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By Jon D. Markman On April 29, 201902:00 PM Eastern
For more than a century, 3M (MMM) has helped companies build better products and work smarter. But lately, the Minnesota Post-it® maker has been showing its age.
Last week, the maker of...
By Mike Larson On April 17, 201908:00 AM Eastern
Japanification.
I don’t know if you’ve heard this new market buzzword. But chances are the trends it describes are already impacting your portfolio. And if I’m right, they’ll continue to do so...
By Mike Larson On April 10, 201907:55 AM Eastern
My sonic tastes are pretty eclectic. Modern and classic rock. '80s and '90s. Electronic or “chill out” music. You’ll find a little of everything on my various playlists.
But early this morning,...
By Sean Brodrick On April 6, 201912:00 PM Eastern
Platinum is the rarest of the world’s precious metals. But it’s also seen its price beaten far down below that of gold and palladium.
Now, it looks like investors are seeing a bargain they can’t...
By Tony Sagami On March 29, 201907:55 AM Eastern
Last Friday, the yield on the three-month Treasury bill was higher than the yield for 10-year Treasury.
That may not sound like an earth-shattering development. But we haven’t seen this kind of...
By Sean Brodrick On March 28, 201911:59 AM Eastern
There is a tidal wave of trouble washing around foreign markets, and it will send cash surging into my favorite sectors in the U.S.
It promises all sorts of profit potential if you catch that...
By Jon D. Markman On March 18, 201905:45 PM Eastern
Automation is being sold to us as a panacea.
Removing irrational human impulses is supposed to make planes, trains, automobiles and other machines safer.
Last week, a cutting-edge Boeing 737...
By Martin D. Weiss, Ph.D. On March 18, 201907:55 AM Eastern
As we prepare for the investment wonders and horrors that will strike our world in the months ahead, the time is now to predict what most people think is unpredictable.
But first, let me tell...
By Tony Sagami On March 11, 201908:55 AM Eastern
Our future is going to be filled with robots. No, not “Terminator”-type androids. Rather, industrial ones that perform many of the tasks humans do today.
Robot usage is already taking off. In...
By Jon D. Markman On March 8, 201904:00 PM Eastern
Despite a bumpy week, the major indexes are off to their best start to a year in about three decades, up 10% across the board.
So far it looks like stocks are taking a breather within a sturdy...