We are off to Toronto today for my niece’s wedding. I was planning on being San Francisco for a board meeting yesterday which was cancelled at the last minute. That left me with a pretty open day in Phoenix which I was planning to spend at home catching up on bills and paperwork and maybe …

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Before I get started, have a quick watch of this hilarious Etoro ad campaign launched yesterday to promote Crypto copy trading. You can open an account now in the USA to buy and sell crypto and do copytrading. I am excited to be Tel Aviv next week for work and play and look forward to …

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This made me laugh yesterday: I had to ask Ivan if it was real because I do not watch CNBC and he responded ‘lol,no‘. It is really too bad because there is a saying that ‘they don’t ring a bell at the bottom or the top’ and CNBC has actually figured out how to ring …

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Happy Momentum Monday Everyone As a reminder, Marketsmith (by Investor’s Business Daily) is now a sponsor of the weekly show. All the charts you have been seeing in the videos and will continue to see are from Marketsmith. They are offering my readers a three week trial for $19.95. Click this link if you would …

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Happy Sunday everyone. Before I get into it, my niece sent me the sweetest picture of my great niece and nephew today… Pure joy. Onwards… My friend Ben Hunt wrote another great piece that I wanted to share titled ‘Yeah, It’s Still Water‘ that does a good job of getting the juices going about the …

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Don Valentine passed away yesterday. He was the founder of Venture Capital firm Sequoia Capital. My friend Semil posted some factoids about Don on Twitter: Don Valentine’s first fund was $3M in 1974, invested in Atari & Apple. That fund gave birth to Sequoia Capital. Surprisingly, neither of them were insane outcomes for Sequoia (compared …

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I love Rally Rd. Our fund Social Leverage was a seed investor and we are excited about the company, the team and the product. I sat down with co-founder Chris Bruno to explain the company, product, process and vision. I think you will enjoy. You can watch or listen here. Here is an audio only …

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Back in 2017 I was not convinced Apple Pay was a thing and felt I was still in payment hell. My friend Jon Strauss thought I was wrong and called Apple Pay magical. I responded that it was worthless until I started using it. Here is the Twitter thread from back in 2017… Today Jon …

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I am in Montreal today for a fintech conference, hosted by my friends at Portage (P3VC). I have not been to Montreal in a few years so I was excited to come back and see some old friends and catch up on the Canadian fintech scene. I will head to Toronto tomorrow. Late last night …

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A few weeks ago, Schwab lowered their commissions to zero and the stock fell hard. The stock had been falling for the last 12 months. NYU Professor Galloway said the following: Until yesterday, Robinhood was a disruptor. But Schwab announced they were eliminating commissions on trades, and Robinhood’s top of the funnel (customer acquisition) collapsed. …

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