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.

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I have a riddle for you: What is the size of a tennis court, filled with helium and might be your lifeline to the internet in the next natural disaster? Stumped? I’m not surprised. That’s...
Shares of the big technology platforms are back in vogue with investors. In the throes of a global pandemic, these companies are leveraging their advantages. On Monday, Salesforce (CRM)...
Shares of video game stocks are back to new highs even as the broader market sinks. Investors have fallen back in love with the long-term investment story. On Tuesday, Activision Blizzard (ATVI)...
COVID-19 just nipped Warren Buffet, one the world’s most revered investors. Buffet’s Berkshire Hathaway (BRK) posted a record $49.7 billion first quarter loss on Saturday as the conglomerate...
Microsoft reported earnings after the close Wednesday. They were spectacular, yet again. The surprise, for anyone who wasn’t paying attention, was how little the business is being impacted by the...
Thousands of small businesses all over the country are opening again for the first time in weeks. Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp says business owners are thrilled to be open. Patrons, according to a...
The curve is flattening. The shutdown phase of the COVID-19 pandemic is almost over. The next step, testing, is being queued up. On Friday, President Trump signed a $484 billion extension to the...
With businesses strapped on cash amid the pandemic, investors were expecting a significant decline in digital ad spending. Then, Snap Inc. (SNAP) reported their financial results. The maker of...
Sensors and next-generation software are vital components of the biggest trend in technology: the digital transformation. This trend involves reimagining business models by turning common, analog...
Restaurants and retailers all over the country have stopped accepting cash. And you can blame COVID-19 for this rapid shift away from paper to plastic. On Friday, Techcrunch reported that Google...

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.

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