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 17, 201902:00 PM Eastern
This might be the greatest time ever for shareholders. A perfect storm is on the horizon. The tailwinds are going to be amazing.
Many investors don’t realize it yet, but the great digital...
By Jon D. Markman On June 14, 201902:00 PM Eastern
Mary Meeker, the celebrated internet analyst, published her annual “Internet Trends” report Monday. The 2019 edition is a 333-slide presentation filled with insights and inconvenient truths about...
By Jon D. Markman On June 12, 201902:00 PM Eastern
During the course of only five trading sessions, investors flipped from worrying about the economy, trade and regulation … to optimism. Stocks that looked like short-sale candidates are making new...
By Jon D. Markman On June 10, 201902:00 PM Eastern
What do tariffs, Mexico, Europe and the defense industry have in common?
President Trump tweeted Saturday that the U.S. and Mexico reached a deal to avert new tariffs. The Mexicans will send...
By Jon D. Markman On June 7, 201902:00 PM Eastern
In the U.S., China and the Eurozone, the idea that lower interest rates alone could heal economic injuries created in trade wars has taken root.
In the short term, it seems to be working. Stocks...
By Jon D. Markman On June 5, 201902:00 PM Eastern
There is an adage that cautions about planting seeds of discontent. You reap what you sow.
The Verge reported Tuesday that a pair of smartphone app developers are seeking class-action status to...
By Jon D. Markman On June 3, 201902:00 PM Eastern
It’s here: Politicians have been itching for greater oversight of big technology. Now the wheels have been set in motion.
The Washington Post reported Friday that the Federal Trade Commission...
By Jon D. Markman On May 31, 201902:05 PM Eastern
The markets got off to another rocky start Friday after President Trump tweeted that the U.S. will impose a 5% tariff on Mexican imports.
This tariff would start June 10, increase 5% a month,...
By Jon D. Markman On May 29, 201902:00 PM Eastern
It may not feel like it, but China and the U.S. are in the midst of a cold war.
According to a CNBC report, the global technology sector is completely dependent on 17 rare metals that are mostly...
By Jon D. Markman On May 24, 201902:00 PM Eastern
Stocks wriggled all week after new flare-ups in U.S.-China trade tensions undercut investors’ expectations that a resolution was around the corner.
Shares of technology, industrial and financial...
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.
