‘Open Sesame’ was a magical term when I was a kid. I passed it on to my kids. It would be wonderful in today’s world of computers if you could control your information online with a few magical worlds. Not possible. When I get on the family computer late at night, I am logged into …
From: May 2010
Overheard on StockTwits: China and Corn $ZC_F, $WFT "All In", $NFLX Euphoria, The Robot
The $EURUSD continues to get killed and $NFLX is running like a biotech on buyout rumors, but overall it’s a pretty quiet day in the markets. Here’s today’s morning buzz:
The S&P is Making Angel Investing Look Safe
Other than war, I thought I had seen it all. Nope. Today we have Jesus and Bernie Madoff tweeting. Of course you will tell me Jesus has been dead for like a bazillion years so how can he be tweeting. I say, pretty good argument but than how come it’s a verified account? But…I digress. …
Overheard on StockTwits: Market Voodoo? More $SLV and $GLD, Golden Age of Bond Managers Over
After gapping down pretty big this morning, the market is coming back. Here’s this morning’s StockTwits buzz:
Overheard on StockTwits: Ideas for this Week $SLV and $GLD, Fade The Rally?
Last week we asked the community what their ideas were for the week. We got some FANTASTIC ideas many of which were quite profitable, so we decided we’d make this a regular. Here’s this week’s ideas:
"I survived the crash of 2:45pm"
It was NOT a good week to be a trend-follower. Although I don’t own many stocks, many went ‘splat’ – $CLNE $AMZN $TSL are the main examples in my account. I tweeted their sales as I made them this week. I still own $INTU $AAPL $DGP $SLW $SWKS $IMAX $IBB And $JMBA . I don’t …
Overheard on StockTwits: Return of Goldilocks?, $DTV and $GLD strong, Retailers Weak, $AVF $AVV Idea
The selloff continues this morning as Greece fears persist. While Greece and the $EURUSD is definitely the talk on the StockTwits we figured we’d take a step back and give you the (almost) Greece-Free Edition of today’s Overheard:
Cheap Money…Cheap Friends…Expensive Hangovers.
There is a price for cheap ‘Friends’. That cost is starting to play out in many different ways in 2010 and beyond. Nothing is free. Someone pays. Jon Markman posted an interesting message on Stocktwits tonight ( I will continue to cut and paste…forever): Incredible how cheap money is in the world, ex-Greece. US junk …
Overheard on StockTwits: $BP Buy the Dip? Return of the $VIX, $OSTK "Byrning" the Naked Shorts
The market is selling off hard today and the bears appear to be in control. Here’s today’s StockTwits buzz:
What is a Friend?
The word ‘Friend’ has been destroyed the last 6 years. A friend is someone who will take you the airport in a big city. A friend will borrow money, truly believing he will pay you back with the full vig. I have no ‘Friends of Facebook’ and ‘Friendster’ got what it deserved from the ‘Friend’ …