There are so many ‘schemes’ and ‘rackets’ at play in the financial industry my head spins. Just today, Andy Kessler wrote this great piece today on FICO Loans. Read it here . When I think ‘scheme’ or ‘racket’ here is what pops to mind: Bernie Madoff FICO scores and the three credit agencies (Experian, Transunion, …
From: 2015
Life in Coronado…and Why Apple and Instagram are Undervalued
I can’t believe that a simple stop and shoot with an iPhone 6s can create a picture like this to be shared in the moment: Quick Beach run #coronado A photo posted by Howard Lindzon (@howardlindzon) on Nov 9, 2015 at 7:12am PST It really did look that way to me this morning when I …
New Office – Same Art
I moved offices for about the 5th time in the last 20 years. Each time, less and less ‘stuff’ comes along. I am so grateful for ‘the cloud’. I now work in a shared office space in San Diego called Deskhub (I am a personal investor). There is a lot of wall space. I finally …
Crowdability …The SEC Approves Equity Crowdfunding
It was a very big day for American investor rights yesterday. The SEC voted to enact the final portion of the JOBS Act, known as “Title III.” This makes “equity crowdfunding” legal. In other words, for the first time in over 80 years, ALL U.S. citizens, regardless of their income or net worth, will be …
Alibaba and the Forty CNBC Talking Heads …and Self Regulation
I was watching this great Frontline episode called ‘To Catch a Trader‘ on Netflix this weekend. It could easily be a ‘bad’ comedy. The characters are all wealthy and pathetic. The cheating never ends. All day every day, the markets are covered as if finance was sports. The large hedge funds are the benefactors. In …
Stocktoberfest – My Top 10 Takeaways
Note – I did a video with Jeff Macke which is a deeper dive and embedded the end of the post with links to key takeways from others. My theme this year for the event was ‘Race to $1 Trillion’. By Friday, the biggest of technology made huge leaps towards the $Trillion as I call …
Stocktoberfest 2015…Man on The Street
I have a lot of catching up to do and notes I want to share about Stocktoberfest, but wanted to quickly share the video we made to open the event. This year I asked Lindsay Campbell to help make Stocktoberfest really special and capture the event with first class video production. She agreed but wanted …
Stocktoberfest 2015- Robinhood, Stocktwits and SparkFin
Team Robinhood will be at Stocktoberfest. So will team Stocktwits and Spark Finance My favorite app at the moment is Robinhood. There are many things that make Robinhood special, but the ease in which I can demo buying/owning a share of Apple or Facebook is incredible. Nearly 100 percent of the time, the person I …
I Interrupt This Humblebrag for a Humblebrag
I have been accused by some friends of too much #humblebragging of late. I am guilty. There are four types of sharing on social media… 1. Misery/News 2. Ideas 3. Talking your book 4. Humblebrags I love sharing ideas. I try to do this most and it’s why Stocktwits and Twitter get the most of …
Here Comes Stocktoberfest…
I spent the last two weeks back and forth across the country a few times. At the moment I have one of those nasty head colds that crushes your spirit and makes you feel like you will be sore forever. I was cramming in a Schwab event, meetings with Stocktwits customers, a new product launch, …