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By Jon D. Markman On March 17, 201702:00 PM Eastern
In a little over a decade, the next evolution of human beings starts. According to a noted engineer and futurist, that’s when we can expect brain implants that will link us to supercomputers.
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By Jon D. Markman On February 14, 201707:30 AM Eastern
It really is a brave new world. Not long ago, a group of prominent scientists announced plans for a project to create synthetic human DNA from scratch.
That seems appropriate for Valentine’s...
By Mike Larson On January 27, 201707:00 AM Eastern
It’s official: We’ve breached “Dow 20,000!”
The 121-year-old index crossed that level for the first time ever at the open on Wednesday, ultimately closing higher by 155 points. And just as we’ve...
By The Weiss Ratings Team On January 2, 201707:30 AM Eastern
Oil has been on a tear, there’s no doubt about it -- doubling in price since its low of $26.05 reached in February of this year. But even after doubling, we’re still 57% below the highs (above...
By The Weiss Ratings Team On December 26, 201607:30 AM Eastern
There’s no doubt the stock market has behaved much differently after the election than it did in the first half of the year. Riskier, formerly dormant small cap stocks awoke in a big way --...
By Jon D. Markman On November 22, 201607:30 AM Eastern
Billionaires and technology behemoths see something in e-sports. Now Facebook (FB) is taking a harder look, too.
The Information recently reported that the social media giant has been in talks...
By Jon D. Markman On November 1, 201607:30 AM Eastern
With self-driving cars, the giant global auto industry is careening toward unprecedented disruption as its 100-year-old business model is turned completely inside out.
That is the big takeaway...
By Jon D. Markman On October 11, 201607:30 AM Eastern
Two of the most important developments of our time will come from advancements in artificial intelligence and autonomous cars. We may look back at the mid-2010s much like we look back on the...
By Jon D. Markman On September 6, 201607:30 AM Eastern
Amazon (AMZN) founder Jeff Bezos has a history of getting big trends right and executing well. His investment in Internet streaming and transport logistics are big ideas. Now he’s ready to...
By Martin D. Weiss, Ph.D. On August 29, 201611:52 AM Eastern
We reviewed over 1,700 ETFs to find the ones that invest in the U.S. security and defense. There are a number of them that fall under the Industrials Category, but the four below follow indexes...