Jean Reno hates when I head over to Paris. We have a sort of gentlemen’s agreement that I let him know if I plan on Francing it up. But, he’s now 65 and has not aged quite as well as me so I decided to ignore his warnings and visit his country. Sure enough, we …
From: April 2014
Happy 15th Birthday Max Lindzon
Today Max turns 15. I am so proud of my Max. He is always smiling, brings a great attitude to all his activities and loves to hang out with his friends and family. I hope this year is his fave yet. I love you buddy.
Twitter Me This…Twitter will be over $60 in 2015
A second earnings call is now behind twitter. The stock is at #alltimelows this morning (afternoon in Paris). Here is a wrap up of some of my favorite ‘cashtagged’ messages re Twitter. One of my fave reads – research I pay for From Ben Thompson, is really gloomy on Twitter prospects: Unfortunately, I’m increasingly worried …
What is The Market Whispering…and Hiding Out in France – The New Safe Haven?
I am off to Europe for the next 10 days. I hope to talk to some new Stocktwits partners and meet some great entrepreneurs in Paris, Madrid and Barcelona. Beginning in February, things have really stalled in US financial markets and for those that did not take the price action warnings in momentum stocks, the …
The Glass is Half Full, But Their is Some Shit in Your Drink – Be Careful!
I like to keep things cheery over here on my blog. The glass is always half-full to me. The problem with my half full glass in April 2014 is it is full of financial bullshit, government turds, empty test tubes and lessons on ‘culture’ from geeks in San Francisco. I continue to be underinvested in …
David Einhorn is Short a ‘Basket of Bubble Stocks’ That 73 Percent of Americans Do Not Own!
Fear and Greed…Fear and Greed… The drone of spectacular headlines continue unabated in good and bad markets. Yesterday, CNN was out saying that Americans do not trust the Stock Market. I read it and I don’t really know what it means for the market and I for sure do not trust the data. David Einhorn …
10 Questions for Marc Andreessen and of Course His Answers!
Last night I was inspired by Lynda to pester Marc Andreessen with 10 questions. I asked Zach, founder of NewHive (we are investors) to pull them together because reading threads and pulling them together on and from Twitter is only for the patient and brave. Some of the banter after his answers is the best …
Life after Tech in 2014…Follow the Money
It has been a tough 60 days for many tech stocks and many of the trend stocks I have owned. While everyone focuses on when it will end and why it started, the smart thing to do is follow the money. Kara Swisher says that ‘Nobody knows‘. She is right…NOBODY in her line of reading …
Sports and Markets…DraftKings and Stocktwits
Stocktwits is partnering through the summer with DraftKings – a New Fantasy Game that traders and investors love. DraftKings.com host rapid-fire fantasy sports contests, where you can both have fun and win cash. Their contests for PGA are simple — pick the best possible team of golfers under the designated salary cap, watch them perform …
The ‘Quantified Us’…The Future of Niche and Vertical Social Networks Like Stocktwits
I was excited to see Stocktwits mentioned in ‘Wired’ recently in an article entitled ‘Forget the Quantified Self. We Need to Build the Quantified Us‘. The gist: The Quantified Us should be based on a select group of people who share similar goals, health conditions, or even similarity of emerging data patterns. They could be …