I would not spend money on a SuperBowl commercial for Stocktwits, but if I was given the chance to create one, the message would be this: The market is to be respected, but not worshipped. We are here to beat it. (thanks Alex Gurevich) I am in my year end planning mode for Stocktwits and …

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I read all day it seems as part of my job. Lately I have come across three investing gems that have stuck with me. Luckily, the first 122 gems are in this one article from Morgan Housel. Print it, learn it, love it…repeat. This one from Warren Buffett stood out most: 35. As last year’s …

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When I first met Baiju and Vlad (Robinhood founders), I loved their product idea but said the one thing I would change is free commissions. Now that I have used their product for months, I sure am glad the commissions are free and they did not listen to me. It would be crazy to not …

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A few months ago a good friend introduced me to Raoul Pal who started RealVision TV. Raoul also runs The Global Macro Investor (sadly I will NEVER be able to afford the $40,000/year). Raoul wants to change things in the financial industry for not just big hedge funds. He is willing to laugh at himself …

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Before I get to more predictions for 2015…Here were my predictions for 2014 (they have a link to my 2013 predictions as well and so on…) . Not too shabby. As for the future… People remain underinvested and overdiversfied. Old people are scared because they watch FOX and CNN while young people have too many …

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Yesterday I wrote about what I saw happening in Fintech and Web Video. Late in the day, Bill Gurley chimed in on Twitter with this post: There is way more to do in video. Queues, curation, competition. If you have an idea, I am all ears. — Bill Gurley (@bgurley) December 2, 2014 He’s not …

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I am sticking with a few of my 2013 ad 2014 predictions that continue to do well, but also continue to be early in their trends still…the opportunities in web video and the financial web (‘FinTech’). BUT, let’s start with being eclectic and making cold calls. The best investors read like crazy, read the right …

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I have had a fantastic week of work in London. All of it off the telco grid. I have survived on wifi, paper maps and friends. Last night I got to hang with my good friend Yoni Assia (world traveler based in Israel), founder of Etoro (an amazing and almost global brokerage which I am …

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As confident as I am in the social revolution and boom….I worry about all of the above in the title as I travel for a month talking to Stocktwits customers. Fun facts about global markets at this point in time: 1. The US markets are at all-time highs (software and biotech continue to lead) 2. …

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Yesterday, Jim Cramer ended up in my Twitter stream somehow ranting about how Twitter needs to fire Dick Costolo. The stock has struggled of late for sure and management changes are happening in droves. When CNBC does decide to talk about stocks and companies, it’s as an armchair quarterback, because the talking heads have not …

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