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 August 7, 201902:00 PM Eastern
There is a huge opportunity in business-to-business payments that nobody is talking about.
Bloomberg reported Tuesday that Mastercard (MA) agreed to pay $3.2 billion for a digital payments...
By Jon D. Markman On August 5, 201902:00 PM Eastern
Digital transformation is the single biggest investment theme in a generation. It is changing the way every business makes decisions.
You probably know FICO as a place where you can go to see...
By Jon D. Markman On August 2, 201902:00 PM Eastern
Stocks went from the penthouse to the basement Thursday in less than an hour after President Trump said the U.S. will impose additional tariffs on China next month.
The Dow Industrials and S&P...
By Jon D. Markman On July 31, 201902:00 PM Eastern
It may seem unlikely now, but cars and trucks are about to get electrified in a big way.
That’s the takeaway from a research note published Tuesday by Morgan Stanley. The venerable investment...
By Jon D. Markman On July 29, 201902:00 PM Eastern
Privacy has become a big deal. Government regulators are moving to squash indiscretions and protect consumers while preserving constitutional liberties … a tall task.
Last week, the Federal...
By Jon D. Markman On July 26, 201902:00 PM Eastern
Stocks came under pressure after the European Central Bank hinted its intent to cut interest rates for the first time since early 2016.
Investors are taking the news as a sign that the global...
By Jon D. Markman On July 24, 201902:00 PM Eastern
U.S. tech giants are now hopelessly tangled in the China trade war. And there is no easy way out.
The Wall Street Journal reported Monday that executives from seven leading tech firms met with...
By Jon D. Markman On July 22, 201904:00 PM Eastern
Its iconic dating apps changed how people meet, date and form relationships. Now Match Group (MTCH) is brazenly flexing its muscles.
Bloomberg reported Friday that the Dallas company has begun...
By Jon D. Markman On July 19, 201902:00 PM Eastern
DataTrek Research analysts observe that many investors are mystified as to why the Federal Reserve would want to cut near-term interest rates in the midst of a strong U.S. economy.
They argue...
By Jon D. Markman On July 17, 201902:00 PM Eastern
It might seem like a particularly bad time to be an investor in big tech.
President Trump casually announced yesterday morning that his administration would look into accusations Google has been...
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.
