By Jon D. Markman On February 8, 202106:00 AM Eastern
How to Avoid the Losers and Ride Some of the Biggest
Tech Boom Winners in 100 Years
We’ve just published an urgent tech-stock e-book, “Future Shock Opportunities” and …
We’ve...
By Jessica Borg On February 7, 202112:48 PM Eastern
By now, almost every investor on the planet has heard of Bitcoin’s (BTC, Tech/Adoption A-) meteoric rise — not only because of its price, but its growing pop culture status.
Bitcoin and other...
By Jon D. Markman On February 5, 202103:00 PM Eastern
Stocks held on to early gains in midday trading on Friday, keeping key indexes around record levels on hopes of an economic recovery this year driven by heavy stimulus packages and COVID-19...
The energy sector was left for dead last year — and for good reason.
Demand for oil, natural gas and derivative products like gasoline plunged in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak and its...
By Jon D. Markman On February 5, 202112:38 PM Eastern
It has been a great week for the Weiss Technology Portfolio. Many of our core holdings have raced to record levels on strong financial results. The even better news is the trends underlying these...
By Jon D. Markman On February 5, 202106:58 AM Eastern
Everywhere I look in the Weiss Technology Portfolio, I see good things.
Alphabet (Nasdaq: GOOGL) soared to a record high on big earnings surprise Tuesday. Sony (NYSE: SNE) followed a day later,...
By Jon D. Markman On February 5, 202106:28 AM Eastern
Stocks cruised higher on Thursday, with the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite surpassing records set in late January, as investors cheered slightly better labor data.
The Dow climbed 1.1% to...
By Tony Sagami On February 5, 202106:00 AM Eastern
“The near-term outlook remains highly uncertain.”
— The World Bank 2021 Annual Forecast
Like millions of Americans, I’m anxiously awaiting my turn to get vaccinated.
...
By Jon D. Markman On February 4, 202103:30 PM Eastern
Stocks are rising and the dollar is strengthening after initial jobless claims fell to the lowest level since the end of November, beating market expectations.
Through midday, the Dow climbed by...
By Jon D. Markman On February 4, 202106:28 AM Eastern
Stocks spun sideways with a modest upward bias on Wednesday — investors celebrated a blowout quarter for Alphabet (GOOGL), but remained skeptical about the pandemic relief package.
The Dow rose...