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StockTwits Legitimizing Online Financial Talk

When watching the financial news channels, you better believe that the guest are talking their books. Dr. Doom is not only saying he believes the next move is down – his portfolio is positioned that way. The portfolio manager talking about increased iPhone sales and the upcoming release of the iPad is long [...]

The Buy and Hold Fairy

I think that everyone who has ever bought a stock has dreamed of buying one for a few dollars per share and selling it down the road for many dollars per share.  The good old buy it, hold it and sell it at the top strategy.  In spite of a 40% pounding last year and [...]

Do 401K plans still make sense?

Millions of Americans, unbeknown to them, are trusting their retirement to the luck of the stock market draw.  I recently talked about this in my post 401Ks: Main Street’s Friend or Foe? I just stumbled across a great article from the Wall Street Journal that adds data to my intuitive thinking.
Boston College’s retirement research center [...]

401Ks: Main Street’s Friend or Foe?

After the market was pounded to the tune of -40% last year, most didn’t think that it could get much worse.   Well it has.  January and February of 2009 have the esteemed privilege of being the worst first two months in the DOW’s 113 year history.  After two months, the DOW is off nearly 20%.
If [...]

An Entrepreneur’s Story: When to Quit Your JOB

The following is my response to comment from a friend – who asked the question
It would prove an interesting story on your thought process over the years to finally waking up one day and deciding to quit. Obviously that’s overly dramatic as no one should quit a job without an idea or better yet much [...]

Forest Whitaker Reminded Me of a Key to Success: A Burning Desire

We all know many people who “talk the talk” and a few that “walk the walk,” but what is it that the separates these two groups of people.  I have been thinking about this a lot lately.  When I left my job almost a year ago to pursue my dreams as an entrepreneur, trader, financial freedom [...]

Part 2: My Rembrandt - Oops I Meant My RIMM Rant

Part 2: My Rembrandt – Oops I Meant My RIMM Rant

The release of the first iPhone, July ‘07, ushered in phase II of the mobile phone era. Before iPhone, the carriers wielded the power. The carriers dictated what features the phones supported and the cell phone manufacturers  fell in-line. I recently listened to a Research in Motion (RIMM) earnings call. The CEO kept going on [...]

Part 1: My Rembrandt - Oops I Meant My RIMM Rant

Part 1: My Rembrandt – Oops I Meant My RIMM Rant

I have owned a Blackberry for 5 or 6 years. I will never forget the first time I checked my email outside of the office. That was so cool. I worked as a salesman for a software company and some days I wouldn’t have access to my computer all day. The ability to [...]

Don’t Ever Give Up

I just read a blog from one of my buds over on StockTwits that included the Michael Jordan “Failure” Nike commercial.  Now I have seen this video before, but apparently I’m at one of those points. I was so fired up that I had to include the video here.  The bottom line is don’t [...]

A Jewel Called StockTwits

A Jewel Called StockTwits

I can’t believe that it has been nearly a year since I have posted to this blog. Some of my content was read on some fairly popular financial websites. However, delivering that level of content had become a chore.  Most bloggers will tell you that the Google Adsense checks don’t compensate for the effort required [...]

A Simple Money Management Idea for Stock Traders

A Simple Money Management Idea for Stock Traders

I stumbled across the chart below while hanging out on stocktwits a few months ago. It is a monthly chart of the S&P 500 with a 10 month EMA (exponential moving average).   We could have made a boat load of money simply by going long when the S&P 500 is above the moving average [...]

Cracking the Financial Freedom Code:  Lessons We Can Learn from Tiger Woods, @iamdiddy and Lebron James

Cracking the Financial Freedom Code: Lessons We Can Learn from Tiger Woods, @iamdiddy and Lebron James

Note: This was written before Tiger plowed into a tree on his way to hit a bucket….
When I opened my first paycheck as a summer intern for a now extinct electronics company, I will never forget saying that if they are paying me this now without a degree, once I receive my degree, I will [...]

The Time & Money Report 4/13/09

In my closing note to my subscribers last week, I said the following:
I think most market watchers are hoping for a pause this week.  A week or two of consolidation would be quite healthy after a 26% rally. However, the market very rarely accommodates the majority.  To keep everyone guessing, a fifth straight up week [...]

The Time & Money Group - Anniversary #3

The Time & Money Group – Anniversary #3

Today marks three years since I walked away from Corporate America to trade full-time and explore ways to encourage people to pursue their dreams of Financial Independence.  Not one day has passed where I have regretted my decision, but there have many days spent wondering how long can I keep this party going.
I had an [...]

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