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This Is What The Surge In Tech Buyouts Mean
To learn how to improve your results in the market dramatically by buying options on stocks like Ford and Tesla, take a two-week trial to my special service, Tactical Options: Click here. Members have made more than 5x their money this year.During the course of only five trading sessions in early July, investors flipped from worrying about the economy,...
Apple Pay Tips To New Era Of Fully Digitized Money
The new iPhone 6 all by itself is a pedestrian mobile phone. Nice looking, a big upgrade over the iPhone 5, but it has nothing that Android phone users have not seen or been enjoying for a few years.The new Apple Pay system though is quite interesting and it is too early to make snap judgments on whether it is important or not. There was some...
Transportation Transformation
Thanks for requesting the slide deck for my Transportation Transformation presentation on the Forbes platform.I have placed it on a Box.net share so that you can study the ideas. Click here to view.The big idea is that the world of transportation is belatedly joining the worlds of business, entertainment and social interaction in undergoing...
Piggly Wiggly Short Squeeze in 1923
The following passage about the great Piggly Wiggly short squeeze of 1923 appears in my annotated edition of "Reminiscences of a Stock Operator." ... Click here to order the book at Amazon.
21 Tech Stocks for 2021
Thanks for requesting the slide deck in my presentation at the virtual MoneyShow on Jan. 13.I have placed it on a Dropbox share so that you can study the ideas. Click here to view.The big idea is that the worlds of business, entertainment and social interaction are undergoing a major transformation from analog to digital. ... Handwritten letters...
Mastercard Evades Enemies
By Jon D. MarkmanPresident Trump says that trade wars are easy to win. It depends on the definition of winning.The Chinese government announced recently that state agencies must begin replacing foreign-made PCs and software, according to a report from the Financial Times.While this may not seem like a big deal, the directive is expected...
Profit from the AI Hiring Boom
By Jon D. MarkmanHiring is booming, and a specific skill set is really in demand.Hiring for artificial intelligence specialists surged 74% during the past four years, according to LinkedIn, a career social media site. The trend is clearly accelerating, with more positions for job seekers and rising wages.Investors should follow the money, too....
Outwit the Surveillance State
By Jon D MarkmanSmartphones and the applications we use are tracking our every movement. It’s part of what some derisively call surveillance capitalism.Using a leaked database and cell tower pings, reporters at the New York Times were able to track a Secret Service agent attached to President Trump’s security detail.Politicians and privacy...