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daniel January 12, 2015January 12, 2015 AAPL, ABX, Amazon, American Express, Apple Pay, Apple Stock, Bank of America, Benjamin Graham, Berkshire Hathaway, COST, Costco, Day Trading, GOOG, Google, KR, Kroger, momentum, momentum stocks, Mr. Market, Mr. Money Mustache, TSLA, Wal-Mart, Warren Buffett, WMT

Momentum for Stocks

Many of today’s market rock stars, including Google (NASDAQ: GOOGLE), Amazon (NYSE: AMZN), (Netflix: NASDAQ: NFLX), Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Costco Wholesale (NASDAQ: COST), are momentum stocks. The theory driving these stocks is that the new markets these companies create are capable of generating unlimited growth.

My Thoughts

daniel January 7, 2015February 17, 2016 Apple Pay, Bank of America, Benjamin Graham, Berkshire Hathaway, Charley Munger, COST, Costco, Family Dollar, FDO, Mr. Market, Mr. Money Mustache, value, Value Investing, Venmo

My Investment Philosophy

I like stocks because these questions are pretty easy to answer when it comes to publicly traded companies. You can look at things such as TTM revenue, free cash flow, and net income and quickly determine if a company is actually making money. More importantly, you can see if a company has a history of making money and the potential to make more money in the future.

Long Ideas

daniel December 31, 2014January 24, 2016 AAPL, Apple Pay, Apple Stock, Bank of America, COST, Costco, CVS Health, Digital Wallet, Disruptive Technology, Dollar General, Value Investing, Wal-Mart

Where Is Apple Pay Actually Accepted?

Finding a store that takes Apple Pay may only be half the battle because a lot of banks don’t support the app yet. To make matters worse, banks appear to be very selective about which of their accounts support Apple Pay and which don’t. Some banks allow it for credit and debit cards, while others do not.

Politics You Missed It

daniel December 21, 2014March 17, 2016 Bank of America, Barry Goldwater, Benjamin Graham, Berkshire Hathaway, Capital, Capital in the 21st Century, COST, Costco, Disruptive Technology, Elizabeth Warren, Gold, GOOG, Google, Mr. Market, Mr. Money Mustache, Theodore Roosevelt, Thomas Pinketty, Warren Buffett, WMT

War on Wall Street Looms in Politics, Washington

The political implications of this are obvious: Wall Street is going to be a major issue in the 2016 presidential campaigns. Economic issues, such as income inequality, financial regulation, student loans, jobs, etc. will be the defining ones in the election. Those who want to win elections, or at least Democratic primaries, will have to be the most vocal in attacking it.

Good Stocks

daniel December 20, 2014February 17, 2016 Alco, Apple Pay, Bank of America, Benjamin Graham, Berkshire Hathaway, COST, Costco, Dollar General, Family Dollar, FDO, Google, Mr. Market, Mr. Money Mustache, Small Box Meltdown, WAG, Wal-Mart, Warren Buffett, WMT

Low Gas Prices Good and Bad for Dollar Stores

The oil industry may have just handed discount and dollar stores a huge Christmas gift. Gasoline prices in parts of Missouri are now below $2 according to Springfield News-Leader.

Politics

daniel December 15, 2014March 6, 2016 Apple Pay, Bank of America, Berkshire Hathaway, Bitcoin Obama, COST, Costco, Crypto Currency, CVS Health, Disruptive Technology, Dollar General, Family Dollar, Get Rich Slowly, Guaranteed Income, Investment, Jesus Insanity, Mr. Market, Mr. Money Mustache, Poverty, Value Investing, Venmo, Warren Buffett

An Idea whose Time Has Come Again

Today of course next generation payment solutions such as PayPal, Venmo and Apple Pay would make it easier to distribute founds directly to the poor without much bureaucracy or expense. Since most poor people have smartphones they could simply use payment apps to get the money that they need and spend it.

Market Commentary

daniel December 13, 2014 AAPL, Apple Pay, BAC, Bank of America, COST, Disruptive Technology, Dollar General, Financial Chaos, PayPal, Value Investing, Warren Buffett, WMT

Two Big Financial Stories You Need to See

The existence of next generation payment mediums like Bitcoin and market-based lending like portfolio loans will make for extreme economic volatility. Nothing, it seems, will stay the same in today’s economy of destruction.

Politics

daniel December 10, 2014April 20, 2016 Bank of America, Benjamin Graham, Berkshire Hathaway, Gold, GOOG, homeless, housing shortage, New Source of Electricity, Plug Power, Value Investing, walgreen, Warren Buffett

America’s Shortage of Multifamily Housing a Growing Crisis

It looks as if we have a housing crisis in the United States; the most affluent nation in the world can no longer meet some of its citizens’ basic needs. Unfortunately, our political and business leaders don’t seem to be willing to address the situation.

My Thoughts

daniel December 5, 2014December 5, 2014 AAPL, ABX, American Express, Apple Pay, Apple Stock, Bank of America, Berkshire Hathaway, Green Dot, Mr. Market, Mr. Money Mustache, New Source of Electricity, Obamacare, PayPal, Plug Power, Prosper, Square, Wal-Mart, walgreen, Warren Buffett, XOOM

Are Digital Wallets a Threat to Banks?

The threat to banks is best shown by PayPal’s growth rate. PayPal’s mobile payment volume increased by 72% between the third quarters of 2013 and 2014, growing to $12 billion. Mobile payments now make up 20% of PayPal’s payments. Venmo, a mobile payment App offered by PayPal subsidiary Braintree, saw its payment volume grow by 50% between the third quarters of 2013 and 2014.

Long Ideas

daniel November 30, 2014December 8, 2016 AAPL, American Express, Apple Pay, Apple Stock, Bank of America, Benjamin Graham, Berkshire Hathaway, GOOG, Kroger, Mr. Market, Value Investing, Venmo, Visa, WAG, Wal-Mart, Warren Buffett

Is PayPal’s Venmo the Bank Killer App?

In a recent Bloomberg interview, Ready makes Venmo and Braintree sound like a sort of Google for financial transactions. That is an open sourced platform through which a wide variety of transactions are made. The difference is that Braintree’s transactions are financial.