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 September 15, 201702:00 PM Eastern
You may have noticed that the way we travel from Point A to Point B is changing. And this is already impacting fossil fuels.
Last week, China said it’s working on a date to stop selling gas...
By Jon D. Markman On September 13, 201702:00 PM Eastern
Last week, Warren Buffett collected on a $1 million bet with Ted Seides, a hedge fund manager at Protégé Partners.
In 2007, the famed investor and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway wagered that an...
By Jon D. Markman On September 6, 201702:00 PM Eastern
There is a revolution underway. You can’t see it. You are not supposed to. But it’s happening, and the implications are profound.
Credit Amazon.com (AMZN). The online giant changed the way...
By Jon D. Markman On September 1, 201702:00 PM Eastern
Several years ago, some medical researchers predicted nanomachines would instantly zap cancers and other internal ailments. At the time, the idea seemed far-fetched, at best.
That’s because...
By Jon D. Markman On August 30, 201702:00 PM Eastern
The future of spying arrived while you weren’t looking. The new eye-in-the-sky isn’t some shiny satellite. It’s not even a plane or a helicopter.
Drones make perfect super-snoopers.
They are...
By Jon D. Markman On August 28, 201702:00 PM Eastern
In an era dominated by energy-sipping, self-driving wannabes, there is something oddly satisfying about a Ferrari.
Last week, the company Enzo Ferrari carved out of Alfa Romeo in 1939,...
By Jon D. Markman On August 25, 201702:00 PM Eastern
Something amazing has happened to consumer electronics.
Companies can update their product software and enhance its features for many years after you take your new purchase home.
You might...
By Jon D. Markman On August 23, 201702:00 PM Eastern
Electric propulsion goes mainstream. Quietly, big parts of the industrial complex are plugging in.
You could easily mistake the Sun Flyer for many other small planes, like a Cessna or a Piper.
...
By Jon D. Markman On August 21, 201702:00 PM Eastern
Most stocks suck. I have been saying it for a long time. It has nothing to do with markets, or even with the economy.
Last week, Foot Locker (FL) reported terrible results. Shares in the...
By Jon D. Markman On August 18, 201702:00 PM Eastern
Industrial designers dream about products free of buttons and wired connections. Sadly, function always gets in the way.
That is likely to change. Samsung, Foxconn and other firms are...
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.
