Archive for June, 2011

• Introducing The StockTwits Real Time App for Android
  Posted by Howard on June 30th, 2011 at 9:00 am, Comments: 2 comments

  This morning, we have launched The StockTwits Real Time App for Android. This app is simple to use and fast.  Now, members can view and share [...]

• Trading Is…
  Posted by Howard on June 29th, 2011 at 8:43 am, Comments: 3 comments

  A few months ago, my friend Sean wrote a post as a tribute to traders called ‘Trading Is’.  It has stuck with me.  Now that [...]

• Stocktwits Day of The Opera and a Stocktwits Pop-Out Feature Tip
  Posted by Howard on June 28th, 2011 at 4:07 pm, Comments: No comments yet

  We are so focused internally on distribution at Stocktwits because the wider our API and streams reach, the more people can contribute and grow their [...]

• Amazon $AMZN to Buy Twitter $TWIT ….The Monday Headline We Need!
  Posted by Howard on June 26th, 2011 at 7:52 pm, Comments: 1 comment

  Everyone loves a merger Monday…other than shortsellers. The market is heavy and the dollar is firming, so we might not see them as often and [...]

• Foursquare…Vision and Talent Trumps Short-Term Revenue
  Posted by Howard on June 24th, 2011 at 5:31 pm, Comments: No comments yet

  Huge congrats to Foursquare $fsq are in order for the $50 million raise, not just for the amount of money raised but for the sheer [...]

• Google and The Government…Google should have Drilled For Oil
  Posted by Howard on June 23rd, 2011 at 7:16 pm, Comments: No comments yet

  The government will eventually tax you if you don’t drill for oil. $GOOG the stock has been extra heavy for a long time. We now [...]

• How NOT to Move…
  Posted by Howard on June 22nd, 2011 at 9:44 am, Comments: 1 comment

  So we closed on our home in Phoenix. Today a HUGE win is a loss of $200k. In Phoenix, that means we made the front [...]

• A ‘FLY’ Beats Wall Street Banks…Billions of VC Dollars Saved!
  Posted by Howard on June 21st, 2011 at 9:56 am, Comments: No comments yet

  Yesterday, ‘FlyontheWall’ a company with approximately 5,000 subscribers won a long battle with big banks including Barclays, Morgan Stanley and Merrill Lynch over ‘hot’ news [...]

• The Osama Bin Laden Market Top…Mood is a Mysterious Drug
  Posted by Howard on June 20th, 2011 at 1:33 am, Comments: 2 comments

  Mood is indeed a mysterious drug. I remember where I was when I heard that Princess Diana died. Japan. I have no idea what the [...]

• Bullhorn: Safe Stocks for a Bear Market? What?
  Posted by Howard on June 17th, 2011 at 3:10 pm, Comments: No comments yet

  Spent some minutes chatting with Paul ‘The Bearded Wonder’ LaMonica at CNNMoney this afternoon and we talked some of the best stocks during the Summer [...]

• Momentum Monday: Pick Your Spots
  Posted by Howard on June 14th, 2011 at 9:57 am, Comments: No comments yet

  On last night’s Momentum Monday, Ivan joins and we discuss strong stocks that continue to confound like $FOSL even as many of the retailers get [...]

• Is The Bull Market Dead…or Just a Breather
  Posted by Howard on June 13th, 2011 at 12:20 am, Comments: No comments yet

  I have spent the last 9 days on the road and was not blogging and just trying to do sales, business development and some goodwill. [...]

• My Toronto Home Town Crowd
  Posted by Howard on June 9th, 2011 at 9:31 am, Comments: No comments yet

  Athletes love playing in front of their home town crowds.  I am no athlete, but Toronto is still home with my mom, sisters, nieces and [...]

• StockTwits Launches Investor Relations Solution for Public Companies
  Posted by Howard on June 8th, 2011 at 7:24 am, Comments: No comments yet

  This morning StockTwits launches a product suite which enables investor relations professionals to leverage the power and popularity of social media. The StockTwits IR Suite [...]

• Buy and Hope? ….Not With This Great Gift!
  Posted by Howard on June 2nd, 2011 at 2:00 am, Comments: 1 comment

  They say that a picture is worth a thousand words…I say that simple gifts and gestures can be priceless. Last year I found the perfect [...]