Scrum on Blog Street
Financial bloggers of all stripes have been bristling since Joseph Rago’s now infamous piece calling all of us fools.
And he called their readers imbeciles
That would be you
The blogs are not as significant as their self-endeared curators would like to think. Journalism requires journalists, who are at least fitfully confronting the digital age. The bloggers, for their part, produce minimal reportage. Instead, they ride along with the MSM like remora fish on the bellies of sharks, picking at the scraps. The Blog Mob-WSJ
Of course, anyone with a mouse and broadband connection can now occupy a bully pulpit. And Joe riled up a cantankerous bunch of fools.
Fifteen years ago we used to scrounge around the office for faxed copies of Ed Hyman’s economic work at CJ Lawrence and later ISI Group. Maybe Joe was doing the same.
But our favorite read of the day in 2007 is Veryan Allen....who might also be the voice of reason in this simmering debate…
Blogs are NOT a major threat to traditional media. There is always going to be a place for full-time reporters and fact-checked news coverage, both dead tree AND online. I sometimes write investment articles for financial mainstream magazines and I approach those in a completely different manner than when I type out the “careless informality” of a blog post. The Wall Street Journal has nothing to worry about; blogs and other user generated content don’t impact existing news sources. Blogs complement mainstream media by occupying the fat-tails of content and opinion. Hedgefundblog
After all, working together we are all smarter
You are not very smart if you have not bookmarked Veryan…
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An Apple Blog a Day
Apple Computer (AAPL-NASDAQ) sports a market cap of $73 billion and an enterprise value of around $63 billion. Last year the easiest trade of the year was getting long the stock going into the excitement surrounding Macworld. Then things got a little trickier.
The cottage industry that covers all things Apple is substantial as well....
But many of the sites and blogs that cover Apple deal in rumor and innuendo
Garbage in, garbage out
But not all of them are garbage. One of our favorites places to keep tabs on all things Apple is Apple Matters
They have a nifty piece This Day in Apple History that might be the smartest annuity stream in the history of page views
And their coverage of Macworld this week should be first rate
See you there...assuming they can keep the site up
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Ivank you to comb over this…
Like many people in America, we are not quite sure what to make of Donald Trump
And we really don’t know what to make of his hair
We do know that he is one of us...it is doubtful any other country could spawn such a creature of self-promotion
His recent spat with Rosie O’Donnell put him back on the front pages and created an opportunity to garner a little publicity in advance of the upcoming season of The Apprentice…
It would seem The Donald likes sparring with women...Martha...Carolyn...Rosie.
But he might meet his match on the upcoming season. The latest crop of hopeful’s is chock full of combative lawyers, and Trump will likely have his hands full...despite the fact that his daughter Ivanka will be around to cover his back.
Of course, she might be too busy blogging...Ivanka’s 360 degree blog
One of the contestants on the upcoming Apprentice season is a legal eagle on sabbatical from law firm Lerach Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins. The firm has built quite a franchise on Wall Street, particularly in the practices of securities fraud class actions and anti-trust litigation.
This young counselor wants to make Trump millions...work for world peace...and apparently snare a trophy husband…
Lil’ Miss Apprentice is on the prowl…
“a good way to meet Eli Manning, make him fall in love with me and live happily ever after"… Marisa the Apprentice
We might watch the latest iteration of The Apprentice...but only if it does not conflict with Fast Money..
Hot and Bothered
Sex on the Beach
- 1 1/2 oz. vodka
- 3/4 oz. peachtree schnapps
- 1/2 oz. creme de cassis
- 2 oz. orange juice
- 2 oz. cranberry juice
- orange slice, maraschino cherry
Shake all the ingredients in a shaker with ice and strain into a highball glass. Garnish with lime wedge.
You have probably noticed that we love YouTube
But not everybody does...particularly a certain investment banker in Brazil
A BRAZILIAN court has ordered the popular video sharing service YouTube be shut down until it removes a celebrity sex video from its site.
Daniela Cicarelli, a model and ex-wife of football great Ronaldo, sued YouTube after a video of her apparently having sex in shallow water on a beach with her boyfriend was posted to the site.
For days it was the most viewed video in Brazil. Australian IT
Since when are Brazilian’s camera shy?
A shout out to the Seattle Sleuth is in order
Thank god it wasn’t Komansky in the video
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