By Michael on Jan 4, 2008 in Blogging, Stock Market | 9 Comments
Kirk just published a letter to readers that is well worth reading. It covers some topics that I’ve been thinking about a lot lately, like improving my returns and how to best balance the time & effort I spend on my site vs. trading and other things I want/need to get done.
He […]
By Michael on Dec 20, 2007 in Blogging, Misc, Stock Market | 6 Comments
Some of you know about FaveBot.com, which I’ve been building since this summer. FaveBot is a software agent (robot) that continuously searches the web for “stuff” of interest to you. That stuff could be any of the following:
Local Events
Blog Posts
Books (New Releases)
DVDs (New Releases)
MP3s / CDs (New Releases)
News Articles
Photos
Podcasts
Online Videos
FaveBot can track […]
By Michael on Sep 13, 2007 in Blogging | 6 Comments
I just came into my office to do today’s recap post and noticed my desktop PC was turned off. That wasn’t a good sign because it was on when I left it a few hours earlier. It now refuses to boot into Windoze — even in safe mode. I think it may […]
By Michael on Sep 13, 2007 in Blogging, Stock Market | Comments Off
While reading my stack of magazines on the plane I found this nice write-up on Lindsay Campbell and Wallstrip.
Tags: WallStrip
By Michael on Sep 13, 2007 in Blogging | 5 Comments
I’m finally back from my travels but I’m still not back to 100% with trading & blogging. I plan to get back into the full swing of things after next week’s Fed decision. There won’t be any morning watchlists until then but I’ll be doing nightly chart reviews and updating the links section […]
By Michael on Aug 22, 2007 in Blogging | 7 Comments
(Note: I’m still on semi-vacation. Posting will resume its normal pace in September.)
I’m passing along an email I got from Jeff, one of WallStrip’s producers. If you know somebody who fits the bill please pass the info along to them…
Tags: WallStrip
By Michael on Jul 18, 2007 in Blogging | 15 Comments
Every time I make a run, girl, you turn around and cry
I ask myself why, oh why
See, you must understand, I can’t work a 9 to 5
So I’ll be gone ’til November September
Wyclef
I’m taking a little summer vacation so posting will be light over the next month & a half or so. I’ll be […]
By Michael on May 22, 2007 in Blogging, Stock Market | 13 Comments
Whew, I can finally stop saying “no comment” to the rumors. CBS did indeed acquire WallStrip. Congrats to the entire team, especially Howard (you da man!). He has a post which covers how all of this went down, from idea to acquisition. It’s appropriately entitled “You Can Make Money From Blogging”. […]
By Michael on Mar 19, 2007 in Blogging, Stock Market | 20 Comments
Thanks to a comment from ‘One Way Stox’ on the Rev Shark WallStrip interview we’ve decided to ask people who they’d like to see interviewed on one of the WallStrip Friday Chats. Let us know via a comment below or an email to me or an email to WallStrip. Anybody is fair game, TV […]
By Michael on Feb 28, 2007 in Blogging, Stock Market | 3 Comments
We all know about the record volume on some exchanges yesterday. And I heard that the jump in the VIX was a record move as well. Clearly the market got people’s attention yesterday. But I have another stat — this site had a record traffic day yesterday. Usually my traffic peaks […]