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The latest investment strategies and insights from Markman Capital Insight. Helping investors get the most reward from every ounce of risk. The latest investment strategies and insights from Markman Capital Insight. Helping investors get the most reward from every ounce of risk.

ALPHABET SHEDS WORKERS BUT GAINS RESPECT
Gloomy morale and bleak macroeconomic forecasts are raining down onbig tech. There may be a silver lining for investors.Alphabet (GOOGL) may cut as many as 10,000 jobs, according to a reportFriday from The Information. Sources say the firm is about to cull asmany as 6% of low performing coders.Their replacement is the opportunity for investors. Let...

FTX's Transparency Failure: Why FICO is the Future
The bullish narrative around decentralized finance is collapsing, and it is a big opportunity for legacy incumbents.The collapse last week of FTX caught most investors off guard. The cryptocurrency exchange was a big part of the transition to transparency in financial transactions. Its opacity ultimately led ruin. Investors should consider buying...

Chip Glut Presents Chance to Separate Future Losers and Winners
There is a glut of some semiconductors, so investors are selling the stocks of all chip companies. The Wall Street Journal on Tuesday ran a feature about semiconductors, soaring inventories, and weak demand. Investors then sold chip stocks across the board. Easy narratives drive stock prices, regardless of facts.It’s a lesson, and an opportunity...

Norwegian Oil Giant Leads Surprising Shift to Carbon-Neutral Energy Production
The global energy complex is in a state of flux, made worse by the war in Ukraine, overzealous European lawmakers and unpredictable oil exporters. Bloomberg reported Tuesday that the Saudis are talking with their OPEC partners about reducing global oil supplies. The move could send prices sharply higher, and shift the global economy toward recession.Investors...

Google's AI Surprise: How Bard Takes on ChatGPT
An exciting near-term opportunity is shaping up for shareholders of Alphabet (GOOGL), the parent company of Google. Let me explain.Executives at Alphabet on May 10 will host the annual Google I/O developers conference. This is an important opportunity to reset the narrative about artificial intelligence projects at Google. Investors should buy...

Unlocking Tesla's Secrets: The Power of Price Patterns Exposed
If you're an average investor the odds are everything you think you know about trading stocks is wrong.Most investors believe stock prices are the result of some mixture of financial ratios, executive team acumen, and investor sentiment.But that’s not right.In reality, price is everything -- and the rest is simply investor rationalization.In this...

Why the Supreme Court Could Save Big Tech by Recommending Regulation Over Prohibition in Key Free Speech Case
Powerful forces want to change the way the internet works, and it could have profound implications for big tech. This is what investors need to know.The Supreme Court on Tuesday began hearing opening arguments to end legislation that shields internet companies from liability over third party posts. Investors are too pessimistic. Buy Alphabet (GOOGL)...

Here Is What The Stripe Deal Means For Amazon
Stripe may be the most important unknown big tech company, however the battle to secure its business is even more fascinating.Executives at Amazon.com (AMZN) announced last week that the company is expanding its payments arrangement with Stripe. The deal also commits Stripe to Amazon Web Services, the giant cloud computing platform.The fight is in the...