Archive for August, 2011

• Investing Truthiness…
  Posted by Howard on August 31st, 2011 at 1:40 am, Comments: 11 comments

  I get a lot of people that ask me about investing rules. I wish I could always practice what I preach. I wish I had [...]

• Getting Started on StockTwits: The Ultimate Guide
  Posted by Howard on August 30th, 2011 at 7:57 am, Comments: 3 comments

  We are getting a bunch of new StockTwits members who are experienced market participants or journalists. The following guide offers a detailed set of How To tips [...]

• Identity…The Road to Hell
  Posted by Howard on August 28th, 2011 at 4:26 pm, Comments: 10 comments

  A lot of people know who I am. I bleed on my blog. It resonates with people. If it bores you, you never come back. [...]

• Is Twitter The ‘Seinfeld’ of The Web…And What’s Facebook?
  Posted by Howard on August 27th, 2011 at 7:13 pm, Comments: 10 comments

  Seinfeld was a show about ‘Nothing‘. Twitter is a startup about ‘Nothing’. Most users don’t even go to Twitter. It’s like Seinfeld…most of the action [...]

• Steve Jobs…What Has He Ever Done for Us?
  Posted by Howard on August 25th, 2011 at 2:13 am, Comments: 8 comments

  It’s an inevitable but brutal day for the family of Steve Jobs, his friends and the Company. Life though will go on. Only time will [...]

• Momentum Monday…Slim Pickings, But The Tape is Thick With Data
  Posted by Howard on August 24th, 2011 at 11:54 am, Comments: No comments yet

  Today, I discuss the major move down in interest rates and the likely reason. There is some strength out there in the beverage world $KO, [...]

• The ‘Upgrade’ Bubble…Popped.
  Posted by Howard on August 24th, 2011 at 2:29 am, Comments: 4 comments

  It was all about the upgrade for the last 13 years. We were in ‘Upgrade’ nirvana. I want my hotel room, flight and home upgraded. [...]

• The S&P is Below 1998 Levels , but EVERYTHING is Different …especially the Mood.
  Posted by Howard on August 23rd, 2011 at 2:19 am, Comments: 9 comments

  I got a ton of reaction from my post last week about the S&P being below 1998 levels. There is a lot of anger about [...]

• What Have Our Leaders Learned in 2065 Years? … and My Gameplan for This Week
  Posted by Howard on August 21st, 2011 at 11:19 am, Comments: 3 comments

  “The budget should be balanced, the treasury should be refilled, public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and [...]

• The S&P is Below 1998 Levels…Thirteen years of Nothing?
  Posted by Howard on August 20th, 2011 at 5:31 pm, Comments: 22 comments

  The S&P is now below 1998 levels, the year I started my hedge fund. It is thrilling and sad at the same time. It is [...]

• Google is my ‘Newman’ Stock
  Posted by Howard on August 17th, 2011 at 7:31 pm, Comments: 12 comments

  When I shorted stocks a lot (the dumb days), Capital One $COF, Fannie Mae $FNM, Harley Davidson $HOG and Best Buy $BBY were my go [...]

• Buddy Media is Going for It!
  Posted by Howard on August 16th, 2011 at 2:17 am, Comments: 3 comments

  I have written a few posts about Mike and Kass Lazerow on my blog. They swing for the fences. It was not too long ago…September [...]

• Define ‘Tool’?
  Posted by Howard on August 15th, 2011 at 11:13 pm, Comments: 21 comments

  I just got called a ‘Tool’ today, but not just a regular tool…a ‘Fucking’ tool. No…not Rachel, Ellen, Max, Leslie, Chris, Phil, Ben, David, Mom, [...]

• Panic Monday….The Market May Forget, But I Don’t
  Posted by Howard on August 15th, 2011 at 11:08 am, Comments: 1 comment

  I remember the panic just a week ago. Bids were disappearing. The markets are now higher. I am housecleaning the stocks that have not recovred [...]

• The ‘Social Web’ Index SWEB from Stocktwits… It’s Alive…
  Posted by Howard on August 14th, 2011 at 12:10 am, Comments: 18 comments

  I am not sure I love the term ‘Social Web’, but it is better than Web 2.0 and less creepy than The ‘Alive‘ Web which [...]