If you own the right stocks, this has been an incredible time to own stocks. Take a look at the brands you can’t live without and love: Some of the most popular retail consumer brands are crushing the market in 2015 with average YTD performance of +43% — Ivaylo Ivanov (@ivanhoff) Jul. 23 at 10:00 …

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The same argument has taken place since Amazon went public…it’s overvalued. During that time, Amazon has continued to climb…not without some shocking bear market close call sickening declines. As of this morning, Amazon is one of the 10 largest companies in the S&P, passing both JP Morgan (saved by the government) and Walmart. $AMZN gained …

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I am so excited to be live with plans for Stocktoberfest 2015 – October 18-20, 2015. This year we will be upgrading once again to the amazing Del Hotel for the full event. Here is the website with the first run of early bird tickets. I am really proud that the show will not just …

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The power of the ‘niche’ in people, subjects, expertise and context is one of the best things about Stocktwits. I have always wanted to get alerts when the people I follow on a ticker or market post in real time. I have also wanted to make Stocktwits SO LIGHT that a user could come join, …

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We have reached peak ETF. I am not sure what it means, but it’s a disgusting place to be. The robo’s are fighting each other to the death. There is an ETF for each minute of the day. Not one millennial can name 20 American Companies on the Russell 2000. Today, legendary money losing investor …

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I have been working on the script….who should play me? Let’s make this movie happen….. He never obeyed the flight attendants when they said turn off your phone. He kept surfing and returning email. They did not really care. His converse sneakers were off, his seatbelt unbuckled and his fingers pecked away at his smartphone. …

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It’s a full blown panic in China. The media thinks it was inevitable because China was in a stock bubble. The problem is China was not a stock bubble. People were acting silly if the numbers and stories were true, but I don’t buy into the bubble hype. The panic though is real. The policies …

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If it was easy to monetize ‘sharing’ we would all be billionaires. It’s definitely easier to monetize hoarding. People ask me all the time …’How do I monetize my followers’ I always answer back…’You should never have started sharing if monetizing was the goal’. I like sharing content. I can’t explain why. It’s likely that …

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From where I sit and watch, ‘business’ television and Finance Twitter are endlessly chattering about: 1. The China stock bubble and now crash 2. The Tech Bubble and Private Company Valuations and Unicorns 3. The Greek crisis It makes sense that television and twitter are in a loop…they are great dance partners. One feeds the …

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Nothing is broken. Fear and greed is at work as it always is. Yes, the regulations have swung too far into the costly mode. Yes, technology companies are going public later. Yes, there are a slew of broken technology IPO’s. Yes, it will get worse before it gets better. But, IPO’s will never die. The …

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