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 January 19, 201802:00 PM Eastern
It is happening. Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are crashing.
Well, sort of.
This week Bitcoin sank below $10,000. It’s down from $21,000 a month ago, in a perfect storm of investor...
By Jon D. Markman On January 17, 201802:00 PM Eastern
Big is the new black. Or maybe it’s the new oil. Regardless of the euphuism, for corporations, big is definitely the way to go. And that realization is changing everything.
This week, Google...
By Jon D. Markman On January 12, 201802:00 PM Eastern
Cryptocurrency prices kicked off 2018 with a fantastic run-up. But now, cryptocurrency infrastructure is under attack from the powers-that-be. As a result, digital coins everywhere are...
By Jon D. Markman On January 10, 201802:00 PM Eastern
Something big is happening. The very nature of commerce is changing. And it is happening fast.
This week, The Wall Street Journal ran a story about Samsung’s capital spending. In 2017, the...
By Jon D. Markman On January 8, 201802:00 PM Eastern
It is a crazy time. Everywhere you look, there seems to be a bubble forming. Cryptocurrencies, commodities and global stocks are all soaring.
And it is not just the gains. It is the velocity....
By Jon D. Markman On January 5, 201802:00 PM Eastern
There is a new way to get rich. It is as simple as creating digital money.
Chris Larsen, the co-founder of Ripple — a real-time, digital payment network — is now the fifth-richest person in...
By Jon D. Markman On January 3, 201802:00 PM Eastern
Naysayers. It is the beginning of the year, so they are out in full force. They are the people telling you about all the great technology advances that didn’t happen in 2017.
Last...
By Jon D. Markman On December 29, 201702:00 PM Eastern
Trading near $14,000, Bitcoin is up 1,500% this year. And still, most investors would be hard-pressed to explain the monetary unit in a paragraph or two.
Cryptocurrencies are decentralized,...
By Jon D. Markman On December 27, 201702:00 PM Eastern
The holiday shopping season is drawing to an end. The next part is much harder: sorting the unwanted stuff, and getting it returned to the sellers.
Given the rise of online shopping, buyers...
By Jon D. Markman On December 22, 201702:00 PM Eastern
An Amtrak passenger train headed southbound from Seattle to Portland derailed earlier this week. Traveling at 80 mph on a stretch of track designated for 30 mph traffic, the commuter train...
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.
