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 October 25, 201902:00 PM Eastern
Stocks caromed around Wall Street like billiard balls knocked out of a rack over the past week as investors celebrated positive earnings results from major tech companies while at the same time...
By Jon D. Markman On October 23, 201902:00 PM Eastern
Cable company stocks have been surprisingly strong in 2019, and almost nobody saw it coming.
Variety reported Tuesday that Verizon (VZ) will offer a free year of Disney Plus, the House of...
By Jon D. Markman On October 21, 201902:00 PM Eastern
Self-checkout and cashier-free stores are disrupting retail. Delivery aggregators are wreaking havoc among fast-food chains. Everything is upside down.
Domino’s Pizza (DPZ), the world’s leading...
By Jon D. Markman On October 18, 201901:59 PM Eastern
Stocks fitfully gained ground Thursday in an exceptionally dull set of sessions boosted by pretty good earnings reports from Netflix (NFLX) and Morgan Stanley (MS) as well as a tentative Brexit...
By Jon D. Markman On October 16, 201902:00 PM Eastern
What if everything economists think they know about economic growth is wrong?
The problem may be the data, according to a CNBC report. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell raised the...
By Jon D. Markman On October 14, 201902:00 PM Eastern
If you’re one of those people who still believes the next Google is hiding in a garage somewhere, let me tell you the story of MapQuest.
If you’re old enough, or fluent in internet trivia, you...
By Jon D. Markman On October 11, 201902:00 PM Eastern
Stocks were back in rally mode this week after President Trump promised to give a boost to trade talks by meeting with a top Chinese official. In front of his meeting with Vice Premier Liu He...
By Jon D. Markman On October 9, 201902:00 PM Eastern
Five U.S. senators responded Tuesday to a complaint from Microsoft (MSFT) lawyers asking for clarification about the U.S.’ ban on Huawei Technologies, which was introduced by executive order in...
By Jon D. Markman On October 7, 201902:00 PM Eastern
Very soon, picking up extra work may be as easy as tapping your smartphone to call an Uber.
The Financial Times reported Thursday that Uber Technologies (UBER) is ready to launch a new service...
By Jon D. Markman On October 4, 201902:00 PM Eastern
Stocks swung like a chandelier in a windstorm this week. The Dow Industrials shed more than 800 points in just two days, as investors reacted to poor economic data tempered with excitement that...
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.
