Please Excuse The Mess Over the Next Few Days, Upgrading The Site To Version 4 Baby!

As you probly know, ever since the debut of this Super Shredder-like website its been full of bugs, at times slow and sometimes just down completely. Well, I got tired of this kind of sh#@! pretty quickly so for the past few weeks, Pallian and I have been workin’ on a new site—that’s right, Version 4—this is the one that’s gonna last longer than the first one (4 months), version 2 (2 months) and version 3 (2 weeks).

Obviously the trend is going in the wrong direction, but it don’t matter cuz we’re tired of building new sites all the time so this is it! And we’re getting a new host too cuz our traffic is just breakin’ out (only halfway through this month and we’re already waaay past February’s #s) (yeah advertisers, get on it!) as if our name was Kentucky Pyramid Oil Co (PDO)

As soe of you might have noticed, you can get a small taste of the new design HERE. What’s infinitely more important is that our new host, those bad asses over at Mosso.com, tell me that anybody who signs up with them using the referral code “REF-TIMSYKES”, will get $50 off their first month’s bill.

I can’t speak to how good they are until we see ‘em in action next week, but I’ve heard only great things and if they try to f#%$ me over, I’ll just blog about it and then they’ll be sorry! Jew Yah!

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Join TimTV On ChuckTV Live Here Tomorrow, Monday May 12th, 2008, 2PM EST

Check this post tomorrow, Monday, May 12th at 2pm EST cuz the coolest Chuck I know, Chuck Boyce of ChuckTV, will be interviewing me and thanks to this snazzy video player you see above, you’ll be able to watch, chat and interact with us all in real-time. We’ll be talking about everything from digital media to why there are so many financial scumbags and most importantly, taking a few questions from you guys. This thing is gonna last anywhere from 30 min to 1 hour, but I have a feeling it’s gonna get wild. Definitely comment away if you have any questions you’d like answered tomorrow!

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Thank The SEC For Once: Wall Street Warriors Open Casting Call

Most reality shows gets tens to hundreds of thousands of applicants so the chances of actually getting picked are like the chances of me kissing and making up with the SEC aka slim to none. But not so in the joke that is the finance industry.

Thanks to absurd, blatantly anti-American regulations (SEC take a bow) limiting freedom of speech, freedom of the press and basically everything to which we Americans take for granted, firms and industry insiders won’t allow video cameras—and even more dangerous a possible international audience—to view such XXX-rated evils like stock trading and brokers baiting and switching! Money-making is simply too scandalous to ever be allowed to go mainstream, the public just wouldn’t be able to handle it, right?

This is why our children, influenced by TV/society, ignore finance/using their brains in favor of more animalistic/primitive pursuits, trying to perfect their voices (American Idol), muscles (ARod or American Gladiator) or looks (America’s Next Top Model) to get rich and famous.

Pathetic.

Luckily, if you don’t give a flying f$#@ about some imaginary line drawn by corrupt balding bastards (encore bow SEC…hmmm, they really like the ephors in the movie 300 aren’t they?) or if your firm is crappy/desperate enough to be willing to bend the rules, I give you THIS open Wall Street Warriors casting call. This Tuesday afternoon.  

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The Timothy Sykes / A Sponsor To Be Named Later College Tour 2008/2009

After testing out my out my public speaking skills at University of Arizona, Rutgers University, University of Minnesota, Baruch College and Options University’s Online Trading Expo and receiving loud rounds of applause, more than one standing ovation and some great feedback (which you can see below), I’m ready to plan a national speaking tour! Students from the University of Maryland and University of Florida have already contacted me, but I wanna make one massive list right here so I can show sponsors and be all organized…somewhat.

So, if you’re a college student, frat brother, president of college/high school organization, basically whoever is part of some big community whose minds I can warp, leave a comment below so we can put this thing together, either gonna be in Fall 208 or Spring 2009!

Here’s just a sampling of the many testimonials:

“Attracting a diverse crowd of students from the University of Minnesota with varying levels of interest in Finance, Tim’s story kept everyone on the edge of their seats and asking for more. His casual demeanor, hysterical life experiences, and avant-garde trading style were both eye opening and entertaining. Overall, students left feeling inspired and motivated to learn more about finance as a hobby and potentially a career. Definitely a breath of fresh in the world of investing.”
-Dan Rice, President, University of Minnesota Investing Club  

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Guess Yahoo’s Monday Closing Price, Win A Free Autographed Book!

Since this YHOO/MSFT thing is such an absolute joke, little different from the Ashley Dupre affair and thanks to some solid brainstorming with my friends at TheLion.com, I was inspired to make it into a somewhat useful waste of time by doing a similarly themed giveaway: one free autographed copy of my book, An American Hedge Fund, to whoever guessed YHOO’s opening price Monday morning.

But since great minds think alike, and the greater the mind, the quicker it thinks, Lindzon beat me to it, offering up some cool free yoga gear.

The blogosphere ain’t about copying so to be unique / make it infinitely more difficult / random / annoying, to win an autographed copy of my book, leave a comment on this post guessing YHOO’s CLOSING price on Monday!

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Speaking At The University Of Minnesota Monday Night!

Another fun day of traveling to my nighttime speech tomorrow…for all you Minnesotaeans out there, I’ll be speaking from 6-8pm at the 3M Auditorium at the Carlson School of Management at The University of Minnesota…damn, that’s a mouthful.

If you’re in the area, drop on by, it’s gonna get crazzzzzzy…here’s a MAP. Everyone else, def. contact me if you’re interested in having me as a speaker!

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