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The Best Trades of 2014

The Best Trades of 2014Posted by Ivanhoff
on November 25th, 2014

Share on StockTwitsLet’s take a look at the most notable moves in 2014.Apple is up almost 50% in 2014 after massively underperforming the market in 2013. Google was on the other side of the performance spectrum. After going up more than 50% in 2013, it is about flat in 2014, so […]

Here's What Falling Oil Prices Mean For 12 Stock Market Sectors

Akin Oyedele

Nov. 17, 2014, 2:21 PM
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Pixabay via Google ImagesThe cost of oil affects consumers and businesses in a variety of ways.”Lower oil prices typically affect companies through either (or both) lower input costs or increased consumer spending,” Goldman Sachs’ David Kostin said. “We estimate that a $10 […]

Peak America? Peak Internet Freedom? Peak Lindzon?

Share on StockTwitsEmbedAs confident as I am in the social revolution and boom….I worry about all of the above in the title as I travel for a month talking to Stocktwits customers.Fun facts about global markets at this point in time:1. The US markets are at all-time highs (software and biotech continue to lead)2. Oil has dropped below $80/barrel for […]

Is Today’s Society Addicted to Technology?

Please click on the web link below to read the article and watch my videoInternational Business Times Article link (including link to 4-minute Video)Is today’s society addicted to technology? The benefits of the tech we use on a daily basis are plain to see. But with the pervasive influence of social media applications like Facebook, Instagram and Twitter in everyday […]

What the stock market can teach you about your own personality …

In China, children have their hair cut on the second day of the second lunar month of the year, all for good luck. Superstition and the search for luck are part of human nature, as any investor soon finds out. Photograph: Zhang Duan/REX/Zhang Duan/REX
Every so often there’s an investor who has staying power– people like Warren Buffett or Peter Lynch […]

Market Wrap-up for Nov. 10 – 3 Sectors to Watch This Week

Market Wrap-up for Nov. 10 – 3 Sectors to Watch This WeekBy Tom Reese|November 10th, 2014

RSSA few key sectors will likely dominate the market action this week, playing a bigger-than-usual role in pushing the averages higher or lower. Here’s what investors should look out for in the coming days.1. How Will Oil Companies Hold Up?The per-barrel price of oil […]

Big Data: Putting Heat on the Hate | Re/code

Five years ago, President Obama signed the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act.That law, enacted in memory of two people brutally killed in hate crimes, has generated important police training and outreach to prevent crimes rooted in hate-filled discrimination and bigotry. It also has produced comprehensive statistics — in tandem with the Hate Crime Statistics Act […]

New Internet Monitor Report: "Russia, Ukraine, and the West: Social …

New Internet Monitor Report: “Russia, Ukraine, and the West: Social Media Sentiment in the Euromaidan Protests”October 02, 2014Internet Monitor is delighted to announce the publication of “Russia, Ukraine, and the West: Social Media Sentiment in the Euromaidan Protests,” the fourth in a series of special reports that focus on key events and new developments in Internet controls and online activity.The […]

Robinhood Raises $13M To Democratize Stock Market With Zero …

Half a million people have already signed up for Robinhood‘s unlaunched zero-fee stock trading service. Now the startup has raised $13 million to hire talent to make its app totally secure so it can start adding people from its private beta waitlist.Unlike competitors E*Trade and Scottrade that charge people $7 to $10 per trade, Robinhood doesn’t need to spend money […]

Apple-U2 Duet Causes a 41% Drop in Social Sentiment – Adweek

Apple and U2, both launched in 1976, have each been brought down to earth in the last week in a fashion neither brand has likely experienced. All things considered, they can partly thank social media for that. For instance, the brands’ 1997 efforts—Twentieth Anniversary Mac and Pop, respectively—were less than memorable, but then again, the fallout was minimal in the […]