A lot of magical things are happening for people that love investing and markets on the social web. I am long this chart: It is not a stock, but I am proud of this pattern. Stocktwits messaging (we call ‘Cashtagging’) is at all-time highs. It is accelerating. I read it as people loving the Stocktwits …

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Retail is for suckers… America is addicted to retail. We are consuming machines. But the web has slowly turned ‘Brick and Mortar’ retailers into what Josh Brown calls – ‘Bricks and Mortuaries’. E-Commerce is not some new threat to traditional retailers. Amazon started in 1994. It was in 1984 that NPR dove into the idea. …

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Net Neutrality was a big subject this week. I hate everything about the term. The chance that our government cares about me and the web or any form of neutrality is zero. The idea that Verizon cares about the speed of my web if given enough power scares me to death. I don’t worry about …

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Today is Rachel’s 16th birthday. She took me driving. She is the definition of sweet. I keep hearing she will hate me for a few years, so I am cherishing every moment that she is willing to spend with me. When we brought her home from the hospital 16 years ago, I was clueless. Now …

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Happy New Year everyone. I had a wonderful 2013, but I was lucky. To those who struggled, my heart aches because I know how health issues are starting to creep into my own life as I age and my family ages. I am grateful and hope to be as whacky and irreverent as ever in …

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