Brian Patrick Cork: 

this is just bull-shit. tomfoolery.

Apple was pushed down in an manipulative manner. now, the same people realize they have made a huge blunder that never accounted for panic and access to fast negative trading in the form of “program” triggers that had more criteria developed into them than most analysts are aware of.

this means that you had traders, analysts and fund managers at cross-purposes. The stock fundamentally does not belong at its current level. but, now they understand they could harm the entire market much like a virus.

a vital clue is what has happened with gold and oil. that means there is growing unease with fundamentals.

Its all rather fascinating, really. Just unfortunate.

If Apple Breaks $419, the Stock Market Will Break - the street.com“How Apple goes will have a strong bearing on which way the stock market moves.”

peace be to my Brothers and Sisters.

brian patrick cork

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My crowdfunding concern - finance.fortune.cnn.com

“The revolution will not be crowdfunded. FORTUNE — Tuesday was Y Combinator Day, a bi-annual showcase for startups that have received the blessing of VC shepherd Paul Graham. And the buzzword this time around was crowdfunding….”

Brian Patrick Cork: This is well done. The next thing you need to know is that the SEC now has a crowd funding “watch List”, and rightfully so. Crowdfunding is a short-cut, and will become part of the problem, and less so a solution, except for bandits. – Cork

Additional thinking…

Paul Niederer : Enjoyed the objectivity in this article. 

Pledge crowdfunding relies upon instant gratification within a few months. Equity crowdfunding is built on hope. There will be no “initial user surge may be huge” in this space as pumping up hope for an individual raising will pander to misrepresentation and breach securities regulation.  

Most equity raises will follow a relatively boring path with a few handfuls of investors who will mainly come from friends, fans, family and followers of the entity raising capital. Yes there will be exceptions but they will be few and far between and will usually be buoyed by external factors like well known investors investing and sudden credibility improvements like new team members, new deals and improved exit possibilities.

Let’s be part of the Solution.

peace be to my Brothers and Sisters.

brian patrick cork

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there are some cultures where a two-hump camel is valued higher than a wife. even a model that can cook and carry water.

seriously?

so… let’s see if that incites enough ire to get this post viral?

it fascinates me how interested Russians and Chinese are in Google. but, with that view comes research and an understanding of how Google can and probably level many a playing-field in terms of information and how we live our lives.

consider the Chinese Parable about, “Maybe”. there are numerous versions. however, this one helps make the point:

maybe – a parable

a chinese farmer lost his horse.

the neighbors reacted, “that’s terrible!”

the farmer: “maybe”

next day, the horse came back with several others.

the neighbors: “that’s wonderful!”

farmer: “maybe”

next day, the farmer’s son tried to tame one of the

wild horses, fell off, and broke a leg

neighbors: “that’s terrible!”

farmer: “maybe”

next day, the chinese army came through gathering men

for their army, but did not take the son due to his broken leg

neighbors: “that’s wonderful!”

farmer: “maybe”

meanwhile, and for it’s rich perspective…

One of the World’s Most Expensive Stocks Could be Offering a Rare… - finance.yahoo.com

“Even in this recent bull market spurt to new all-time highs, the run-up in Google’s (Nasdaq: GOOG) share price is dramatic. Since the beginning of the year, the stock has gained almost 13%. On March 6, …”

NOTE: thirteen percent (13%) comparatively speaking, is not “dramatic”. however, we must needs maintain the vital perspective that this, like many Google related articles, are a form of infomercial. and ANYTHING Yahoo! is suspect.

Brian Patrick Cork: the Google boys want to see their stock hit $1000 for bragging rights. but, it won’t get there on real merit. the products listed as drivers in this article are actually not fully baked. the right strategy is to split the stock. then hold on to your hats. otherwise, look for the Russians and Chinese to keep pushing some short action to keep the range lively enough for spot-trading.

peace be to my Brothers and Sisters.

brian patrick cork

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Brian Patrick Cork the article below ↓ is rather fair. it tells you what a mindless journalist thinks.

so… I suppose it’s fair – if you care about things that are pointless.

meanwhile, what it made ME think of is that investors should have known better than to buy the IPO stock. and, I did warn you, here: why other people should buy Facebook (stock).

Facebook is not about financial value, or societal value. part of this is because the Facebook platform is deeply valued by people like divorce lawyers because it’s a great way to find cheating spouses. it’s also great for HR managers that don’t really know how to recruit but want to find the pictures of you doing things you don’t really (after thinking about it) want people to see, so they have an excuse not to hire you.

purchasing Facebook stock at the IPO, and thereabouts, makes you a terrific example of Darwin’s theories around Natural Selection.

oh… and, Barack Obama probably appreciates the whole IPO thing – but mostly because it has drawn more attention away from his own shenanigans. but, you can argue that Obama’s presidency is a lot like Facebook’s IPO, right? a lot of promises, but everyone that wanted the change, and bought in the media-hype, feels like they got taken for a ride.

so… maybe it’s the media that is the truest villain with all of this. they fuel unrealistic expectations and overly tout things that create collateral damage, just like Facebook and…

Actually, Mark Zuckerberg Should Say NOTHING About The Facebook…finance.yahoo.comIn the past few days, as Facebook’s (FB) stock has continued to collapse, a growing chorus of people have been suggesting that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg needs to say something. Specifically, the grumblers say, he needs to…

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