The world is awash in cash and time. It’s an interesting cocktail that has been brewing with the proliferation of money printing and smartphones. It makes sense to me that speculation would run rampant. My wife and I just made an offer on a home on Coronado. We were one of SIX. The counter came …
From: April 2015
Twitter – Great Platform…Shitty Stock – a Mea Culpa
Twitter is the one platform I use the most on my mobile phone next to Stocktwits. I read most of the day and so Twitter is the place where I share my thoughts and things I read. I decided with the launch of Periscope to own it again at $49. The stock has never been …
FOMO meets DOMO meets POMO – What that Means for Markets
A quick glossary pf terms FOMO – Fear of Missing Out DOMO – a company in Utah that just became the latest Unicorn. It was stealth until Unicorn status – whatever the f&*()_k that even means. POMO – Short for Federal Reserve ‘Permanent Stock Market Riggery‘ Let’s get this started… I guess the easy money …
The Next Apple – A New Book By Ivanhoff and I
In 2008 I published my first book on trends called ‘The Wallstrip Edge‘. Hachette paid me well and for that they got title naming rights. Twitter was beginning to explode and I wanted to call the book ‘The Twitter Trend’, but Hachette scoffed and we sold 14 books. The good news is for $9 you …
The Apple Watch Launches as Nasdaq Hits All Time Highs…Coincidence?
I am really excited to buy an Apple Watch. It is going to be big winner, but it will chart a slower growth curve. Apple is in no rush which is obvious. This is the one I want. It has a magical feel and clasp. I wish I could buy one in the store and …
Peak Goldman or Peak Google…Who do you Anti-Trust
Goldman Sachs is making serious money as usual and the stock is back above $200. Whenever I chat with my pal Michael Parekh (retired Goldman partner), I know that Goldman can’t be stopped. No inside information, but the club is the club. Do you really think Goldman has not figured out how to have a …
Great News for Stocktwits…More Capital, Faster Growth, Better Mobile, New Features
I have been off the blogging grid too long. Today I felt like catching up our community on the ‘State of Stocktwits’. Stocktwits had a profitable March. We know how to survive on our own. I am really happy with the progress of our mobile apps. The iOS version is getting 5 stars and our …