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 December 30, 202011:42 AM Eastern
Investors finally have a reason to cheer Intel Corp. (Nasdaq: INTC), but not for reasons you’d think. The renewed optimism is due to the potential dismantling of the legendary semiconductor...
By Jon D. Markman On December 28, 202001:00 PM Eastern
It must be the end of the year, because experts are on television making their case why high flying some stocks will surely plummet in 2021.
This month Aswath Damodaran, a distinguished...
By Jon D. Markman On December 25, 202001:00 PM Eastern
Digital transformation winners are hard to come by, but I want to talk about two firms that need to be considered by all investors: SailPoint Technologies Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: SAIL) and Appian...
By Jon D. Markman On December 23, 202001:00 PM Eastern
Editas Medicine, Inc. (Nasdaq: EDIT), CRISPR Therapeutics AG (Nasdaq: CRSP) and Intellia Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: NTLA) shot to new highs Monday.
That’s because, on Friday, Catherine Wood,...
By Jon D. Markman On December 21, 202001:10 PM Eastern
The future of money is cashless.
The growth of e-commerce and the ease of sending money online means the transition from physical to digital money was going to happen sooner than later. From...
By Jon D. Markman On December 18, 202001:00 PM Eastern
I first wrote about Inseego Corp. (Nasdaq: INSG), a maker of telecommunication devices, back in October 2018. At the time, the company had inked a big deal to supply fifth-generation wireless...
By Jon D. Markman On December 16, 202001:50 PM Eastern
As more of commerce and government move online, cybersecurity has become obligatory — yet it has been very hit and miss for investors.
On Monday, Managers at SolarWinds Corp. (NYSE: SWI)...
By Jon D. Markman On December 14, 202012:41 PM Eastern
Big stock market moves are always about a change in narrative. Some healthcare stocks are undergoing one of those changes. And it started in a computer lab in London, England.
DeepMind is an...
By Jon D. Markman On December 11, 202009:38 AM Eastern
It’s one thing when a company brings new tech to the market in order to stand out. It’s another when a company must adapt from older, outdated strategies to survive.
What has taken place in the...
By Jon D. Markman On December 9, 202010:45 AM Eastern
Palantir Technologies Inc. (NYSE: PLTR) was an extremely attractive IPO last month because investors dramatically underestimated the financial leverage of its software platform. Now the opposite...
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.
