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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...
Overwatch Results Update
Results of our Overwatch program in Strategic Advantage.Starts with $100,000 on June 28, 2017. Each new recommendation uses 25% of the portfolio.This means that results are compounded. Results are gross of brokerage commissions.
Cool tech IPOs finally emerge after drought
It has become a cliché. If your business is not scarfing up new technology, it’s being devoured by it. Given the choice, companies are choosing to eat. With more than $3.6 trillion in deals announced, Reuters reports 2016 was the third largest on record for mergers and acquisitions. This sets up logical winners. And...
Turning back the clock on aging
It’s mind bending. Scientists believe it is now possible to wind back the biological clock. Aging would not only stop. It would reverse.In mid-December, researchers at the Salk Institute in La Jolla, California published a ground breaking study in the medical journal, Cell. Using genetic modification, Juan Carlos Izpisua Belmonte,...