Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 28, 2021

Boomer hedgies getting crushed by young folks self-organizing in social media. I learned about the stock market by reading those magazines. free trading), a coordinated online crowd of millions of people, and low float stock (either highly shorted or not much supply in the first place), the setup for a classic pump and dump exists.

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Feld Thoughts

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Some tech companies stock prices are at record highs, while established businesses are in a complete retreat or freefall. We have record unemployment and a macro communication environment (media, politics, news) that is divisive rather than unifying. Toss in the dissonance in our society. We are in an election year in the US.

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Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 9, 2013

I was a huge fan and an early customer, but not an investor, in one of his companies ( Ambient Devices ) and we share a lot of friends and colleagues from MIT and the Media Lab. Plus, the one I want – the wired one – isn’t in stock. I’ve known David for many years.

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Feld Thoughts

JULY 15, 2020

At some level, that’s not new, as the regular end of year media rhythm for as long as I can remember is a stream of famous people being asked their predictions for the next year. Near term predictions drive the stock market (e.g., There are entire domains, such as economics, that are all about predictions.

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Feld Thoughts

JULY 13, 2011

The commentary by politicians, economists, and the media on the European debt crisis and the US debt ceiling dynamics is appalling. You’ll be able to understand things like the implications of deferred revenue on cash flow, stock option expense on net income, and the actual equity dynamics of the balance sheet.

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Feld Thoughts

FEBRUARY 28, 2014

As we gear up to release Uncommon Stock , our first FG Press book, we just had an internal discussion about book blurbs. It’s an artifact of the publishing business that existed before “earned media” – blog posts, reviews, etc. The concept of a blurb was apparently invented in 1907.

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Feld Thoughts

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

Of course you did – it’s all the mainstream media could seem to write about last week after the now infamous twitter tweet about it. Did you know Twitter is going public? We’ve confidentially submitted an S-1 to the SEC for a planned IPO. This Tweet does not constitute an offer of any securities for sale.

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