2008

Howard Lindzon » Stocktwits Update

Howard does an awesome job of rounding up some of the new @stocktwits features:...

Special Message from Merlin: Poof! Your bullshit rally is gone! (Love live “The Fly”).

<— Dances on $CROX grave.

Peso power: Mexican currency nears six-year...

Lee Byron » How » Mapping Walkability – San...

Let’s see…who can we blame higher oil prices on…. I know - The Dutch!...

Wait a minute, I thought naked short selling was banned? How are the markets still going down?!?!...

Thought of the day: The VIX is only as magical as traders make it.

Mexican Peso in the LA Times: http://bit.ly/1XBuH5

iphone 3g review: slower to type out email and txt messages; blows away every other device...

Since $F lost 8.7b do they get access to the discount window now?

Yoga Bears: It's No Stretch to Say Traders...

Mexican Peso ($FXM) still rocking higher against USD. Headed under 10.0 handle. Long Peso.

It would be fun to create an infinite loop with twitter, tumblr, and twitterfeed. tweet -> tumblr...

First tweet from iPhone 3G

I love the visual picture that “Discount WIndow” evokes.

My iPhone 3G has arrived at my local AT&T store. I’m not going to go pick it up for a few...

I expect tomorrow to be a Merlin-esque “poof! your bullshit rally is gone” day.

Retweeting @StockTwits: The next evolution of Stock Twits is coming soon. Stay tuned and tell you...

Re-iterating by “Buy” recommendation on The Roots - Rising Down.

BREAKING: SEC to ban naked short selling of apple shares; rumor mongering that steve jobs is not, in...

So who do I twitter about getting my money back for the dark knight?

Dark knight IMAX. Color me skeptical.

Recession-Plagued Nation Demands New Bubble...

The current S3 problems highlights the risk of “cloud computing”; Single points of...

From the aforementioned article (paraphrased) - If $FNM and $FRE were hedge funds, they would be...

Must read from The Economist on Fannie and Freddie: http://bit.ly/1vsGqP

Reviewing for the opening of the spot FX markets.

oh hai failwhale.

Developing anything other than C# on windows is a pain in the ass. Must get myself a MacBook...

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac | End of illusions...

Y Combinator: Startup Ideas We'd Like to...

Also Deltron 3030 may be the best hip-hop album of all time.

Finally got around to restoring my full iTunes library from my last backup. Didn’t realize how...

I can’t believe that the system we have going here in the US gets passed off as free market...

Found out yesterday that our yet-to-be-born baby is a boy. Excited.

In the theatre awaiting the start of Hellboy 2.

Retweeting @infoarbitrage: monitor110 - a post mortem http://tinyurl.com/5royaf

Information Arbitrage: Monitor110: A Post...

FT Alphaville » Blog Archive » Long oil? No,...

Congrats to @s_m_i and @FeedTheBull with the correct answer which is of course “booty”.

Not many Beastie Boys fans follow me I have learned :)

What’s another name for pirate treasure?

Damn, I haven’t seen the FailWhale in days. I sort of miss it.

Whoa. Twitter homepage morphing between reloads

I’d love to break 500 @StockTwits contributors. Help me?

Who wants to go stone Bernanke’s car with me?

The Carry Trade is dead! Long live The Carry Trade!

If I were into equities, I would be looking at buying index LEAP calls.

ooooooohhh snap!: http://tinyurl.com/5cz2gt

The Big Picture | Idiots Fiddle While Rome...

the BIS has an RSS feed. I love the internets.

The Big Picture | Idiots Fiddle While Rome...

lol @JackRyanBauer

SEC = Shortselling Equals Chaos

1st rule of short-selling: do not talk about short-selling. 2nd rule of short-selling: do not talk...

There short version of Bernanke’s testimony today before Congress:...

required reading from The Economist on the relationship between current account balances and...

Economics focus | The domino effect |...

via media.economist.com

Real buyers stepping in here or just your local PPT?

Attention! This is a special message from your gov’t. Selling of any kind is no longer...

The SEC - One of the many reasons that I chose forex over stocks when I started trading. This...

I blame the shortsellers for twitters stability and scalability issues.

twummize or summitter?

Wow, so Bernanke admitted we are in something close to stagflation AND I heard Bush correctly cite...

I must be in bizzaro world where policymakers actually seem to know what’s going on around...

Loving my long inflation / zero equity exposure about now.

alternative stocktwits tagline: @StockTwits - Scourge of the SEC

spreednews.com » Houston, We’re Live!

It’s sad how much better fox’s video player is than CNBC’s.

Nikkei flirting with sub 13000 level

Gold ($GLD) and Aussie Dollar ($FXA) both moving higher today. 18yr high inflation in New Zealand.

I love when a bank says it’s “well capitalized” as if it expects that to suddenly...

http://twitpic.com/440g - Kitty likes to nap on the baby bump

oh, IndyMac was founded my Angelo Mozillo of CountryWide. Not surprising in the least. ($IMB $CFC)

ah, yes. my soren at tradingismy.biz email address is working. Excellent.

lol @carney

This just in: Local area matress seized by FDIC. Depositors offered pennies on the dollar.

Is there anything more ironic than $WM ‘WooHoo’ ad campaign? WooHoo! Stock going to...

YES: http://is.gd/T8l

Applicable market listening: Gravediggaz

“An unmitigated disaster…” -Jim Rogers re $FNM/$FRE bailout. Couldn’t have...

