Question 1

Who is Michael Markowski?

Accepted Answer

An American capital-markets researcher, analyst and algorithm developer who began at Merrill Lynch in 1977. He is known for predicting the 2008 collapses of the five largest U.S. brokerage firms, for cash-flow-based bankruptcy-prediction algorithms recognized by Forbes, Fortune, Inc. and SmartMoney, and for being named one of Fortune's 50 Great Investors in 2003. He is the founder and owner of AlphaTack, an investment and research firm that backs digital companies, including BRXXR.

Question 2

What did Michael Markowski predict?

Accepted Answer

The 2008 collapse of Lehman Brothers, Bear Stearns, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs (published September 2007); large-cap bankruptcies in 2002-2003; the June 2016 Brexit sell-off; the Q4 2018 correction (Fox Business, September 2018); and the March 2020 crash and its March 23 bottom.

Question 3

What is AlphaTack?

Accepted Answer

The investment and research firm Michael Markowski founded and owns. It invests in digital companies with large addressable markets and publishes his market research and strategies. Its investments include BRXXR, the digital real-estate marketplace.

Question 4

What companies has Michael Markowski founded?

Accepted Answer

StockDiagnostics.com (2002), OnlineFinancialSector.com (2007), Dynasty Wealth (2014), TrophyInvesting.com (2016) and AlphaTack, which he owns today.

Question 5

What algorithms did Michael Markowski develop?

Accepted Answer

A cash-flow-from-operations (CFFO) bankruptcy-prediction algorithm developed from his 2001 research on Enron (the EPS Syndrome), a free-cash-flow-yield screen for severely undervalued companies (2003), and a set of market-crash and crash-bottom indicators, including the VixVortex and Perilous Peak signals, developed from his research of market extremes from 1871 onward.

Question 6

Is Michael Markowski a registered broker or investment adviser?

Accepted Answer

No. He voluntarily left the brokerage industry in 1991 and has worked since then as an independent researcher, publisher and analyst. He is not a registered broker-dealer representative or investment adviser, and his research is published for informational purposes.