By Sean Brodrick On June 28, 202107:00 AM Eastern
By Sean Brodrick with Sam Blumenfeld
If you’re wondering what the single biggest driver of the stock market currently is ... I’ll give you a hint.
It isn’t the overall health of the...
By Beth Canova On June 27, 202112:00 PM Eastern
Tokenization is the process of turning a meaningful piece of data, such as an account number, into a random string of characters, called a token, that has no meaningful value if breached. Tokens...
By Jon D. Markman On June 27, 202106:00 AM Eastern
Inflation concerns? Put them to rest.
According to Jon Markman, senior analyst and editor of Jon Markman’s Pivotal Point, “2021 could go down as one of the best years for the stock market in...
By Tony Sagami On June 25, 202104:02 PM Eastern
One of the people I work with recently put her house on the market. Within 24 hours, she got four offers. Every offer was all cash, sight unseen, and even waived inspection. If you know anyone in...
By Sam Blumenfeld On June 25, 202103:00 PM Eastern
• Bitcoin (BTC, Tech/Adoption Grade “A-”) is 5% lower today, and it currently trades around $33,000.
• Ethereum (ETH, Tech/Adoption Grade “A”) has dropped another 7% in today’s trading, and...
By Jon D. Markman On June 25, 202102:58 PM Eastern
Stocks started higher today as traders look past bad economic data points and focus on the good ones.
The government’s core personal consumption expenditures index, a favorite gauge of the...
In our last issue, we recommended you sell a July Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund (NYSE: XLU, Rated “C+”) put option with a strike price of $63 (XLU210716P00063000). We estimate you got a price...
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says President Joe Biden’s $4 trillion spending plan won’t cause inflation. Her theory: Since the money will be spent on infrastructure, it will not spur...
By Jon D. Markman On June 25, 202106:58 AM Eastern
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said last week that the central bank was beginning the discussion about raising short-term interest rates.
This week, he said inflation was transitory....
By Jon D. Markman On June 25, 202106:28 AM Eastern
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Schedule: Next week I am heading down to our house in Mammoth Lakes, Calif., for a midsummer working vacation. We will probably reduce publication to just two or three days per week if...