Big Picture Barry Ritholtz Gives A Damn Fine Interview
I give the guy crap because he covers the most popular topics du jour, hasn’t been returning my emails as of late and for some unknown reason, still hasn’t received the copy of my book I’ve now sent him multiple times, but Big Picture Barry Ritholz is not only the world’s top investment blogger, he’s also 100% dead on about the blogging world and Adsense in this Yahoo! Tech Ticker Interview:
Key takeaways: Blogging success comes from being a hard ass, being opinionated and clearly expressing your points
Bloggers don’t have to be objective, we’re not journalists!
Financial journalism is a joke—journalism majors just report the news as they’re told, they don’t realize business/finance news can be skewed
I really gotta press home this last point, you should only listen to people who have continually proven their abilities to make money in the markets, their opinions matter, you can learn from the way they view the world, not the lemmings who report simply for a paycheck
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| Date | Stock | Buy | Sell | Net |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 4 | COIN | $5.70 | $6.21 | $745 |
| Sept 3 | COIN | $6.49 | $6.30 | $305 |
| Sept 3 | COINW | $2.75 | $2.85 | $180 |
| Sept 2 | TAYD | $7.51 | $8.13 | $545 |
| Aug 18 | FOUR | $2.80 | $2.66 | $342 |
| Aug 14 | APII | $2.66 | $3.30 | $1261 |
| Aug 12 | APII | $3.25 | $3.40 | $285 |
| Aug 7 | NOBL | $5.02 | $5.49 | $680 |
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1Al
March 28th, 2008 at 12:42 pm
Tim,
SCON - what do you think, possible super nova forming?
2Al
March 28th, 2008 at 12:50 pm
Tim,
I’m way off
3Mike
March 28th, 2008 at 12:58 pm
Is the “Sykes pattern” the same thing as a “super nova”?
4timsykes
March 28th, 2008 at 1:02 pm
Al, great find on SCON, its got a ways to go before being a supernova, but its a nice momentum play.
Sykes pattern, supernova, yes, all the same, big microcrap runup on hype, fading volume, big rundown, simple
5Alex
March 28th, 2008 at 1:11 pm
Tim,
How do you do your advertising, if not AdSense.
Also, check out ARTX…third up day in a row, up about 50% over past 2 weeks, although it’s illiquid.
My guess is you traded SOLF today.
Alex
6Mark
March 28th, 2008 at 1:16 pm
tremendous move in GLOB.ob these past few days. 22% today. probably going to crack today?
7Tony Ellis
March 28th, 2008 at 1:38 pm
ASTI
8timsykes
March 28th, 2008 at 1:38 pm
do lots of advertising, adsense and direct, see options here:
http://www.timothysykes.com/advertise/
ASTI perfect crack of sideways price action, damn i wish i could trade more today :(
9timsykes
March 28th, 2008 at 1:40 pm
right on TE, u beat my post by 30 sec!
10Davey
March 28th, 2008 at 1:42 pm
Tim,
Couldn’t get any REED to short so I got in on ASTI on the crack below 15.50 thanks for the heads up
11Max
March 28th, 2008 at 2:23 pm
conundrum:
short bpax @ 4.70 - should I take profits now at 4.33ish or hold till monday?
12Jeff C
March 28th, 2008 at 2:32 pm
Watching ARTX, GLOB has a ways to go maybe, COT had an ANALyst upgrade that shot it up with the John Q Public’s, whats the consensus on these? QBIK and SYBD have reversed nicely today too…….
13Jeff C
March 28th, 2008 at 2:34 pm
Anyone ride HALO down too? :)
14Max
March 28th, 2008 at 2:39 pm
well I just took my profit at $4.50
I guess I realize now that if I feel I want a second opinion on taking profit… I should just take it and run
lesson learned, and fortunately it was a profitable lesson…
15Jason R.
March 28th, 2008 at 2:44 pm
Max, good trade!…You never loose taking profits in this market.
16Tony Ellis
March 28th, 2008 at 3:26 pm
AKNS nice 5k bid @ 7.8 ah. Anyone want to short into it?