By Jon D. Markman On March 23, 202106:00 AM Eastern
Two weeks ago, Jon Markman wrote the article “Digital Transformation of Industry and Finance Is Just Starting” for his Pivotal Point readers.
The Nasdaq Composite had already bounced back from a...
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By Tony Sagami On March 22, 202104:35 PM Eastern
The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting last week went as predicted: Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell confirmed that the Fed will not adjust interest rates yet, even as short-term...
By Alex Benfield On March 22, 202103:47 PM Eastern
The world’s biggest cryptocurrencies are range-bound, but there has been some wild action in the altcoin market.
• Bitcoin (BTC, Tech/Adoption Grade “A-”) hasn’t moved much since Friday, and...
By Jon D. Markman On March 22, 202103:20 PM Eastern
Stocks are rising, with technology leading the pack, amid an easing of government bond yields.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose by 89.59 points, or 0.3%, to 32,717.56. The S&P 500 was...
By Martin D. Weiss, Ph.D. On March 22, 202112:09 PM Eastern
Martin here with an early warning:
The yield on 30-year U.S. Treasury bonds has just doubled in the last eight months.
It was 1.18% on Aug. 4 of last year; now, it’s 2.45%.
A...
By Jon D. Markman On March 22, 202106:28 AM Eastern
The S&P 500 closed on Friday only a tiny fraction lower. That doesn’t tell half of the story, though.
The index sputtered and slipped mid-morning all the way to 3,887 before recovering to...
By Tony Sagami On March 21, 202106:00 AM Eastern
Financial Anchor Jessica Borg is working on a longer-term assignment this week, which gives us an opportunity to take a look back at our recent video coverage of one of the most important trends...
By Sean Brodrick On March 19, 202104:00 PM Eastern
I still hold to the “10 Big Trends That Will Shape 2021,” which I outlined in the January issue — including inflation, infrastructure and electric vehicles. Basically, we’re looking at an economy...
Here’s what’s happening in cryptocurrency markets today …
• The entire market is trending higher, as both Bitcoin (BTC, Tech/Adoption Grade “A-”) and Ethereum (ETH, Tech/Adoption Grade “A-”)...
By Jon D. Markman On March 19, 202103:15 PM Eastern
Stocks were mixed in midday trade on Friday, with financial stocks pressured by the approaching end to a relaxed capital rule introduced at the start of the pandemic last year while technology...