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By Jon D. Markman On January 24, 201802:00 PM Eastern
Imagine never carrying cash again. I know; it’s crazy. Dystopian, even, depending on your point of view.
Last week Alphabet (GOOGL) struck a patent swap deal with Tencent, the Chinese chat,...
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 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 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...
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 Remi Lukosiunas On November 21, 201707:00 AM Eastern
Just like banks, credit unions are growing these days … and doing so safely. That’s because favorable regulatory changes, overall economic stability, and low unemployment are boosting loan demand...
By Jon D. Markman On November 17, 201702:00 PM Eastern
The opioid epidemic ravages small and large towns across America.
And it has largely been intractable both to law enforcement and to the medical community. Until now.
This week, the...
By Jon D. Markman On November 10, 201702:00 PM Eastern
Skeptics say fully self-driving cars are decades away. They’re wrong.
This week The USA Today reported that Waymo, the Alphabet (GOOGL) subsidiary working on autonomous vehicles, showed off a...
By Gavin Magor On October 12, 201707:00 AM Eastern
September was a rock-solid month for the U.S. auto industry, with major manufacturers like Toyota (TM, Rated “C+”), General Motors (GM, Rated “B”), and Ford (F, Rated “C”) recording year-over-year...
By Jon D. Markman On September 27, 201702:45 PM Eastern
Volvo is simplifying its powertrains. Now it wants to simplify the way it sells vehicles.
The iconic Swedish carmaker with the Chinese parent has a new plan to get millennials into its cars:...