I grew up with a Sandy. My mom. A Blackswan of a mom. I mean look at me and now Max. I had no warning. She just had me. I love my mom, but as soon as I could flee, I did. Sandy is now a Blackswan weather event. A hurricane. Massive destruction. People were …

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It has been a magical few days for our community and ecosystem. One goal was to bring attention to how all the markets work together from angel investing and Venture Capital to Municipal bonds and stocks. My big takeaways: 1. Common Sense – a big pet peeve of mine – ruled the day. When Josh …

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In case you are living under a $MSFT ‘Surface’ you know that today is $AAPL earnings. I am long but have no idea what Apple has in store for us. It has paid to be long the stock through thick and thin. One day it won’t. If you invest based on fundamentals, Apple has been …

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I have closed some huge sales in my life. If I am not selling, I am sleeping. I have had blog posts with hundreds of comments and have had tweets retweeted hundreds of times, but I have never had an Instagram photo liked 50 times. Shazam! It’s silly. It’s a game. I know. But that …

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If you have played poker or invested with a broker/bank/advisor in your corner….you have been a ‘Muppet’ in the Goldman Sachs term of the word. It’s a regular Muppetfest at your average casino poker table in 2012 and I imagine the same pensions that hosed us with awful due diligence on our behalf are chasing …

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I am completely Googled out. The world seems over Apple’d…and burrito’d. The Four Horsemen of the Internet are showing signs of strain and maybe investor fatigue. I am on full alert for my portfolio. Things got ugly fast the last few weeks. It’s not like there were not warnings. Lot’s of high momentum names like …

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I won’t find any $C stories this morning on The Stocktwits Blog Network because investors and traders that work for themselves for the most part are looking for ideas. Our network of contributors moved on from this years ago. There are only jokes and misery in Citibank, no story. The stream is ripping with links …

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There were thousands of ideas and opinions shared yesterday alone on $AAPL in the Stocktwits streams. Two that stood out (one bullish and one bearish) were: Apple $1,000 – Why it’s Time to Buy The Apple Starts to Soften I am long, had a good trade started yesterday on top of my position and while …

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I own some $AAPL. It’s now back down about $70 from it’s highs last month. In fact, it’s right back to the point in time where the Appple trillion valuations started in April with Gene Munster. Back in April, I sold into the trillion dollar mania. I don’t like the crazy price targets, especially media …

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