I saw this tweet on ‘World Market Panic’ and it made me laugh: Panic in world markets: a photo gallery pic.twitter.com/vcRYfIijTh — Andrew Palmer (@palmerandrew) August 24, 2015 We give machines way too much credit when it comes to investing and trading. Machines did not create this ‘peak oil’ misinformation and fear a few years …
From: January 2016
THE BANKS ARE CRASHING….Everyone to the FAZmobile
In August of 2008 when I had a crude idea of what Stocktwits would be and Stocktwits was a Tumblr account, the ‘FAZmobile’ was born. My friend Joe who is happy to trade from the short side would call on the ‘FAZmobile’ when he thought the banks would fall. FAZ or $FAZ as the ticker it goes …
Is It Easier to Run a Taco Bell or a Hedge Fund?
Stay with me… Fact – Oil is under $30 a barrel…a level I like to say makes it cheaper to buy a barrel of oil than a barrel of Chobani yogurt. Fact – Emerging Market Bond Indexes are breaking down below 2007 levels and we know what happened in 2008. Fact – The S&P is …
My Investment Story: Robinhood
I knew I’d be investing in Robinhood within 5 minutes of meeting the team. Vlad and Baiju the founders showed up to the breakfast meeting in San Francisco wearing Google Glasses (RIP). It was back in 2013, and Robinhood was just some screenshots and a vision. There was no SEC approval yet. I had a …
The WTF and LOL Economy…The World’s First Digital Recession
It’s a bit of a comedy out there in the world. Th real news is that no matter how little exposure you think you had to the global markets, you are bleeding. The RECESSION chatter is in full bloom. The real problem with the word recession in 2016 is we are living/moving into a digital …
Add Stocktwits to your Slack Organization for Stock Quotes, Market News and Fun!
For the last 6 months I have lived with my teams on Slack. Slack is a very fast growing enterprise communication product. It’s like a Bloomberg Terminal (no data yet) for chat. It is a messaging app for teams at the moment, but I can see all types of small and large groups using it. …
My 2016 Guesses…and of Course the Crash of 2016
I have no idea what will happen in 2016. I am glad I waited a week to get them out. It seems a little easier now that we are in crash mode in global markets. I have some fantasies, some predictions based on trends I see and guesses that I will outline below. I will …
My Mission Continues in 2016
It’s a new year. I have read a lot of predictions and ‘themes’ for 2016 posts, but I continue on a mission I set off on in 2006 when I created Wallstrip. I wanted to be a part of the re-imagination of financial media, including CNBC. When Wallstrip was acquired in 2007, the mission evolved …