Research & News
By David Dittman On June 29, 202106:00 AM Eastern
If you weren't able to listen the other week, we wanted to bring you Mike Larson's interview on the Weiss Investor Podcast. He and host Kenny Polcari discuss "slow and steady" Safe Money investing...
By Jon D. Markman On June 28, 202102:45 PM Eastern
Banks, industrials and energy stocks are getting hit today while growth stocks continue to find bids. In some cases big tech stocks are rallying on what looks like bad news.
After the close...
By Sean Brodrick On June 28, 202107:00 AM Eastern
By Sean Brodrick with Sam Blumenfeld
If you’re wondering what the single biggest driver of the stock market currently is ... I’ll give you a hint.
It isn’t the overall health of the...
By Jon D. Markman On June 27, 202106:00 AM Eastern
Inflation concerns? Put them to rest.
According to Jon Markman, senior analyst and editor of Jon Markman’s Pivotal Point, “2021 could go down as one of the best years for the stock market in...
By Tony Sagami On June 25, 202104:02 PM Eastern
One of the people I work with recently put her house on the market. Within 24 hours, she got four offers. Every offer was all cash, sight unseen, and even waived inspection. If you know anyone in...
By Jon D. Markman On June 25, 202102:58 PM Eastern
Stocks started higher today as traders look past bad economic data points and focus on the good ones.
The government’s core personal consumption expenditures index, a favorite gauge of the...
In our last issue, we recommended you sell a July Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund (NYSE: XLU, Rated “C+”) put option with a strike price of $63 (XLU210716P00063000). We estimate you got a price...
By Jon D. Markman On June 25, 202106:58 AM Eastern
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said last week that the central bank was beginning the discussion about raising short-term interest rates.
This week, he said inflation was transitory....
By Jon D. Markman On June 25, 202106:28 AM Eastern
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Schedule: Next week I am heading down to our house in Mammoth Lakes, Calif., for a midsummer working vacation. We will probably reduce publication to just two or three days per week if...
By Tony Sagami On June 25, 202106:00 AM Eastern
Sure, I was in only in junior high, soon to make the leap to high school, so my experience was limited. But, still, it was the most horrifying string of words I’d ever heard in my life ... “Your...