It’s a big day for Stocktwits as a farm system of talent in the financial world. From our blog: Professional traders who use the Bloomberg terminal to monitor markets and news can now get access each day to a selection of some of the best tweets from StockTwits. Bloomberg is well known for its News …

➔

I don’t trust Cisco or John Chambers, I think Ballmer is a putz, Ebay is Web 1.0, Dell makes microwave ovens, and Craigslist at it’s best is for midget porn. But in the post ‘Financial Leverage’ era, certain companies exist are thriving and accelerating without capital markets. They will continue to benefit from all the …

➔

I rarely get asked what business I would start if I had the time and money at my disposal. I get pitched everything under the sun. I have no problem with it, I just can’t possibly get back to everyone in a reasonable timeframe. So if you had the time and believed as I do …

➔

AIG will borrow $1 trillion from US government…to pay off the US Government. Goldman Sachs buys New Orleans…Flips to China Dow 50,000…Get IN! Dow 4,000…Get OUT! (same author) Warren Buffett Secret Video…Kicking poor, old people off the Goldman Sachs property You have a funny headline? A Stocktwits Hoodie for the best headline in my comments …

➔

Last October, there were death knells. The VIX was at 90. We were vomiting. VC’s were writing their CEO’s secret letters entitled ‘R.I.P Good Times ‘ Everyone wanted their MOMMY. Today, AdMob was bought by $GOOG for $750 million. Playfish was bought by Electronic Arts $ERTS for $400 million. There were like 10 other deals. …

➔

I am a relatively careless surfer. I use the web to make me smarter. I don’t really mind (yet) that Companies are getting smarter as well. They should. That should make the whole experience better over the long run. Most of you that read this blog do so for financial and market trends, but when …

➔

You know how I feel about bankers. To refresh, they have the easiest job in the world. They hold all the cards. I joke about kicking bankers, but they are really kicking us. I have so many friends in LIMBO’ these days. In fact, the economy is in ‘LIMBO’. The rest of the world uses …

➔

It was way back in 2007 when we made this video for Wallstrip. Seems like forever. There are many new readers to the blog on the last two years that have never seen an episode so I will be posting my old faves now and again.

➔

Cisco is a great Company. John Cambers is a good CEO. Sure, he looks a little like ‘the Blond Fuhrer’, but that’s just on the surface and a bad barber. I am hearing he called a bottom for the Company last night. I don’t know because I don’t follow the stock, but I hear things …

➔

My pal Brent Rose has been cranking out hilarious characters in web video since Lindsay Campbell brought him in to be ‘Flash’ on our Adobe episode of Wallstrip. He also was ‘The Fly’ when we needed him for ‘Asshat of The Year’: He is looking to make more videos and is using Kickstart to organize …

➔