Archive for December, 2012

• Momentum Wrap – Strong Finish Of The Year
  Posted by ivanhoff on December 31st, 2012 at 4:24 pm, Comments: No comments yet

  New Highs 30 All-Time Highs among stocks that gained 1% or more. Some of the biggest gainers were: MX KYTH RGLS DDD PBF DORM SXE [...]

• In 2012 I Learned That…
  Posted by Howard on December 31st, 2012 at 10:31 am, Comments: No comments yet

  My friend Josh Brown (#Puffy) is one of the hardest working blogger/advisor/family men I know. He’s everywhere. He oozes life and creativity and I am [...]

• Is Apple Pulling a Braveheart…and Why I Hate ‘Cheap’
  Posted by Howard on December 30th, 2012 at 11:17 am, Comments: 5 comments

  Apple is one of my ideas for 2013, but I am already dreading it. Last week I wrote: 10. Apple will do something awesome and [...]

• 2012: The Year in StockTwits Trending Tickers
  Posted by Howard on December 29th, 2012 at 10:21 am, Comments: No comments yet

  StockTwits Trending Tickers have become a must follow gauge of social momentum in the markets over shorter periods of time. They capture the pulse of [...]

• Momentum Wrap – Retailers Hit By Weak Sales Data
  Posted by ivanhoff on December 26th, 2012 at 6:22 pm, Comments: No comments yet

  New Highs 7 All-time highs among stocks that gained 1% or more: AEGR LOV CZZ INFI LYB RLGY CSU 19 stocks reached new 52-week highs [...]

• Jason Calacanis Interview – Entrepreneuring, Start-ups and Markets
  Posted by Howard on December 26th, 2012 at 11:57 am, Comments: 5 comments

  Jason and I go way back. Lot’s of disagreements over style. His ‘This Week In…’ series is great though and I told him so. He [...]

• My 2013 Predictions…Beware ‘YOUR’ Health and ‘OUR’ Government…and…Hug Your Kids, Punch a Banker, Smack an Engineer and Kiss the Right Doctor!
  Posted by Howard on December 23rd, 2012 at 4:39 pm, Comments: 24 comments

  ‘Too Small to Fail‘ (circa October 2008) is in full bloom in our household as 2013 approaches. My personal top priorities… 1. Saving money because [...]

• Momentum Wrap – Visa and Mastercard Hit New All-time Highs Again
  Posted by ivanhoff on December 20th, 2012 at 5:40 pm, Comments: No comments yet

  New Highs 33 All-time Highs among stocks that gained 1% or more today: TROV KMX NTI CVI COG ALDW LOV MHH ASH CFNL RSE INFI PPG [...]

• Howie’s Life Lessons
  Posted by Howard on December 20th, 2012 at 10:49 am, Comments: 1 comment

  It’s that time of year for predictions so I figured I would offer some life lessons instead.  I don’t always follow what I preach of [...]

• Easily share to StockTwits from HootSuite!
  Posted by Howard on December 17th, 2012 at 7:35 am, Comments: 2 comments

  One of our goals is to make participating in StockTwits as easy as possible for our members. We are excited to announce that the StockTwits [...]

• One Day Left to Win The Ring Opening Bell with Questrade Contest
  Posted by Howard on December 14th, 2012 at 3:03 pm, Comments: No comments yet

  Attention fellow Canadians: You have until the end of the day tomorrow December 15 to enter this awesome contest. Go! StockTwits is pleased to introduce [...]

• Momentum Monday – There is NO Fiscal Cliff in Mexico…Just Cliff Diving, and How to invest in Startups with Marc Andreesen
  Posted by Howard on December 10th, 2012 at 8:46 pm, Comments: 1 comment

  The top 4 financial news stories we are bored to death with : 1. Fiscal Cliff 2. Is it ‘Boner or ‘Bayner’ (Boehner) 3. Twitter [...]

• A Goalie on the Social Web
  Posted by Howard on December 8th, 2012 at 1:02 pm, Comments: 1 comment

  Growing up in Toronto, hockey was of course the thing. Our biggest worry as kids was finding a goalie for ball hockey or if we [...]

• Momentum Monday …Stock Picking is NOT a Hobby…The Stocktwits 50…Baidu has a Competitor and Adobe is Interesting?
  Posted by Howard on December 3rd, 2012 at 1:59 pm, Comments: 1 comment

  Fun show today with Ivan and I delving deeply into the Stocktwits50 list of the week and how we use it. I also delve into [...]

• The SEC, Mary Schapiro, FINRA, Penny Stocks …The Opposite of Investing for Profit and Joy
  Posted by Howard on December 2nd, 2012 at 11:39 am, Comments: 4 comments

  In October we held ‘Stocktoberfest’ a conference on ‘Investing for Profit and Joy. There were sessions on Momentum, Bonds, Technical Analysis, Banking and Lending and [...]