I am in Phoenix for the holidays and in a reminiscing mood for today’s version of the 12 charts of 2016. I remember Blackberry ruling the earth. At it’s peak in 2008, I thought you would have to pry it out of my cold dead hands even though I knew the stock run was over …

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I’m going to start my blog posts going forward with some daily odds and ends.  Last night I saw LALA land. Best movie I have seen in years. Go see it. Supposedly it’s the same kid who did Whiplash. Talk about talent. Fun to go to a movie and just be entertained and not wishing …

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I am winding down 2016 thinking about 2017 and beyond of course. I figured a good way to think about 2017 is to look at the charts that define 2016.  I see as many charts as anyone. I am either studying them or seeing them pass me by on Stocktwits.  I don’t trade off charts …

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I own some Bitcoin and marvel at the resilience. I have written about Bitcoin a lot on this blog (51 times). My best take on the trend was back in 2013 when Union Square invested in Coinbase. I said that I like finding trends that are not too early for Union Square and way too …

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I saw someone on Stocktwits share this Barron’s cover for this weekend and realized I’m rich!  When you are rich you buy art. It’s a hedge against saving your money for the kids or giving it away.  Ellen and I love looking for local artists when we travel internationally. As luck would have it we …

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As we wind down 2016 I thought the following was pretty funny from The Daily Show: This year was a shitshow.  America has a 7 year old President and India created a new currency it can’t print.  In 2017 we will continue to see a Silicon Valley fund the next great ‘Open Platform’ and Wall …

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Financial Leverage is back. So is berating people, snubbing and inside information. Bank of America is the new Facebook. United Airlines is the new Google. The Coal ETF is the new Tesla. British Petroleum is….well at least that stock still sucks. I can’t think of two worse ‘brands’ in such incredibly important industries as United …

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When I started Stocktwits I had no idea that I would get a personal cash bailout from Stocktwits member @speedycalls in Buenos Aires. I have long bantered with tens of thousands of Stocktwits users over the years but I had an unbelievably awesome pay it forward moment today. I have known for years that the …

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A longer post today with some fun facts and history and of course some perspective. Here we go. Where were you at dow 10,000…the first time in 1999? I was up at Pebble Beach watching CNBC. I don’t event think the CNBC ‘Markets in Turmoil’ producer was born yet. The Dow went on to rally …

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It has been about a month since I stopped posting to Twitter. It has been easier than I thought to quit. I still enjoy getting notifications from about 30 people that keep me up to date on some tech news and financial topics. One way Twitter was magical for me was my trips to foreign …

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