Goldman Sachs (Nostradamus) vs. Simple Quantitative Models (Common Sense)
If Al Gore invented the Internet, and if an estimated 4,000,000+ very close and personal Facebook fans bought Citigroup (C) at $0.97 an...

The Seven Deadly Sins of Social Media
Fact: When it comes to social media, it s not really about the tools; it s how you use them. The more effectively and productively ...

Cramer's Mad Money - 5 Forces Driving the Market (3/16/10)
Stocks discussed on the in-depth session of Jim Cramer's Mad Money TV Program, Tuesday March 16. 5 Forces Driving the Market, Fannie Ma...

Media Digest 3/17/2010 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
Reuters: China took a hard position on the value of the yuan despite US pressure.Reuters: Google s (GOOG) ad partners in Chin...

Readings: Butch Cassidy, Charismatic Megafauna, Credit, Google, etc.
The Economics of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (Source) Divide and Diminish (Source) The coming wave of personal credit...

News Corp. Denies It Wants To Sell/Spin MySpace
News Corp. (NWS) is denying reports that it wants to sell or spin-off MySpace.Business Insider initially reported that Rupert Murdoch ...

SXSW: LikeCube Powers Recommendations for Locations
After I participated in a rousing SXSW panel about content recommendations, Emmanuel Marchal, general manager of London-based LikeCube ...

Google To Newspapers: Experiment, Experiment, Experiment
The Google Public Policy Blog recently posted a summary of a speech by Chief Economist Hal Varian on ...

USAA proves the value of Web site ratings and reviews to financial services
Numerous conversations over the last few months with financial service firms has proven one thing to me - most are dealing with questi...