I still believe we are early in the Web Video trend. The YouTube uprising was the first inning and we have been stuck in a rut around advertising and quality and maneuvarability since. I love YouTube and Google Hangouts and I am long $GOOG. This year it feels like the Advertising world is gaining more …

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Stocktoberfest LIVES. You can sign up today for the 100 remaining spots (the first 50 were snapped up) and join the Stocktwits team, many of the Stocktwits bloggers that helped start this community and our distinguished speakers. You can join us in one of the easiest accessible charming places in America, if not the world. …

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It was one hell of an ugly year for Italy, Spain and Greece. In May, I called it the Pavarotti, Tapas and Tzatziki Crash. Then came July. It was the motherf#$@ker of ugly. The three countries ETF’s plunged almost 30 percent in the course of 15 trading days. They were down 9 percent in just …

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One trillion is one million million so if you multiple that by 16 you have our debt today. That puts your burn rate in perspective. Nobody understands that number and there is no likely way to pay it back. You can read until your eyes bleed, but forget getting your head around it. It’s growing …

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So I visited Idaho. I changed my name first and registered a gun. I packed up my banjo and took a couple of lessons and blacked out a couple of teeth. Yep…overplanned. I read the wrong blogs. Turns out, Idaho is quite magical. I was invited to join the Solon Family and Cohen family for …

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If you are a broker/advisor/client car washer/financial planner (ha) at Morgan Stanley (Smith Barney, Dean Witter), it is like being involved in your own modern version of The Exodus. Like Charlton Heston, I can imagine the meeting where Morgan Stanley’s CEO stood in front of his troops and declared ‘…’You must own $FB shares…lot’s and …

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I love stocks and I love the markets. It is time to bring together others that love the same things. It is time for Stocktoberfest. When I started my blog in 2005 I named it: ‘Trends – Find them Ride them and Get off!’ I would not change the tagline today. But, there is much …

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