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 March 25, 202001:00 PM Eastern
If you are old enough to remember the Beatles singing “When I’m Sixty-Four,” your prayers have been answered. Researchers have found a way to reverse the aging process.
According to the paper...
By Jon D. Markman On March 23, 202003:29 PM Eastern
Telemedicine is one of those face-palm ideas. Having doctors diagnose patients using videoconference technology is a no-brainer. It should be everywhere.
It turns out it took a global pandemic...
By Jon D. Markman On March 20, 202001:00 PM Eastern
Social distancing is pushing thousands of enterprise employees out of office towers and into makeshift home offices. It’s a big trend that may last several quarters as the battle to contain the...
By Jon D. Markman On March 18, 202001:40 PM Eastern
The world’s business model has changed overnight: We’ve been cooped up, self-isolated, working from home or simply left with nowhere to go as businesses shutter.
As people prepare for this...
By Jon D. Markman On March 16, 202012:45 PM Eastern
Bill Gates made a career out of being several steps ahead of the next big thing. Now he’s racing to help policymakers avoid catastrophe.
The billionaire philanthropist stepped down from his...
By Jon D. Markman On March 13, 202001:00 PM Eastern
It’s been a rough month for tech stocks. The Nasdaq is down 18.2% since early February and almost 12% over the past five days.
To say that stock crashes are never much fun is an understatement....
By Jon D. Markman On March 11, 202001:28 PM Eastern
Washington lawmakers are set to take another whack at end to end encryption. It could make everyone less safe.
A bipartisan group of United States Senators introduced EARN IT on Tuesday. This...
By Jon D. Markman On March 9, 202002:00 PM Eastern
The new BMW i4 doesn’t seem real. Its matte finishes and sedate styling seem out of character for a car company focused on drivers.
The sports sedan was supposed to debut last week at the Geneva...
By Jon D. Markman On March 6, 202012:00 PM Eastern
One of the few positives to come from the coronavirus is investors now have a better appreciation of businesses that monetize time.
Facebook (FB), Alphabet (GOOGL) and Netflix (NFLX) do this...
By Jon D. Markman On March 4, 202001:00 PM Eastern
The entire business world is in the midst of a giant transition.
For plenty of good reasons, remote employment is a growing trend across the corporate world. Though many in the corporate world...
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.