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 1, 201804:59 PM Eastern
Big Pharma is in a rut. The industry keeps spending more and yet making fewer scientific breakthroughs.
But help is on the way.
Last week, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) announced a radical change in...
By Jon D. Markman On July 30, 201802:34 PM Eastern
Northrop Grumman (NOC) reported second-quarter financial results that topped expectations. For good measure, executives raised guidance for the rest of 2018. Yet, the stock still lost 6%.
Tough...
By Jon D. Markman On July 27, 201801:55 PM Eastern
Digital transformation is fueling incredible growth at big tech companies. But most investors still do not grasp the magnitude of the opportunity.
This week, The Wall Street Journal reported...
By Jon D. Markman On July 25, 201802:00 PM Eastern
Will General Electric (GE) ever bring good things to life again? Not if its latest quarterly results are any indication. In fact, the stock still remains mired in no-man’s land – trading for less...
By Jon D. Markman On July 23, 201803:35 PM Eastern
Prototype flying cars are everywhere. It would seem our “Jetsons”-esque future is just around the corner.
Last week, Rolls-Royce wowed the crowd at Hampshire, England’s Farnborough International...
By Jon D. Markman On July 20, 201801:55 PM Eastern
Corporate earnings are set to rise more than 20%. Productivity gains in excess of 5% of global GDP are possible. And $650 billion of new industrial spending is likely.
That’s all according to...
By Jon D. Markman On July 18, 201802:36 PM Eastern
Modern telemedicine was born in 2001 when NASA engineers were given the task of providing extended healthcare to astronauts flying 220 miles above the Earth’s surface.
The challenge was...
By Jon D. Markman On July 16, 201802:41 PM Eastern
We see it happen two or three times every quarter. Stocks and even entire sectors get routed. And it’s all thanks to rumors that Amazon (AMZN) wants to enter their market space.
Today, techs are...
By Jon D. Markman On July 13, 201801:55 PM Eastern
Gaming is a lot bigger than you think. No, I’m not talking about slot machines and blackjack. Video gaming. And thanks to a partnership between Activision Blizzard (ATVI) and Disney (DIS), it’s...
By Jon D. Markman On July 11, 201802:37 PM Eastern
Imagine cities without places to park.
Stop gasping. In the future, there will be no need.
Tomorrow’s megacities will bear only a passing resemblance to today’s. This transformation starts...
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.
