial journalism and the Society of Professional Journalists' Sigma Delta Chi award. He was also on Los Angeles Times staffs that won Pulitzer Prizes for coverage of the 1992 L.A. riots and the 1994 Northridge earthquake. He invented Microsoft’s StockScouter, the world’s first online app for analyzing and picking stocks.
