Archive for the 'Technology' Category

The Immaculate Reign of Netflix as the Future King of Streaming Media

In late December, early January, there was widespread talk about the potential earnings hit Netflix (NFLX) was destined to take as they prepared to enrage their customers by implementing two huge changes. The first was an across the board membership price increase, which didn’t include streaming-only memberships, and the second had to do with the [...]

Netflix – Immeasurably Stupid or Incredibly Ingenious?

The following letter is a contributing factor behind NFLX’s 75% decline from recent highs that touched $300; although simultaneous announcements of spinning off the DVD division into a stand alone company called “Quikster” and the company’s decision to raise prices by 60% (although they back tracked from this) have created uncertainty in a stock that [...]

Create Trading Algo’s Without Learning to Program

  Increase Your Returns with the New Ava AutoTrader Dear Investment Capitalist, We are please to announce a partnership with AvaFX to welcome you to the new Ava Auto Trader (AAT) Platform. AAT is a revolutionary platform that allows you to automate strategies on the fly, in real time as opportunities present themselves. They’ve cut [...]

Microsoft + Skype = Netscape Redux?

Let’s look at Skype’s acquisition by Microsoft 10, 20, even 50 years from now. The first thing I noticed was the cancellation of: “Skype Me Now” Moreover, Skype remains downloadable for Android regardless of the acquisition and iPhone is still on the boards as well. No proprietary moves thus far but it’s the top of [...]

Lightspeed, Anvil and Terra Nova

*IMPORTANT Point of Clarification: Lightspeed has not purchased Assent, but rather has licensed The Anvil platform, which will continue to be available to customers. The press release actually crossed the wire this morning and can be found on multiple news outlets, or you can read it below: Lightspeed Financial Acquires Exclusive License to Operate Anvil [...]

Commodities-Emerging-Frontier-Global Macro Markets and Analysis

Did I mention the Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) which has had one of my laptops in a loop for 10 days? Today, I saw something quite extraordinary yet obvious: the importance of being in the right market at the right time. Regardless of where or what that market is. For example, in the old [...]

Help Investment Capitalist Cover Costs

It’s not free running a free blog, much less something like a Proprietary Trading site based on Global Macro financial research. Every reader knows that they get something out of the site and for each reader it’s unique. Some like the geo-political twists, some purview based on Quantitative Global financial research. While most of you [...]