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 …
From: December 2014
125 Things EVERYONE Should Know about Investing
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 …
Robinhood Launches – Free Commissions are Dumb…Long Live Free Commissions …
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 …
RealVision TV and Stocktwits…Financial Market Videos on Demand
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 …
Predictions for 2015…Sleep (Resmed), Tasers and Vaporizers, Cat Juggling (Buzzfeed over CNN), Uber IPO (Yawn), and The VIX hits 1 (Blame China)
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 …
Predictions for 2015 …Continued…Web Video and Financial Web
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 …
Predictions for 2015 …FinTastic, Videolicious, Be Eclectic, Tend To Your Networks and Cold Calls Still Matter
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 …