Archive for February, 2013

• StockTwits Browser Extensions Make It Easy to Message From Anywhere on the Web
  Posted by Howard on February 28th, 2013 at 10:44 am, Comments: 1 comment

  It has always been easy to post all your financial messages, links, thoughts, ideas to Stocktwits. Stocktwits is not just a great publishing and journalling [...]

• Is Apple ‘Too Big To Succeed’? ….And The Era of One Trillion
  Posted by Howard on February 27th, 2013 at 7:39 pm, Comments: 2 comments

  The negative sentiment on our $AAPL stream is deafening. I am not willing to fade the crowd on this. No matter how much $AAPL stock [...]

• Momentum Wrap – LinkedIn, Open Table and A Railroad Hit New Multi-Year Highs
  Posted by ivanhoff on February 27th, 2013 at 4:36 pm, Comments: No comments yet

  New Highs 62 new all-time highs among stocks that gained 1% or more: GWRE SLCA VRSK LNKD CSU JBHT SUSS ASR DLPH PCRX  … 144 [...]

• How Many Screens do Investors and Traders Need?
  Posted by Howard on February 27th, 2013 at 9:41 am, Comments: 25 comments

  It’s a heated topic. No two desks are alike. I don’t think there is a right answer, but I use one. It’s a big Mac [...]

• Speed Kills…and ‘Too Fast To Succeed?
  Posted by Howard on February 26th, 2013 at 12:18 am, Comments: 3 comments

  Speed kills for sure, but can you go ‘Too Fast to Succeed’? I loved this post from Josh Williams now at $FB titled ‘play by [...]

• Momentum Wrap – Stocks Slammed, The All-Time High List Almost Empty
  Posted by ivanhoff on February 25th, 2013 at 6:53 pm, Comments: No comments yet

  The S & P 500 had its worst day since June last year. Correlation and volatility picked up. The pullback did not leave many prisoners. [...]

• What Do ‘Warning Shot’s Look Like in Financial Markets…Today! …and the Bondocalypse!
  Posted by Howard on February 25th, 2013 at 2:45 pm, Comments: No comments yet

  The markets have climbed a beautiful ‘Wall of Worry’ since the death of Europe and the death of Facebook and Social Media last summer. Lately [...]

• I Don’t Know…and Long-Term I Still Don’t Know
  Posted by Howard on February 24th, 2013 at 11:03 am, Comments: 4 comments

  It is amazing how little I know about subjects I know the most about. Yep, stocks and markets for one thing and angel investing. I [...]

• Google Glasses Hidden Feature…Stock Price Predictions
  Posted by Howard on February 22nd, 2013 at 7:54 am, Comments: No comments yet

  I tried out a pair of Google Glasses yesterday when visiting Yahoo Finance in NYC. My head almost exploded. The lights, the data, the ladies….through [...]

• Momentum Wrap – Philip Morris International and Jack In the Box Hit New 52-week Highs
  Posted by ivanhoff on February 21st, 2013 at 5:24 pm, Comments: No comments yet

  Dividend-paying, defensive names shined today as capital does not want to leave the equity market just yet, but wants to decrease risk a bit. Look [...]

• George Hamilton as Howard Lindzon on CNBC
  Posted by Howard on February 21st, 2013 at 7:31 am, Comments: 1 comment

  My ‘friend’ Paul Kedrosky called me George Hamilton for this appearance on CNBC. I can explain. The ladies were in Phoenix for the long weekend, [...]

• Momentum Wrap – Stocks Down Across the Board
  Posted by ivanhoff on February 20th, 2013 at 6:09 pm, Comments: 1 comment

  There was a substantial surge in volatility and correlation today. Basic materials and energy stocks led the decline. Dividend-paying staples held relatively well, foreshadowing capital [...]

• Momentum Wrap – Google Hits New All-Time Highs
  Posted by ivanhoff on February 19th, 2013 at 5:14 pm, Comments: No comments yet

  We are in a market stage, where price momentum is the most powerful and relevant catalyst. Stocks continue to defy gravity and laugh at any [...]

• The ‘Fashology’ Era…Better Late Than Never
  Posted by Howard on February 18th, 2013 at 10:21 am, Comments: 1 comment

  In 2005 I was long $AAPL and Oakley ($OO I believe). I believed in ‘fashology‘. It was frustrating to own Oakley because they were so [...]

• My Kingdom for a Hedge!
  Posted by Howard on February 17th, 2013 at 10:31 am, Comments: 24 comments

  Hedging is hard. It might even be financially dumb. The last few weeks I have put on some hedges using $SPY Puts. Considering I wrote [...]