Seth Godin has a great blog post up called ‘The Future is Messy‘: The Future is Messy and the past is neat. It’s always like that. That’s because the people who chronicle the past are busy connecting the dots, editing what we remember and presenting a neat, coherent arc. We can publish the history of …
From: July 2013
Facebook Strikes Back, Apple Sells More Devices Than The Population Of 217 Countries
Stefan and the rest of our awesome curation and content team at Stocktwits are putting together some very topical, catch’upie’ posts on the week that was. Look for much more content like this on Yahoo Finance in the coming weeks as well. We will be spotlighting sentiment, smart peeps thoughts and ‘chart art’. As always, …
What are the Markets Whispering…
The market is always whispering. I love this description of Stocktwits from OnlyLogicMatter: I really enjoy this website and think it’s a brilliant and intoxicating way to process investor sentiment and trends! The Stocktwits stream is a tape of investor sentiment. We do our best to curate in the background, but it is up to …
What if Facebook Figures out Mobile? Start Building a List of Others Tonight…
Facebook ($FB) is rocking after earnings tonight (I have no position). Not only do I not own the stock, I don’t have Facebook’s app downloaded on my iPhone (will do so again now). I had stopped using it a few months back again and just deleted it to clean up my screen. I don’t think …
Netflix, Tesla and Apple – Inefficient and Efficient Markets at Work
Markets can’t be placed in any one category because money is always moving. I would argue the same for individual stocks. Take a look at Netflix $NFLX the last few years: Would you call this efficient? Netflix is the poster child for inefficient markets. The Company can’t be valued properly as it grows, shrinks and …
In Awe of the Mobile Global Warming Boom…
This has been the longest stretch without blogging on WordPress since I started in 2005. I can’t explain why. The last few days I have gone cold turkey on coffee and ambien and it is not going well. The over under before I break into a pharmacy is tonight! Turns out I am going on …
Global Investment Landscape – Everything You Need to Know
This is a classic from Josh. All kidding aside, it is why I focus on US investing. Of course billions are made in Africa, Russia etc…, but for 99 percent of American Investors, investing in great American Companies is all the diversification they will ever need for the forseeable future.
Alpha in Your Eyes and Your Feet…
One of my favorite reads on markets is Andy Kessler. I chased him down in 2007 to be interviewed by Lindsay on Wallstrip. It was great. Keep reading….I embededded the short interview at the end of the post. Andy is always ahead of the curve, but that does not mean he will always be right. …