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By Sean Brodrick On August 15, 202005:00 AM Eastern
What a wild couple of weeks it’s been for gold.
First, the yellow metal pushed over its previous all-time high of $1,923, and, on Aug. 7, it clocked an intraday high of $2,089 per ounce. Then...
By Tony Sagami On August 14, 202011:34 AM Eastern
I cringe when I see the destructive riots happening all across the country. I don’t know when the violence will end, but when combined with the “defund the police” movement, many Americans are...
By Jon D. Markman On July 31, 202012:13 PM Eastern
Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN, Rated “C+”) has invested $270 billion in the United States and employs nearly 1 million Americans.
And still the company is under attack in Washington?
What’s...
By Jon D. Markman On July 29, 202002:30 PM Eastern
“We’re from Washington, and we are here to help.”
A throwaway line from a bygone political era … but it still rings true and is still just as dangerous.
The New York Times reported Tuesday...
By Jon D. Markman On July 24, 202002:00 PM Eastern
After reporting its quarterly earnings earlier this week, it should be clear for all to see that Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT, Rated “B+”) was a huge winner in the pandemic.
Numbers for Q2 were...
By Jon D. Markman On July 22, 202001:02 PM Eastern
There is a rubric for becoming rich. It’s tried and true, yet most small investors ignore the basic principles.
Michael Dell has created billions for investors and himself. Now, he’s at it...
By David Dittman On July 20, 202005:15 PM Eastern
Way back when I first started out in this business, around the turn of the century, there was this guy who’d walk around the office saying/asking/blurting, “Are you bull or bear?”
He did more...
By Jon D. Markman On July 20, 202001:20 PM Eastern
Investors shouldn’t pay too much attention to politics. It clouds their judgement. That said, something big is happening — a new political talking point is making the rounds on both sides of the...
By Jon D. Markman On July 17, 202001:00 PM Eastern
While Google’s (Nasdaq: GOOGL, Rated “B”) Google Cloud is a distant third in the race to grab large enterprise clients, we are finally beginning to see the outline of its strategy to catch...
By Jon D. Markman On July 10, 202001:00 PM Eastern
The Nasdaq pushed to another new high Monday. The technology-heavy index is now up 14% in 2020. The gains come despite the pandemic, and with political and macroeconomic uncertainty off the...