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 April 1, 201902:00 PM Eastern
It’s cool now, but in the future, carrying a credit card or smartphone to tap and pay is going to seem ridiculously antiquated. Payments will happen in the background, magically.
That’s the...
By Jon D. Markman On March 29, 201904:55 PM Eastern
In recent trading sessions, investors have been faced with a series of signals that global growth could be set to slow.
The U.S. yield curve inverted, just as the yield on 10-year German...
By Jon D. Markman On March 27, 201904:00 PM Eastern
For decades, data scientists have promised better sales and bigger profits by tailoring customer experiences.
McDonald’s (MCD) announced Tuesday it was acquiring Dynamic Yield, a company that...
By Jon D. Markman On March 25, 201902:15 PM Eastern
The physical world is being transformed into bits of data. This information is being collected, analyzed and made actionable.
Lyft, the smaller competitor to Uber, is a perfect example....
By Jon D. Markman On March 22, 201903:15 PM Eastern
Demand for tech stocks swept the Street over the past week as investors decided to go all-in for risk following a Federal Reserve decision on interest rates that could not have been more dovish...
By Jon D. Markman On March 20, 201904:00 PM Eastern
Imagine the possibilities when computing might is no longer tied to the device on your desktop or in your pocket.
That’s the promise when the data center is the platform.
Google became the...
By Jon D. Markman On March 18, 201905:45 PM Eastern
Automation is being sold to us as a panacea.
Removing irrational human impulses is supposed to make planes, trains, automobiles and other machines safer.
Last week, a cutting-edge Boeing 737...
By Jon D. Markman On March 15, 201902:00 PM Eastern
Hitting new highs this week was Guardant Health (GH), which I profiled positively for my Tech Trend Trader subscribers on Feb. 7.
My pitch was rooted in the long-term potential of its liquid...
By Jon D. Markman On March 13, 201904:44 PM Eastern
Most consumers don’t know it, but they are pawns in a larger debate over privacy.
The popularity of Foursquare — a mobile app that lets users “check in” to locations and recommends other local...
By Jon D. Markman On March 11, 201904:00 PM Eastern
Imagine a squadron of battle-ready drones flying alongside U.S. military fighter jets. But it’s not a video game. Rather, it’s part of a Pentagon plan to reduce costs.
The Air...
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.
