Archive for May, 2012

• First Google Hangout – Discussing Facebook IPO with Reuters
  Posted by Howard on May 31st, 2012 at 9:21 am, Comments: 1 comment

  It will be awesome when both $GOOG figures out ways to make ‘Hangouts’ even more easy to use and smaller companies like ‘OnTheAir‘ (I am [...]

• PR Newswire Gets Social, Integrates StockTwits for Investor Relations
  Posted by Howard on May 30th, 2012 at 2:51 pm, Comments: 1 comment

  One thing we have been extremely focused on at Stocktwits is to build a layer on top of the publishing world for financial people to [...]

• Facebook was just a PARTIAL Scam, Venture Capital is ALIVE, and Equities are NOT Dead!
  Posted by Howard on May 27th, 2012 at 2:43 pm, Comments: 3 comments

  The only scam around the Facebook IPO was the time our networks devoted to the event. The only scam to date around Twitter was the [...]

• The Ambien and iPad Miracles …People are Good and Karma exists!
  Posted by Howard on May 24th, 2012 at 12:02 am, Comments: 4 comments

  I have had two miracles happen to me this year. The first one happened at The $WYNN hotel in Vegas during CES this past January. [...]

• The Signal in ‘Small Data’ – StockTwits Adds Two New Social Signals: Stocks and People
  Posted by Howard on May 23rd, 2012 at 1:05 pm, Comments: 1 comment

  ‘Big Data’ is the shizzle in the media. I have a strong belief that ‘Small Data’ can offer more signal for the average investor and [...]

• Momentum Monday…Down Goes Facebook….Down Goes Facebook…
  Posted by Howard on May 22nd, 2012 at 12:43 am, Comments: No comments yet

  Facebook ($FB) had its official IPO on Friday, but it felt like a secondary offering….screw that…it felt like a series Q 1999 offering. It disappointed [...]

• The Facebook ‘Share’ Tax ….No Free Lunch
  Posted by Howard on May 20th, 2012 at 1:15 pm, Comments: 3 comments

  Everything has now been written…twice…about the Facebook ($FB) IPO. It was awful, rigged, great, bad, evil etc…. It’s over though. Monday is a new day. [...]

• Quick CNBC Appearance Talking Facebook and Niche Social Networks Like Witstream
  Posted by Howard on May 18th, 2012 at 11:18 am, Comments: No comments yet

  I got up at 3 am PST for this so watch it! Share on StockTwits

• Information is Food… Which Makes Investment Banks Saturated Fat
  Posted by Howard on May 17th, 2012 at 11:37 pm, Comments: 1 comment

  My friend JP (@jobsworth) is pure awesome to listen to and converse with. I was introduced by my friend Jevon who founded of the wicked [...]

• Italy, Greece and Spain…The Pavarotti, Tapas and Tzatziki Crash of 2012
  Posted by Howard on May 17th, 2012 at 1:49 am, Comments: 1 comment

  There is a panic going on that is being mostly ignored in the US. I say mostly because if you work at Morgan Stanley $MS [...]

• Facebook and Wall Street …SHARE IT is the new HOARD IT!
  Posted by Howard on May 16th, 2012 at 11:13 am, Comments: 2 comments

  Facebook $FB the most exciting IPO I have watched unfold. It is another nail in the coffin for the future of Wall Street research. All [...]

• Momentum Monday…The Facebook IPO…What a Market Top Looks Like Part 3
  Posted by Howard on May 15th, 2012 at 1:42 am, Comments: 3 comments

  My first worries about this current market run and potential ‘Top’ began in February. I followed up in April when I sold the last of [...]

• Yahoo and $2.1 Billion of Cash….Party Time Ross!
  Posted by Howard on May 13th, 2012 at 1:59 pm, Comments: 5 comments

  It would be a BLAST to be in control of $2.1 billion. First off, I could call my buddies at JP Morgan, or as I [...]

• Momentum Tuesday…Cracks!
  Posted by Howard on May 8th, 2012 at 5:11 pm, Comments: 4 comments

  The Momentum stocks are cracking. Today it was $FOSL which is a store I have never shopped in but a teen favorite. Rackspace $RAX, a [...]

• Momentum Monday…The Law of Large Numbers and Why Apple is Stalling
  Posted by Howard on May 1st, 2012 at 3:41 am, Comments: 1 comment

  Sorry about the sound for the first 10 minutes of the show. I have so much fun making Momentum Monday with Jon and Ivan. It [...]