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By Jon D. Markman On July 9, 201803:35 PM Eastern
Sometimes a fresh set of eyes provides the quickest way to get where you want to go.
Shares of Darden Restaurants (DRI) surged to a record high on Friday. Since activist investors ousted the...
By Jon D. Markman On June 1, 201802:30 PM Eastern
I have a confession. As an investor, I don’t like surprises.
S&P Global (SPGI) has been around for 150 years. This company is best-known as the keeper of the Standard and Poor’s Indexes. It...
By Jon D. Markman On May 2, 201803:38 PM Eastern
Politicians are trying to build walls around Alphabet (GOOGL) and Facebook (FB). Bless their hearts.
In April, the Wall Street Journal ran a big story about Europe, privacy and the coming...
By Jon D. Markman On February 26, 201802:00 PM Eastern
Imagine spending your day eating ice cream and drinking cherry Coke. Or hanging out with Bill Gates and LeBron James.
The next meeting is coming up on May 5. Investors got a preview of what’s to...
By Sean Brodrick On February 10, 201811:00 AM Eastern
The town of Beatty, Nev., is famous for two things: Its rich mining history, and the Death Valley Nut & Candy Co.
Ladies and gentlemen, I have come to tell you about something rich. And I am all...
By Gavin Magor On January 9, 201808:00 AM Eastern
Investing in bank stocks should be a straightforward decision. If you know the cost of money and you know how a given bank operates, the result is “automatic” profits (in theory). The first data...
By Jon D. Markman On January 8, 201802:00 PM Eastern
It is a crazy time. Everywhere you look, there seems to be a bubble forming. Cryptocurrencies, commodities and global stocks are all soaring.
And it is not just the gains. It is the velocity....
By Gavin Magor On December 19, 201708:27 AM Eastern
The Federal Reserve just made its third interest rate hike this year, and the fifth since our long, slow recovery began back in 2009 (Seems like yesterday, but that was eight years ago!) More...
By Jon D. Markman On November 20, 201702:00 PM Eastern
It’s crazy. Elon Musk has built a semi truck that can accelerate from 0-60 mph in 20 seconds while hauling a 40-ton load.
Think that’s impressive? Well, set the cab free of its trailer, and the...
By Mike Larson On May 5, 201707:00 AM Eastern
Stop me if you’ve seen this movie before: Central bankers flood the economy with cheap, easy money. Things go well for a while in the sector that benefits from it. But eventually lenders go WAY...