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 20, 202001:20 PM Eastern
Investors shouldn’t pay too much attention to politics. It clouds their judgement. That said, something big is happening — a new political talking point is making the rounds on both sides of the...
By Jon D. Markman On July 17, 202001:00 PM Eastern
While Google’s (Nasdaq: GOOGL, Rated “B”) Google Cloud is a distant third in the race to grab large enterprise clients, we are finally beginning to see the outline of its strategy to catch...
By Jon D. Markman On July 15, 202001:00 PM Eastern
It’s time to tell the truth: Billionaires are not like the rest of us. To their credit, they think and act differently.
Source: Daily Express
Elon Musk saw his net worth soar...
By Jon D. Markman On July 13, 202001:00 PM Eastern
For decades, political leaders all over the globe have been committed to globalization. Then, the trade war with China and the pandemic changed all of that.
Today, the world is a bunch of silos...
By Jon D. Markman On July 10, 202001:00 PM Eastern
The Nasdaq pushed to another new high Monday. The technology-heavy index is now up 14% in 2020. The gains come despite the pandemic, and with political and macroeconomic uncertainty off the...
By Jon D. Markman On July 8, 202001:00 PM Eastern
It’s not easy for small companies to breakthrough in the tech platform wars. When it happens, managers need to pounce — they need to press their advantages.
Zoom Video Communications (Nasdaq:...
By Jon D. Markman On July 6, 202001:00 PM Eastern
Enterprise software companies are in the midst of an epic growth spurt. Investors are bidding up share prices at a frantic pace.
You may have noticed Datadog (Nasdaq: DDOG, Rated “D”) shares...
By Jon D. Markman On July 3, 202001:00 PM Eastern
As you may know, we are at the beginning of a new trend toward widespread digital transformation.
One company leading the charge is MongoDB, Inc. (Nasdaq: MDB, Rated “D”). It’s a cloud-based,...
By Jon D. Markman On July 1, 202001:00 PM Eastern
Data analytics and smart sensors are ushering in innovative new businesses and revenue streams.
Sony (NYSE: SNE, Rated “B-”) is the world’s largest maker of optical sensors. On Tuesday, the...
By Jon D. Markman On June 29, 202001:00 PM Eastern
In the future, consumers will apply for and receive credit in seconds. They won’t even need a plastic credit card. Everything will be digital, always.
Actually, that is not the future at all....
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.
