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By Jon D. Markman On July 14, 201507:30 AM Eastern
Say what you will about “green cred” — the social brownie points awarded in certain areas of the country for driving a battery-powered Nissan Leaf or Toyota Prius plug-in — but electric vehicles...
By Jon D. Markman On June 30, 201507:30 AM Eastern
What worries me the most about the current economy is not corporate masters keeping entry-level workers down overtly, but the trend toward robots, artificial intelligence and machines learning...
By Jon D. Markman On June 16, 201507:30 AM Eastern
Regional and money-center banks are red-hot lately. And Jack Ablin, the chief investment officer at Bank of Montreal, thinks he knows why — and what it means.
I have served on many investment...
By Jon D. Markman On June 9, 201507:30 AM Eastern
Video chip juggernaut Ambarella (AMBA) closed above $100 for the first time last week, which is not bad for a stock that started the year at $50, and which I first recommended to New Tech...
By Jon D. Markman On June 2, 201507:30 AM Eastern
It’s pretty clear when a trend has matured. You hear about it on the sidelines of kids’ sports events, at worship services and at cocktail parties. What started as self-funded ventures or...
By Jon D. Markman On May 26, 201507:30 AM Eastern
In my five-and-a-half decades of life on Earth, the most profound technology changes have been personal computing, digital networking and the rise of mobile communications.
I suspect that one of...
By Jon D. Markman On May 12, 201507:30 AM Eastern
About two months ago, when crude oil prices were crashing, the airwaves were filled with trend-followers’ predictions that the price was headed for $20 a barrel. As soon as that became the...
By Jon D. Markman On May 5, 201507:30 AM Eastern
One of Wall Street’s best known adages is the old “sell in May and go away” seasonal trick. The idea is that the six months starting in May — including the normally listless summer months — are ...
By Jon D. Markman On April 28, 201507:30 AM Eastern
The slowdown in retail sales growth has been a big surprise this spring, as lower gasoline pump prices were expected to boost spending. What’s going on?
Analysts at TIS Group have a fascinating...
By Jon D. Markman On April 14, 201507:30 AM Eastern
You may have heard that California is experiencing an historic drought — the worst in 200 years by some measures. While this might seem like a problem isolated to lawns and swimming pools in the...