Pivotal Point
Turning points in history and in the markets can help you transform small grubstakes into not-so-small fortunes. Or they can trip up your finances for months, even years. This free e-letter will not only keep you one step ahead of the news, but it will also help you identify the pivotal point in time when a major turn is near.
By Jon D. Markman On April 21, 201702:00 PM Eastern
Thirty million people dead in less than a year. That’s the grisly forecast for a successful bioterrorist attack. And it’s more likely than ever, according to experts.
Bill Gates made his...
By Jon D. Markman On April 19, 201702:00 PM Eastern
For most people, artificial intelligence is Siri, the lovable but slightly useless digital assistant on iPhones.
She can’t really do anything except answer simple questions. She’s harmless.
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By Jon D. Markman On April 17, 201702:00 PM Eastern
Last week, the awakening began. In the tawny uptown offices, big banks reported mostly dismal results and warned the economic Trump bump was more smoke than fire.
The contrast from January is...
By Jon D. Markman On April 12, 201702:00 PM Eastern
Adidas, the giant athletic shoemaker, wants to 3D-print your next pair of sneakers.
The iconic shoe manufacturer wouldn’t be the first to toy with the idea. Rivals have played with the...
By Jon D. Markman On April 10, 201702:00 PM Eastern
Tesla (TSLA) is suddenly more valuable than Ford (F) and General Motors (GM). And longtime bears are losing their minds.
You have to feel for them. At first glance, it doesn’t make sense....
By Jon D. Markman On April 7, 201702:00 PM Eastern
You may have heard the axiom “software is eating the world.” It’s the idea that digital efforts (i.e. streaming movies) are replacing physical things (i.e. movies in the theater).
Google is...
By Jon D. Markman On April 5, 201702:00 PM Eastern
U.S. shale oil producers need help.
Saudi Arabia and other OPEC members want to drive the shale producers out of business. So, the OPEC cartel floods the market with cheap crude oil to keep...
By Jon D. Markman On April 3, 201702:00 PM Eastern
Bloomberg View columnist Matt Levine always does a great job making sense of the complicated world of investment banking, hedge funds and credit.
Last week, he tackled a February working paper...
By Jon D. Markman On March 31, 201702:30 PM Eastern
Look overhead. Is it a bird, a plane? No, that’s a flying car. And it’s coming to the skies near you sooner than you think.
If you’re like me, the idea of flying cars is a Jetsons-era...
By Jon D. Markman On March 29, 201702:00 PM Eastern
I love my digital stuff. My iPad Pro, Dell laptop and Nexus6 smartphone make me way more productive, and I can trade and catch up on ballgames from anywhere.
Sadly, there is a darker side to...
About the Editor
Jon D. Markman is winner of the prestigious Gerald Loeb Award for outstanding financial journalism and the Society of Professional Journalists' Sigma Delta Chi award. He was also on Los Angeles Times staffs that won Pulitzer Prizes for coverage of the 1992 L.A. riots and the 1994 Northridge earthquake. He invented Microsoft’s StockScouter, the world’s first online app for analyzing and picking stocks.
