Tag Archives: investment

The profitable other side of financial social media

Because it has broader appeal, we spend a lot of time thinking and talking about the demand side of financial social media.  Investors can use tools like following their favorite investors portfolio moves on Covestor or crowdsource ideas on Piqqem or use AlphaClone to create the same portfolio Warren Buffett has.
There are other great tools, [...]

Financial Advisors and New Media: The start of something good

New Rules focused on new trends for investors
Over the past 6 months, I’ve written about a lot of things on New Rules.  Whether its my ADD or just the fact that so much is going on, I’ve taken different directions with the blog.
From structural changes in Investor Relations to some interesting new models of investing [...]

All-star team of analysts join forces for research boutique

According to a recent article in the FT, some of Europe’s best banking and insurance sell-side analysts are banding together to launch an independent research boutique this fall.
Autonomous Research will work to combine both equity and credit research under one roof independent of an investment bank entity.  It’s hard to find good independent research on [...]

Expert investment community SumZero coming soon to a hedge fund near you

I’m a big believer in expert investing communities and have written before about how these types of communities benefit investors.  The sites bring a certain liquidity of ideas into the marketplace benefiting professionals and individuals alike with their thoroughness and visibility.
To that end, I recently got a chance to shmooze with Divya Narenda, founder of [...]

Twitter Inspires a Dedicated and Thriving Startup Economy

Twitter continues to amaze us. Its constantly evolving examples of change and connectivity persevere and reinforce how the “little microblog that could” is transforming media and communications while also silencing the most dubious of critics.
At the same time, I’m confident that through our pioneering efforts and innovative  developments, we also continue to amaze the team [...]

Future of online trading: App stores for investing

It’s been a truism that the secret to runaway success in technology has always been in platform building. I learned about the intricacies of building platform leadership from a book by the same name, “Platform Leadership” which I read during my MBA. The book by Gawer and Cusumano detailed how Cisco, Intel and Microsoft drove [...]

SkyGrid: Case study on ad-supported investment media

Is the elusive “Bloomberg for the masses” attainable?  Of course, most do-it-yourself investors cannot afford the cost of thousands of dollars per month for these expensive terminals.  But, what about making a platform free for subscribers and monetizing the platform via advertising? That’s exactly what SkyGrid is attempting.  Until recently, SkyGrid charged $6000 per seat/year [...]

Great idea for a fresh investment letter: mimic Senators’ portfolios

In previous posts, we’ve explored the process of picking a theme for your newsletter.  This is an important process because it really defines everything that you’ll be doing as part of your newsletter business.

It will define what goes into your portfolio
By deciding to go broad or narrow, your theme can differentiate you from your competition
Different [...]

Free ebook: How to Start a Profitable Investment Newsletter

I’ve been getting good feedback on some of the content on this site focused especially on creating, managing and marketing an investment newsletter.  I took much of this information and mashed it together into a free ebook for you guys.
For those of you who have read all the material, you won’t find anything new necessarily, [...]