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By Tony Sagami On August 7, 202005:27 PM Eastern
My father, a vegetable farmer in western Washington, was permanently affected by the Great Depression. For millions of Americans during those tough times, my father really learned how to pinch a...
By Jon D. Markman On August 3, 202001:13 PM Eastern
Pro-growth policies are nice, but corporate managers mostly want politicians to stay out of the way.
On Saturday, Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT, Rated “B+”) and ByteDance, the Chinese parent of...
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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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 June 8, 202001:11 PM Eastern
The space race reignited last week when a SpaceX crew hooked up with the International Space Station nearly 250 miles from Earth.
The successful mission means the United States government is now...
By Jon D. Markman On April 29, 202001:44 PM Eastern
Thousands of small businesses all over the country are opening again for the first time in weeks.
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp says business owners are thrilled to be open. Patrons, according to a...
By Jon D. Markman On April 8, 202001:00 PM Eastern
The economy is closed. Tens of millions of Americans are living under voluntary house arrest. And that is the easy part. The hard part will be getting back to normal. That will require real...
By Jon D. Markman On April 1, 202002:41 PM Eastern
These are desperate times. A global pandemic is unmooring economies and ravaging healthcare systems. Calls for desperate measures are rising.
On Tuesday, the White House coronavirus task force...