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 February 6, 201902:00 PM Eastern
Bill Gates is really smart. Microsoft (MSFT), the company he cofounded, developed software that still powers most of the world’s personal computers. He’s also really good at predicting the...
By Jon D. Markman On January 30, 201902:00 PM Eastern
Don’t be fooled by their cute, glowing speakers and pleasing conversation. Amazon Echo and Google Home devices are Trojan horses, designed to endear and overthrow.
The Wall Street Journal ran a...
By Jon D. Markman On January 28, 201903:00 PM Eastern
Apple is cutting hundreds of workers from its self-driving car projects, according to a report from CNBC.
The news comes at an inflection point for the Silicon Valley company. iPhone sales are...
By Jon D. Markman On January 25, 201905:15 PM Eastern
You’d never know it from Microsoft’s (MSFT) press coverage, but as a company, it is kicking butt and showing the path forward for big tech.
The Redmond, Wash., software giant announced last week...
By Jon D. Markman On January 23, 201904:20 PM Eastern
Follow the money. It is true in politics, business and investing.
Right now, there is no question that the money is headed into artificial intelligence.
Gartner, a global IT research and...
By Jon D. Markman On January 18, 201901:55 PM Eastern
Imagine a world where virtual and remote objects can be manipulated as if they were sitting on a nearby table. That is the promise of fifth generation wireless.
Demos from Verizon (VZ) at CES,...
By Jon D. Markman On January 16, 201901:55 PM Eastern
Japanese nursing homes are using Doppler radar, virtual reality goggles and ultrasonic sensors strapped to patients’ abdomens to reduce healthcare costs. Welcome to the future.
Eldercare is a...
By Jon D. Markman On January 14, 201904:00 PM Eastern
Video game publishing moved to the cloud long ago. Now the world’s dominant cloud infrastructure firm wants to take the rest of the industry there, too.
Amazon.com (AMZN) is set to do to the...
By Jon D. Markman On January 11, 201906:20 PM Eastern
Imagine a car that’s capable of walking. Now picture it with long, articulating robotic legs and tubeless tires.
Hyundai unveiled Elevate at the CES technology show in Las Vegas this week. The...
By Jon D. Markman On January 9, 201904:50 PM Eastern
The largest hotel chain in the world just disclosed a giant data breach that happened in November. Some 500 million customer accounts were impacted. Later, Marriott International (MAR) said the...
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.
