It’s time to revisit some of the posts I wrote during the October 2008 panic. This is one of my favorites . Today’s panic seems to revolve around missing a new bull market. As with all panics, it’s not whether you SHOULD panic, but when. My TWO words of wisdom on panic are…PANIC FIRST! I …
From: September 2009
Mobile…Pets…Biotech…Gold…Small Financial…Pin a Tail on the Leaders
I learn a lot watching the ‘human ticker’ at Stocktwits. I have learned that Forex is hot. People love talking about currencies and their paired trades and pips. While e-brokers fight for each others customers, Forex brokers are just gaining new accounts without stealing them from each other. I have learned that while most financial …
Apple… Still Predictable… Still Beautiful… Still Hated
Oh man you have to love Steve Jobs…and Apple $aapl He delivered again today with the new product announcements. Everyone wants a microwave of consumer electronics…’The GINSU/Swiss Army POD’ and thank goodness he does not offer it. Instead he will make you own the whole line…an iPhone, an iTouch (for just gaming), a Desktop, A …
Deep Entrepreneur Thoughts…Dow 8,000 or 12,000 – Does it Matter ?
Since I am way more entrepreneur than market investor the last few years, I have had trouble blogging consistently. A play by play of my life as an entrepreneur has just never felt right. Looking back, that was a mistake. Since I started this blog in 2005 I have written many times and through many …
Stocktwits is Hiring…
StockTwits is seeking a talented Adobe Flex/AIR developer to join our team and help continue to build our StockTwits Desktop product (http://desktop.stocktwits.com). Ruby, Rails, Erlang are major pluses. We work in a fast-paced, agile/XP development enviroment. Experience with these methods is also a big plus. We are a virtual company and willing to accept resumes …
IF CNBC Had a Sense of Humor…
Nobody in financial media has a sense of humor. CNBC does not have to innovate. The fat pipe of cable made them fat and lazy. Bells and whistles replaced content and thought. The thinning of audiences from the thickening of choices will be their eventual demise. I can’t predict the timing, no one can. I …
Why Stocktwits Desktop, Twitter $TWIT and Our Own Microblogging Platform
Update – Here are a few great articles about Stocktwits Desktop from people that did not interview us or have insight into what we are thinking: Daily Finance: Stocktwits Peels off Twitter…Will Others Follow , and Content Matters: Stocktwits Launches Desktop App (Barry Graubert) Now that we have a few days under our belts, it’s …
How I Set Up My StockTwits Desktop…It's all About 'TABS'
I have basically copied one of the Stocktwits interns in the setup of my Stocktwits Desktop. So, best Justin explains and his post is below. One great thing about StockTwits Desktop is the Tabs feature. Tabs allow you to organize your streams into multiple orderly and easily consumable decks. I have broken up my desktop …
Introducing StockTwits Desktop
We are pleased to introduce The StockTwits Desktop Beta to the public this morning. You can download it here. TechCrunch has the productsfirst review here . There is also a brand spanking new Stocktwits homepage . Since the launch of StockTwits, we (along with our entire community) have been brainstorming ways in which to make …