One more point regarding these Facebook proxy trades that are ripping yesterday and today as the $FB IPO date nears. Today, $RENN, $YELP & $P are also all running in addition to the $ZNGA, $GSVC and $FIO that I mentioned in the earlier post (all up again today). I view these plays as a…
Yesterday, my pal Kid Dyamite lamented that he might get the shares of Facebook that he put in for with his broker. His worry is understandable given the tape has been dreck for six weeks, valuation in the name is nosebleed and skepticism on the issue abounds. But I’m thinking Kid has little to…
$YHOO has been mismanaged from the top down since Tim Koogle‘s bar mitzvah. Despite this, it has somehow retained a huge slice of internet traffic and owns what continue to be some of the best web properties in the world. With Loeb gaining considerable leverage, the potential exists to unlock latent value over time as…
Last week, we went up to Boston & presented to a group of students & faculty. It was a lot of fun. I did a talk about trading and experience. Here’s the audio: Special thanks to investingfreak who taped this and hit me with the embed code.
The social momentum around the JP Morgan story is unprecedented in the short time since we launched the StockTwits Social Heatmap 3 weeks ago. Here’s a snapshot of the 12 Hour Financial Sector Heatmap. As you can see, $JPM is so thoroughly dominating interest with huge message velocity on the name. Investors, traders and…
This is just awesome and my favorite Youtube video of the year so far. The presence to make this play by a 6yo. Ridiculous!
I’m loving where the social web is and headed in the finance vertical. Last weekend, I was in New Orleans at the Options Industry Conference and had a chance to talk to a number of pr and marketing execs from the banks. When we discussed the real time web, user generated content, StockTwits and…
I’m heading down to New Orleans to speak at the 30th Annual Options Industry Conference. I will be on a panel Saturday morning at 10AM entitled The Future of Social Communications in Financial Services. I’ll be joined by a distinguished group including: Moderator: Jim Binder, Director of Public Relations, The Options Industry Council Scott Peterson, Co-Founder,…
Earlier in the week, I spent some time over at the Microsoft offices in NYC. They had a $SBUX coffee machine over there easier to operate than a Keurig that made freshly ground coffee. It was awesome. Here’s the photo I snapped of it: It made a good cup of coffee and I want…
Frontline’s four part series on the financial crisis entitled Money, Power and Wall Street is thorough, smart and riveting and all of the episodes are available here. It is the very best television has to offer. PBS does an amazing job on their website too and includes a special section with full length interviews of…