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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...

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....

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...

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.

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...

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,...

Artificial intelligence is a killer application. The very idea of technology learning at an exponential rate boggles the mind. Software developers are giddy to unleash its potential. Society should brace for impact. We used to laugh at AI software. Remember the DARPA robots supposedly coded to walk-up stairs or turn doorknobs? Or...

The car business is about to take us all on a wild ride. Autonomous vehicles will challenge industry business models. Electric propulsion will challenge the global economy. This month, Toyota joined Daimler, Volkswagen, General Motors (GM) and Ford (F) in making a major longer-term commitment to electric vehicles. Big automakers...