Posts Tagged ‘investing’

Bernard L. Madoff arrived at Federal Court in Manhattan on March 12. [Photo by Michael Appleton/NYT]
Madoff Is Jailed After Pleading Guilty - NYT 031209:
Bernard L. Madoff pleaded guilty Thursday to all the charges against him in a vast Ponzi scheme that bilked investors out of billions of dollars.
Standing before Judge Denny Chin in United States [...]

Interesting post on building specialized communities on top of Twitter. StockTwits is one example. I saw tweets from @infoarbitrage that looked like “$C” which my screenreader vocalized as “Canadian dollar.” These invariably led to discussions of Citigroup, not the Looney. Now I know that “$C” is a cue for StockTwits.
Information Arbitrage: Twitter: I Can See [...]

Dave Winer writes in How will Twitter make money? (Scripting News) 101808:
The investors in Twitter, I think, like most tech investors, lack the perspective of a user. Here’s the key point, we feel like we’re investors too. We’re putting our time into developing the service, when people sign up to Twitter because I urge [...]

Warren E. Buffet Buy American. I Am. - NYT 101708:
A simple rule dictates my buying: Be fearful when others are greedy, and be greedy when others are fearful. And most certainly, fear is now widespread, gripping even seasoned investors. To be sure, investors are right to be wary of highly leveraged entities or businesses in [...]