Archive for April, 2010

• Faith, Fear, Fair and the Stock Market
  Posted by Howard on April 29th, 2010 at 11:39 pm, Comments: 6 comments

  Faith is dumb, Fear is good and Fair is for kids. Most people invest with complete faith in the opinions of others, no fear of [...]

• Happy Birthday Max
  Posted by Howard on April 29th, 2010 at 11:01 pm, Comments: 10 comments

  So my Son Max is 11 in an hour. Life is good. Share on StockTwits

• Overheard on StockTwits: $APOL and Natty $UNG Weakness, $BIDU and Casino Strength
  Posted by Howard on April 29th, 2010 at 9:12 am, Comments: 2 comments

  The markets looked like they were going to give it up early this morning but have rebounded back strongly and are in full melt up [...]

• Overheard on StockTwits: Greece Bailout Redux, $AAPL weakness, Spain and $GLD
  Posted by Howard on April 28th, 2010 at 9:09 am, Comments: No comments yet

  The trouble in Europe is on the front pages, yet the market managed to open up green today in the face of yesterday’s selloff.  Here’s [...]

• Congratulations to Greycroft and to Marissa of Stocktwits
  Posted by Howard on April 28th, 2010 at 7:35 am, Comments: 25 comments

  My friends at Greycroft have just closed their second digital media fund for $130 million . I have invested with Greycroft in a few deals [...]

• The Upside of 'Too Small to Fail'…Goldman Sachs in the Murderhole
  Posted by Howard on April 28th, 2010 at 12:02 am, Comments: 4 comments

  I liked how my pal ‘Fly’ summed up today’s market action ‘ Welcome to the Murderhole ‘: Anyone else find it disturbing that Goldman’s personal [...]

• 'Momentum Monday'…Finding my Stride
  Posted by Howard on April 27th, 2010 at 8:12 am, Comments: 3 comments

  I am having an absolute ball creating my ‘Momentum Monday’ shows. I think they are getting better and at worst, they are making me focus [...]

• Overheard on StockTwits: Is $ALL the next $CAT, $GS and $GOOG weak, Time to be Cautious?
  Posted by Howard on April 26th, 2010 at 9:01 am, Comments: No comments yet

  Markets opened up this morning on great earnings from $CAT but there is an underlying weakness to the tape today with stocks like $GS getting [...]

• A Tribute to Some Bulls…and StockTwits TV
  Posted by Howard on April 26th, 2010 at 8:41 am, Comments: 12 comments

  At the Twitter conference a few weeks ago we ran into the CNBC west coast team.  They were lounging on the couch out front, likely [...]

• Overheard on StockTwits: $JRCC Looks Like an Interesting Play
  Posted by Howard on April 24th, 2010 at 3:29 pm, Comments: 3 comments

  I love StockTwits on the weekends.  The pace is a bit slower, everybody has a time to digest the market and share ideas, and you [...]

• Overheard on StockTwits: Fade $XHB on New Home Sales?, $GLD and Rotation to Inflation
  Posted by Howard on April 23rd, 2010 at 9:06 am, Comments: No comments yet

  The market seemed to start the weekend early as its been a boring morning.  A lot of the morning buzz on StockTwits has circled around [...]

• Stocktwits TV Goes Back Page with Todd Sullivan's Value Plays $JMBA and also a Goldman Sachs Debate $GS
  Posted by Howard on April 23rd, 2010 at 7:55 am, Comments: No comments yet

  Last night, Josh @reformedbroker and Jim @aiki14 – who have different takes on Goldman Sachs – had their debate on Stocktwits.tv and it was excellent. [...]

• Overheard on StockTwits: Greece fears, $GMCR and $NFLX soar, Inflation bubbling, and $UNG Bottom?
  Posted by Howard on April 22nd, 2010 at 9:05 am, Comments: No comments yet

  The market’s down and the StockTwits stream has been abuzz this morning with chatter on Greece.  Here’s what people were saying today: Share on StockTwits

• Overheard at Facebook Headquarters….How Many Calories are In the World Wide Web? $FBOOK
  Posted by Howard on April 21st, 2010 at 10:13 pm, Comments: 21 comments

  Facebook is hungry . Facebook is mean. At Facebook, ‘Friending’ and ‘Liking’ are just for the users. To take over the World Wide Web, the [...]

• A Brief Word on SENTIMENT
  Posted by Howard on April 20th, 2010 at 8:01 pm, Comments: 10 comments

  DUMB. If I had a dollar for every time we were asked (at Stocktwits) to provide a sentiment measure, I would be running an old [...]