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By Jon D. Markman On May 22, 201902:00 PM Eastern
There is this idea that old businesses can be easily remade into digital upstarts, if managers throw enough money at the process.
But that’s not really true. Just look at General Motors (GM).
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By Mike Larson On May 22, 201908:00 AM Eastern
What goes up must come down. I’m sure you’ve heard that expression a million times before.
But for today’s stock market, a better version might be: “What takes off like a Polaris missile ......
By Jon D. Markman On May 17, 201902:00 PM Eastern
The extreme -2.5% setback to U.S. markets to kick off this week set off a ton of alarm bells among the sort of quantitative analysts who help us understand current events through the prism of past...
By Jon D. Markman On May 15, 201902:00 PM Eastern
The pitch is dead-simple. Earn up 4.00% annual yield on credit balances up to $3,000.
The twist: This deal isn’t coming from a big bank, or even a local credit union. It’s from wireless carrier...
By Jon D. Markman On May 13, 201902:40 PM Eastern
Uber (UBER) raised $8.1 billion last week, the biggest U.S. Initial Public Offering in five years. But it is only the headliner in a bunch of IPOs dropping this month. Others span the spectrum of...
By Tony Sagami On May 13, 201911:34 AM Eastern
"Don't be stupid; buy Microsoft." That is the advice my brother gave me in 1986.
Microsoft went public on March 13, 1986, and went on to enrich everybody smart enough to buy its stock.
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By Mike Larson On May 8, 201908:00 AM Eastern
President Trump managed to send global stock markets reeling with just a couple of tweets late Sunday evening. In those commentaries, he threatened to more than double tariffs on $200 billion in...
By Jon D. Markman On May 6, 201910:00 AM Eastern
Editor’s note: Below is what Jon sent his Markman’s Strategic Options subscribers before the markets opened this morning. With the broad markets in the red, down about 1.5% apiece, we think all of...
By Martin D. Weiss, Ph.D. On May 6, 201909:39 AM Eastern
Tomorrow’s the last day to register for our Urgent Cannabis Investor Briefing, which we’re holding online this coming Wednesday, May 8. (Just click here once, and we’ll promptly email you...
By Juan M. Villaverde On May 1, 201912:24 PM Eastern
Tether is the world’s largest stablecoin, supposedly backed 100% by U.S. dollars.
Bitfinex is its sponsor, one of the world’s largest crypto exchanges.
And right now, they’re both suffering a...