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 June 26, 202001:00 PM Eastern
There’s a major opportunity taking liftoff in the space industry.
Maxar Technologies (NYSE: MAXR, Rated “D+”) announced Tuesday that it would take full control of a jointly owned 3D analytics...
By Jon D. Markman On June 24, 202001:00 PM Eastern
Sensors are playing a vital role in the new digital economy. Now, they may even help with the early diagnosis of COVID-19.
Look no further than the sensors being used in Oura’s...
By Jon D. Markman On June 22, 202001:00 PM Eastern
Decades after they were promised, truly self-driving cars are still nowhere to be found. There’s a good reason for this: Getting the technology right is hard work.
BMW Group and Mercedes Benz AG...
By Jon D. Markman On June 19, 202001:00 PM Eastern
The new season of Fortnite is almost here and it’s going to be sensational.
According to a report on Wednesday from Bloomberg, Epic Games, Fortnite’s parent company, is on the verge of raising...
By Jon D. Markman On June 17, 202001:30 PM Eastern
The regulators are taking dead aim at big technology firms. The first strike may come as a surprise.
The European Commission announced Tuesday that Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL, Rated “C+”) is the...
By Jon D. Markman On June 15, 202001:00 PM Eastern
COVID-19 has accelerated many businesses trends. The most important might be moving employees out of central offices.
A poll from Gallup finds three in five, or nearly 60% of white-collar...
By Jon D. Markman On June 12, 202002:53 PM Eastern
Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL, Rated “C+”) is having problems selling its expensive products.
To try and combat this problem, the company wants to give consumers no-interest loans to buy them.
The...
By Jon D. Markman On June 10, 202001:00 PM Eastern
Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN, Rated “C+”) has a COVID-19 problem at its warehouses. Infections are growing and an eighth employee died in May.
CNBC reported Tuesday that sources claim the ecommerce...
By Jon D. Markman On June 8, 202001:11 PM Eastern
The space race reignited last week when a SpaceX crew hooked up with the International Space Station nearly 250 miles from Earth.
The successful mission means the United States government is now...
By Jon D. Markman On June 5, 202001:12 PM Eastern
The clichés write themselves. Zoom Video Communications’ (Nasdaq: ZM, Rated “C-”) business is zooming.
The San Jose, Calif.-based company reported Wednesday that revenue growth surged 169%,...
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.