The only hope for US investors is to signup for twitter and follow @StockTwits and spying on what...

I’m also long my Guatemalan citizenship and passport.

I’m short the PPT, iBanks, Pseudo-GSEs, Rating Agencies, and Regulators. Long Jim Rogers, The...

Abnormal returns corrupt abnormally.

Setting up (more) tax shelters. I refuse to be party to anymore bailouts of fuckwit ibanks or...

Store closed at 7 PM, but I was turned away at 6:20 PM because they were “no longer allowing...

http://twitpic.com/3zve - Just got turned away from entry by “Dean” at Apple retail...

If you’re a US taxpayer and do not have a hedge against USD debasement, I recommend Merk Hard...

So, after all my posturing and bitching, I went and ordered an iPhone 3G yesterday after all. Should...

Paul Kedrosky: iPhone Apps for Investors

iPhone apps for investors via @pkedrosky: http://tinyurl.com/6bsftp

Who wants to bring me a bbq’d tri-tip sandwich?

Multicolr Search Lab - Idée Inc.

USD_OMFG

Retweeting @howardlindzon: Embrace the global panic, cut your lifestyle and start a company. Good...

Retweeting @gregormacdonald: IndyMac. R.I.P. http://tinyurl.com/5bbgcr

lol at $AAPL and $T, they need a failwhale for iphone activation and upgrade.

Gold ($GLD) breakout from recent ranges, EUR/USD ($FXE) just about there. Still long both.

http://twitpic.com/3ld4 - USD

“Be’n real these days ain’t easy” -Dizzee Rascal

Retweeting @wallstriponline: Playboy nominated Julie for the web’s hottest vlog star! Vote for...

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On pace to break 400 @StockTwits users by weeks end.

CXOAG Investing Notes – The Profit from the...

I hereby declare that people need a new thing to do with their hands for photos. peace sign, rock...

Does “value investing” include shorting stocks that are overvalued? If not, why not?

How to lose a customer is 30 seconds: bundle two control-freak companies who love hidden costs...

The Chemical Brothers constantly bring the dopeness.

Fuel costs don’t explain why every flight I take is delayed and/or sits on the tarmac...

It is not a coincidence that $FXA $FXB $FXC $FXM and $GLD are all up while $SPY is down.

Damn, I almost always spell deficit wrong.

re govt bailout of $FRE/$FNM: Umm, the gov’t doesn’t really have any money either. What...

Just looked at AT&T plans for iPhone 3G and now I will not be buying one. Perhaps off ebay in a...

At pizzaiolo. Sitting on the patio with my wife in the sun. No better evening to be had in the East...

here is the correct link to that anthem: http://is.gd/OB0

Listening to my market anthem: http://bit.ly/2lkCG3

Hey look who decided to get off their asses and start doing their job - ye old SEC:...

I feel for Cody Willard. I had Bells Palsey as a teenager. It fucking sucked. Feel better Cody.

Call me a contrarian if you must, but TweetDeck feels much to heavy weight for a light weight...

Quite happy to have zero direct exposure to equities right now.

Pessimists are most often right, but optimists are most often successful. -Unknown

http://twitpic.com/3axe - Finished savoy crepe

http://twitpic.com/3aun - Making crepes from scratch

$APC is the best stock for $200 oil says @jaltucher

In Bruges is a must see dark comedy. Gorgeous.

James Altucher of stockpickr.com is twittering @jaltucher

Happy 4th of July all: http://tinyurl.com/6cmw7j

Alea | Dow Jones in Euros

Dow in EUR: http://tinyurl.com/6xne9e

Dot-o-mator: Domain & Company Name Ideas...

Totally breaking the law by texting at red light.

twitter (verb): To fail epically under exponential growth.

Nice massive sell off of EUR/USD. This is why we always close or hedge directional positions before...

“If you went back to say 1995 and asked any entrepreneur or...”
— Bleak VC Quarter? Why?...

If you follow me but aren’t following @gregormacdonald yet, do yourself a favor and follow him...

I sure hope that a high speed rail line gets built between the SF Bay Area and SoCal.

If I start seeing that FailWhale any more often, I’m going to be able to claim it as a...

My EUR/USD and Gold buys looking smart; My old, ripped jeans and t-shirt, not so much.

It occurs to be that a whale is not a big enough allegory for the amount of fail that happens at...

EUR/USD ($FXE) breakout to new swing highs, just under 1.59 handle.

Excellent! Scamuel Israel III is in Federal custody.

long $FXA MR trade was perfect.

NEWSFLASH: Starbucks makes terrible, terrible coffee. That is all.

Indian Rupee falling to new swing lows against USD. I’m short Rupee.

IKEA is what skandanavia hell must be like.

Nice setup for a long MR trade in $FXA (its lagging behind $GLD).

Spot gold (whose ETF proxy is $GLD) up big and poking at the top of its recent range. Long.

Moody’s: We’re playing ‘blame the employees’ now? You sicken me.

GZA and Green Tea > Coffee

Hey NYCers: 2 slices of Lombardi’s + tin foil + ziplock + fedex envelope. I’ll paypal...

Sweet potato fries are good.

Investcorp’s Emerging Managers Top $2B |...

Calculated Risk: Shanghai Cliff Diving

JPMorgan G7 Currency Volatility Index