You guys know I’ve been on my “nearly everyone in this industry is full of BS / the financial media is an unfunny joke” crusade for a while now, but with regards to a product that actually does something about … Continue reading
Tag Archives: CNBC
Lie Detector For Talking Heads: Grave Consequences For TV Interviews
April 21, 2008 at 11:07 am
by timothysykes
Why I Just Shorted Eden Bioscience Corp (EDEN): TheStreet.com’s Factually Inaccurate Pump And Dump!
April 18, 2008 at 12:36 pm
by timothysykes
As I mentioned in this post, this near 100% runup is entirely due to THIS laughable Thestreet.com article mentioning this failure of a company as a “below-the-radar company that produces Messenger, a highly effective and revolutionary agricultural product.” I could … Continue reading
Why I Just Shorted Eden Bioscience Corp (EDEN): TheStreet.com's Factually Inaccurate Pump And Dump!
April 18, 2008 at 12:36 pm
by Timothy Sykes
As I mentioned in this post, this near 100% runup is entirely due to THIS laughable Thestreet.com article mentioning this failure of a company as a “below-the-radar company that produces Messenger, a highly effective and revolutionary agricultural product.” I could … Continue reading
On CNOA, CNBC Aids And Abets Penny Stock Promoters
April 14, 2008 at 8:14 pm
by timothysykes
Let me start by saying I have no problem whatsoever with penny stock promotion—these tiny / failing / fraudulent companies need all the exposure / hype they can get or else they’ll never raise any capital and fail / be … Continue reading
Why Traders Should Ignore Corporate Mergers And The Financial Media Circus
April 14, 2008 at 3:13 pm
by timothysykes
Thanks to this high profile acquisition news of Blockbuster and Circuit City, the financial media circus is working overtime today. CNBC, Fox Biz, Reuters, WSJ, WWE, Marketwatch, AP, Minyanville, TheStreet.com, Portfolio, Bizjournals, Techticker, Motley Fool, SmartMoney.com, Barrons, Businessweek, RealMoney, Forbes, … Continue reading
The Second CNBC Stock Pump In As Many Days
April 10, 2008 at 3:25 pm
by timothysykes
I’m always ripping on Inspectd.com for being too simplistic/dangerous/giving chart reading a bad name…here’s a perfect example why, GTE, the latest Jim-Cramer/The Rock CNBC/WWE pump…yup, it’s been a whole 2 days since the last one…hurtful to naive investors…unethical…great for speculators…wake … Continue reading
Why Bess Levin Is The Only Financial Commentator You Should Ever Listen To
April 9, 2008 at 11:59 am
by timothysykes
Big Picture Barry Ritholtz likes getting quoted in the press…trust me, I know the feeling, I also went through that phase…but what good does it do? Everything the senile-old-man-esque financial press covers has soooo many variables, sooooo many moving parts, … Continue reading
Hey SEC, Punish Stock Manipulators Like CNBC Not Small-Time Traders
April 8, 2008 at 2:21 pm
by timothysykes
There’ll come a time when the SEC will do away with absurdities like the pattern day trader rule in favor of holding accountable entertainment-masquerading-as-reality outfits (WWE, CNBC, WSJ etc.) and their pseudo-champions (The Rock, Cramer, Journalists, etc.) for the damage … Continue reading
CNBC Has No Young Viewers, My Readers Are All Young, Hmmmmm
April 5, 2008 at 5:57 pm
by timothysykes
Catching up on some somewhat-useless headlines…while CNBC’s ratings were up 20% as whole, their numbers for everybody not getting social security were down 20%. Where did those viewers go…obviously not to Fox Biz–not with their 10k daily viewers…sorry guys…and probably … Continue reading
Damn All You People Who Contribute To Market Randomness!
March 18, 2008 at 1:09 pm
by timothysykes
Do you every wonder why EVERYONE in the finance world has an opinion on stocks like Bear Stearns (BSC)? Sure, sure, BSC is big time and their collapse could lead to others, the whole domino effect, but why do people … Continue reading