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By Jon D. Markman On June 6, 201802:22 PM Eastern
Apple (AAPL) has been a polished addition to just about any portfolio. Its shares are up 203% over the past five years. But as a technology company, Apple is thoroughly depressing. And this...
By Tony Sagami On May 28, 201811:55 AM Eastern
Memorial Day, originally known as “Decoration Day,” was created in 1868 in order to commemorate the Union and Confederate soldiers that died during the Civil War.
Today, it honors all the...
By Sean Brodrick On April 14, 201811:55 AM Eastern
Have you seen the action in gold lately? It’s good. The action in miners is even better. The miners are no longer hitting the snooze button. They’re waking up, shaking off the cobwebs, and looking...
By Jon D. Markman On March 16, 201802:55 PM Eastern
It’s not easy for cryptocurrency speculators right now. Right now, it seems like everyone in a position of power is turning against them.
This week, officials at the International Monetary Fund...
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 Gavin Magor On September 7, 201707:00 AM Eastern
Devastating, and expensive, the damage in Texas from Hurricane Harvey will fall mainly on the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) as I said last week. Catastrophe funding will also kick in for...
By Jordan Chussler On March 25, 202308:00 AM Eastern
The IT and communications sectors have significantly outperformed the S&P 500 over the past month.
By Jon D. Markman On January 15, 202101:46 PM Eastern
Buckle up. The space exploration sector is about to blast off and stock prices will never be the same.
Space stocks surged Thursday after ARK Investment, a management firm that fills its ETFs...
By Sean Brodrick On December 29, 202004:00 AM Eastern
The shock and damage done to the world’s economies by the pandemic has caused contractions in gross domestic product (GDP) unparalleled in modern history … weighed down by demand destruction in...
By Jon D. Markman On August 26, 202002:59 PM Eastern
SpaceX completed another successful mission last week, launching 59 Starlink satellites, then safely landing its Falcon 9 solid rocket booster on a drone ship. Ho-hum.
These missions are so...