Friends, Investing isn't hard, you are just doing it wrong. 

I stumbled on Wall Street with one dumb mistake after another before realizing that it wasn’t me -- it was a system rigged against the little guy. Ultimately though I refocused my skills as a reporter and analyst to beat the pros at their game.

Before explaining how I learned to grow wealth in hostile markets, let me introduce myself.

I'm Jon D. Markman, a Father, grandfather, fantasy football addict, golfer, and Wall Street historian. I am not an industry pro though I have run a stat-arb hedge fund developed dozens of successful quantitative strategies, published a successful market newsletter for more than twenty-five years and authored five books on trading.

What really motivates me now -- before stepping off into a relaxing retirement of golf, tennis and travel -- is a sense of indignation when I see friends and family brutalized by dumb investment theories and predatory stock salesmen.

I have become obsessed with injecting the whole messy investment business with truth serum. And that is why I have persuaded my son Joe, a serial entrepreneur and operations expert -- and a couple of amazing longtime staffers -- to join me in creating four fresh, low-stress, interconnected investment newsletters that we hope will offer the best advice for investors of all ages at a fair price.

Let's cut through the clutter together, make some good money, and have fun along the way. After years in the trenches, here are some key findings that will guide us:

• Most stocks suck. Throw 97% of stock out because most companies are self-centered, stupid and dangerous. More on this later.
• Stick to “growth” stocks over “value” because they offer more provable upside.
• Stick to tech over other sectors, especially when it's under attack.
• Stick to techs focused on the great digital transformation, the most important business development of this century. 
• And most importantly, set a firm foundation of index funds in your portfolio because it is damned hard to beat the market no matter how clever you think you are. 

Individual stocks, leverage ETFs, options and futures can add valuable spice to a portfolio in small doses, but they cannot be the whole meal due to the high risk of wipeout losses. 

The first rule of investing, after all, is to avoid losing. The second rule is to avoid losing big. In short, heed the guidance of legendary banker Walter Wriston: 

"Capital goes where it is most wanted and stays where it is best treated." 

This 3% solution is not taught in schools and you will not hear about it during investment forums or on CNBC. It's an approach I developed after hundreds of hours of testing both in the lab and in live trading.  - learning more from failure along the way than success. That's a contrarian posture I learned from a top hedge fund manager when I asked about his education, "Jawwwnnn!" he bellowed into the phone with a thick New Jersey accent, " I have a PhD in losses!"

In summary, I urge you to stop the endless scroll for short-term stock wins and instead join the ranks of savvy, patient investors who for years have depended on Markman Capital Insight newsletters to help them build fortunes in industries like artificial intelligence, networking, and mobile computing way before the crowd.

These reports and recommendations are intended to teach, enrich, warn, and entertain. Your struggle is my struggle – and your victories are our victories. We are on your side in a never-ending bid to make enough money for a carefree retirement and to neutralize the rapacious pros who are a never-ending threat to that goal. 

Stop the endless scroll for exclusive stock wins. Join the ranks of savvy investors at Markman Capital, where proven strategies pave the way to a carefree retirement. 

Getting the 'right research’ is the Holy Grail of getting returns for now and retirement for later

Markman Capital’s newsletters have been leveling the playing field between the pros and retail investors for over 30 years!

If Wall Street did its job fairly there would be no need for our service. But the brokerage business is fundamentally broken, putting brokers’ greed over customers’ success. The investment community has left people like you and me on our own.

All right, fine....

We have learned to do something about it, working together to exploit the constantly changing world that seeks to isolate us instead.

We urge members to view investing in technology not as a set of independent decisions but as interlocking blocks on a path that lead directly to short-term goals such as current income and long-term goals such as retirement.

Our approach stems from a firm belief that stock ownership is the smartest way for middle-class individuals and families to grow their wealth dramatically over time.

In the world of investing, lacking the Strategic Advantage is like navigating without a map.

Finally, an independent researcher that gives me the inside scoop, in a way that is easy to understand and make money with.

We must acknowledge that MOST STOCKS SUCK.

This paradox lies at the heart of most investors’ lack of success in markets. Embrace the challenge of investing with a humble understanding of its complexities, yet remain steadfast in seeking out strategies that can outsmart the Wall Street status quo

The assessment that most stocks suck forms the baseline of our approach. It may sound harsh, but this is not just our opinion. A shocking, groundbreaking study by finance professors recently found that just 3% of all stocks in the market over the past 100 years have been responsible for 97% of the market’s success. If your portfolio does not have significant exposure to the 3%, your returns will lag the broad market dramatically over time.

The professional investment community knows this very well, and yet it continues to recommend investors buy the 97% of stocks that are clunkers by calling them “value” plays. That marketing term is used to justify ownership of weak stocks because brokerages’ main business is selling stuff to the weakest companies to prop them up, such as bond and stock offerings.

The Investment Puzzle

Investing is an art as much as it is a science.

The science is figuring out the puzzle pieces, the art is putting them together correctly.

After 30+ years of independent investment research, we have it nailed. Guaranteed*.

If you're not happy with our service we offer a no questions asked refund policy for what you have yet to use. 

*Results are in no way guaranteed. Past results are no guarantee of future returns. All accounts may not achieve comparable results. Recommendations are leveraged and speculative, so only use risk capital -- i.e., money you can afford to lose. All results show ex-commissions and fees. Options trading involves the risk of substantial loss.