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By Jon D. Markman On January 10, 201802:00 PM Eastern
Something big is happening. The very nature of commerce is changing. And it is happening fast.
This week, The Wall Street Journal ran a story about Samsung’s capital spending. In 2017, the...
By Mike Larson On January 5, 201811:07 AM Eastern
Is it really 2018 already? Wow!
I have to tell you, when I was a kid watching cartoons like the Jetsons or movies like Star Wars, I thought we’d all be driving flying cars or reading about...
By Jon D. Markman On January 3, 201802:00 PM Eastern
Naysayers. It is the beginning of the year, so they are out in full force. They are the people telling you about all the great technology advances that didn’t happen in 2017.
Last...
By Mandeep Rai On January 3, 201808:46 AM Eastern
The breathtaking volatility in Bitcoin is garnering a lot of press these days, and for good reason. The headline-grabbing cryptocurrency is trading all over the map, and so are its lesser-known...
By Gavin Magor On January 2, 201809:12 AM Eastern
The ink is barely dry on the big tax cut bill, with President Trump signing the Tax Cut and Jobs Act into law 11 days ago. But as investors comb through the details, they’re finding that one...
By Gavin Magor On December 28, 201709:05 AM Eastern
How much do you value safety when it comes to investing? That’s what the choice between a traditional variable annuity and the next two competing products in our educational series boils down...
By Jon D. Markman On December 22, 201702:00 PM Eastern
An Amtrak passenger train headed southbound from Seattle to Portland derailed earlier this week. Traveling at 80 mph on a stretch of track designated for 30 mph traffic, the commuter train...
By Jon D. Markman On December 20, 201702:00 PM Eastern
You may have noticed that carmakers are suddenly rushing to turn their fleets electric.
This week, Prius maker Toyota became the latest brand to jump into the new phase of the electric...
By Jon D. Markman On December 18, 201702:00 PM Eastern
Let’s be honest. A year ago, investors assumed Wal-Mart Inc. (WMT) was dead money, another casualty of the Amazon.com (AMZN) retail juggernaut.
Its $3 billion acquisition of Jet.com, a...
By Mike Larson On December 18, 201708:00 AM Eastern
On Friday, I shared my list of the best-performing, highest-rated ETFs of 2017. Now it’s time to do the same thing for STOCKS! Our Weiss Ratings database contains more than 13,700 stocks, so...