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By Jon D. Markman On August 19, 202001:00 PM Eastern
Federal prosecutors are rushing to bring an antitrust case against Alphabet Inc. (Nasdaq: GOOGL, Rated “B-”), the parent company of Google. Oddly, the haste may be good news for the search...
By David Dittman On August 18, 202004:17 PM Eastern
The thing about Twitter is that it holds a lot of good stuff.
On the other hand, the social media platform holds a lot of bad stuff, too.
Well, this is good Twitter, because it’s a solid...
By Jon D. Markman On August 17, 202002:00 PM Eastern
The digital transformation is the biggest, most investable tech trend in a generation. Don’t take my word for it: The evidence is overflowing in this quarter’s earnings reports … and this trend...
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 Jon D. Markman On August 10, 202012:54 PM Eastern
Bill Gates says most COVID-19 tests are complete garbage, but he’s optimistic about vaccines and treatments that should end the threat in United States by the end of 2021.
That’s the key...
By Martin D. Weiss, Ph.D. On August 10, 202012:09 PM Eastern
Every time the pandemic news seems to improve, it seems to take another turn for the worse soon after.
And when most investors think it’s time to buy, it’s often time to wait … or even sell.
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By Jon D. Markman On August 5, 202003:00 PM Eastern
Buried in the fine print of its earnings release last week was a revelation that might blow you away.
It turns out that Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN, Rated “B”) now spends more on ads than any other...
By Martin D. Weiss, Ph.D. On August 3, 202002:03 PM Eastern
U.S. consumer spending, which accounts of two-thirds of the economy, plunged at an annual rate of 34.6% in the second quarter.
It was, by far, the worst in history.
U.S. auto sales are also...
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 David Dittman On July 28, 202004:41 PM Eastern
“It should be clear for all to see,” wrote Jon Markman in the July 24, 2020, issue of Jon Markman’s Pivotal Point, “that Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT, Rated “B+”) was a huge winner in the pandemic.”
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