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By Sean Brodrick On February 20, 201811:00 AM Eastern
Are you paying too much for gasoline? You could soon pay more.
That is, if Congress bites on President’s Trump latest idea: Raise the gasoline tax. By 25 cents a gallon.
Which means, if you’re...
By Jon D. Markman On February 26, 202001:00 PM Eastern
How cool would it be if you could get what you need from the local grocery store and just leave? No dealing with cashiers. No fuss.
Amazon.com (AMZN) has been fiddling with the idea since 2015....
By Jon D. Markman On April 30, 201801:55 PM Eastern
Just a quick reminder: My Markman’s Strategic Options service is on a heck of a tear. We’re well in the black this year while the major stock indices are in the red. That’s not to mention the 99%...
By Mike Larson On March 24, 202106:00 AM Eastern
What would Sen. Everett McKinley Dirksen say if he were alive today? Considering the size, scope and costs of the Biden administration’s spending plans, we can surely imagine.
Dirksen, of...
By Jon D. Markman On April 26, 201702:00 PM Eastern
Most people are self-driving car skeptics. They just can’t imagine the cumbersome robot cars we see in the media today will ever become good or cheap enough for widespread use.
A big hurdle is...
By Jon D. Markman On May 10, 202103:00 PM Eastern
Connectivity is a big new business, and the surprise winner is Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN), a company best known for selling books and a broad array of consumer goods.
Managers at Sidewalk...
By Tony Sagami On October 21, 201901:06 PM Eastern
As I pulled into a paid parking lot, I realized that I didn’t have any cash on me. No problem, there was a Bank of America ATM right just down the block.
I had to wait behind a moron who took so...
By Jon D. Markman On December 11, 201702:00 PM Eastern
In movies and novels, overnight success stories are frequent. Real life doesn’t work that way. It takes years of hard work, vision and at least one gigantic bet-the-farm moment.
This week,...
By The Weiss Ratings Team On August 29, 201611:48 AM Eastern
Janet Yellen’s speech last Friday, highlighted a positive outlook for a near future interest rate hike. She noted that solid performance of the labor market, coupled with positive outlook for...
By Sean Brodrick On August 15, 202005:00 AM Eastern
What a wild couple of weeks it’s been for gold.
First, the yellow metal pushed over its previous all-time high of $1,923, and, on Aug. 7, it clocked an intraday high of $2,089 per ounce. Then...