After the last Twitter ‘earnings report’ I blogged that Apple was not broken but Twitter was. Today, Twitter has not only recovered from the gap down post earnings but crossed $20. Last week when it crossed $19 I shared that I had bought some stock myself: Twitter up above $19 …. A sure sign Trump …

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Fred Wilson asks a great question … ‘Would you Pay for News?‘ You should chime in on his blog.  I’m not sure if I have paid for news directly in the last 10 years.  I don’t think news can make me money over a long period of time (trading) or make me smarter. It definitely …

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I think I finally understand when America was Great…the old days when we got the toaster, not just the burnt toast. Coming soon to your bank…everyone is Tony Montana. If you live in Germany you get to pay your bank to hold your clean, hard earned cash. Yes sir…we saved the banks so they could …

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Looks like Donald Trump will get routed. Donald Trump says he wanted to ‘Make America Great Again’ and the Republicans chose him. They deserve their fate for now. I suspect a better Republican party will emerge because that is part of what makes America great. I believe his childish ‘Make America Great’ again tagline is …

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The Nasdaq is leading America. I don’t mean Nasdaq ‘the company’ though I own the stock and it’s been a beauty. I mean THE Nasdaq, the great group of technology companies that is winning the global war of attention. The Nasdaq was left for dead in 2002. Down 80 plus percent as an index. Priceline …

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Lots of crash calls as usual.The regulars like Marc Faber are trying to get ahead of their own yearly October crash calls by making them in August. Thank goodness CNBC exists to trot out the knuckleheads. Brazil’s stock market has doubled in between the last two Marc Faber crash calls.  Elaine Garzarelli once called a …

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On Friday we closed at all time highs on the Nasdaq. The FIVE largest companies in the world are US technology companies.  Thank goodness Trump wants to make America great again. I’m sick of all the horrific  gains in semiconductor stocks. I long for ‘peak oil’ fear and $120 oil. I can’t wait for $2,000 …

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Stocktoberfest 5 is finally on the calendar. Come join team Stocktwits and I on October 13-15 at The Del Hotel on Coronado. The site is live and you can get your tickets today. This year ‘The Alpha Pages’ will be a key partner in organizing and managing the event. Jeff Joseph is founder and chairman …

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The active vs passive argument never fades. I was reading Jesse Felder’s great blog the other day and he had this post up whose title I took today on Active Investing. Today, passive investing has never been more popular. The shift to passive is accelerating. Vanguard alone owns 5 percent of all US securities. Take …

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Today is without a doubt the greatest day in the history of technology companies. The top FIVE companies in the world are now US consumer technology companies: Adding to the historical day – today, Uber turned a 2 year $2 billion investment into $6 billion in Didi paper in China. It truly is the digital …

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