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 22, 201801:55 PM Eastern
The world’s most-populous country is embracing the robot revolution, and all that goes with it.
Last week, 533,000 visitors packed the World Robot Conference in Beijing. The western media...
By Jon D. Markman On August 20, 201802:00 PM Eastern
Emergent technology can be a wrecking ball. Now Detroit is in line. Your father’s car companies are about to be leveled.
Last month, the Detroit Free Press reported Ford Motor (F) is undergoing...
By Jon D. Markman On August 17, 201802:00 PM Eastern
Visionary leaders see paths to riches, where others are blind. They think differently and build innovative products and businesses that few others could possibly dream of.
Bloomberg reported on...
By Jon D. Markman On August 16, 201801:55 PM Eastern
Editor’s note: YouTube is about to pass Facebook to become the second-most-visited website in the U.S. But parent company Alphabet’s success is thanks to more than just clicks and eyeballs. As Jon...
By Jon D. Markman On August 15, 201801:55 PM Eastern
In dystopian science fiction novels, the powers-that-be know everything. Data from billions of sources gets silently collected, neatly collated and then stored in omnipotent networks.
The New...
By Jon D. Markman On August 13, 201801:55 PM Eastern
It is called the last mile, and it’s crucial to the future of all commerce. Yet most investors have never heard of it. There lies an opportunity.
Last week, Bloomberg ran a story about a startup...
By Jon D. Markman On August 10, 201802:40 PM Eastern
In this fast-moving era of big business, little guys can succeed. But they’d better have a bulletproof idea, and a platform to die for.
This week, Roku Inc. (ROKU), best known for its streaming...
By Jon D. Markman On August 8, 201801:55 PM Eastern
Politicians may have left the table, but U.S. corporations are racing to get a bigger share of the Chinese economy.
Bloomberg reported on Friday that Alphabet (GOOGL) was in talks with Tencent...
By Jon D. Markman On August 6, 201801:55 PM Eastern
Imagine a world without wires. Messaging, phone calls and media all streaming magically to all of your screens, anywhere. It is a cord-cutter’s dream.
Amazon.com (AMZN) announced on Thursday...
By Jon D. Markman On August 3, 201802:52 PM Eastern
It is Economics 101. The best business model involves strong sales and high profit margins. Sadly, the combination almost never happens.
Apple (AAPL) almost got there in the past quarter. 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.
