Stock.ly unveils new algorithm

I want to start this blog post with a sincere thank you to all of you that have been using stock.ly and supported the site. Our user base is growing 30% week over week and the site just passed 200k click throughs. That literally means that there has been 200k clicks on stock.ly shortened URLs! Keep in mind this has all happened in 9 weeks time with no capital raises.

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Mariner Energy Explosion

The USCG reports that an oil rig owned by Mariner Energy has exploded. It is being reported that 13 people were on the rig that was operating south of Grand Isle, Louisiana. The US Coast Guard is on the scene and we hope to know more soon.

UPDATE: From CNN "Oil rig is Vermilion Oil rig 380 owned by Mariner Energy."

Put activity increased significantly on Mariner Energy (ME) once the news hit the markets.

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20 must follow investors on Stock.ly/Twitter

It has been a while since I have wrote my must follow list, but tonight I am reminded of the awesome people in the stream sharing day in and day out. My list has several different unique personalities and investor types. I think everyone can find something from this list.

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One of the "I's" in PIIGS

By now, I hope you know the term "PIIGS" refers to the five most troubled members of the EuroZone. Portugal, Italy, Ireland, Greece, and Spain. We already know that Greece was "bailed out," although current CDS levels on Greece do not imply all is just dandy.

Below I have inserted a very neat chart that I found showing the Euro debt crisis in pictures. It shows who owes what and to whom. Take a closer look before we move on. Here is a link so that you can view it in full size http://stock.ly/75xbq6.

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MS note of interest

Morgan Stanley had an interesting note out today discussing the fact that it is NOT if governments default, it is simply a matter of when. Said note is posted below and rather ranting and giving you my thoughts on the issue, I will simply let you read it and formulate your own.

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Hindenburg Omen in pictures

There has been a lot of talk about the Hindenburg Omen and everyone has taken a side about what they think about it. Some have completelty disregarded it as nonsense, other take the omen as gosple and headed for the hills. Now that we have had the second rounded confirmation let's take a look at the charts to see what happens. These charts have been provided to me by James Hancock, a client that came on to The Davian Letter about 8-9 months ago and loves to share his knowledge. Thank you James for allowing me to share your work with The DL.

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Stock.ly Content Producers

I made a quick vlog today explaining the roll out of the new stock.ly official content producer pages. This is a very powerful way for people to find your content and have it aggregated by ticker symbol, including your own "vanity ticker." This vanity ticker can also be used in the stock.ly stream to designate a content producer you are talking about. For example, when talking about The Davian Letter on the stock.ly stream our ticker is %THEDL.

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Stock Session Episode 19

Anthony Davian and Keith Barna return to 750ml wines in west Akron Ohio to discuss some of the best stories on stock.ly! In this episode they discuss viagra popping seniors have highest rate of STDs, Google Me is Google's latest challenge to Facebook, and S&P deletions, how does this affect stock prices.

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A rare FREE lunch

After a short weekend away, Dasan and I are back into the markets full swing! After reading and thinking about the flow of great information he has been issuing, I decided to provide a piece of his research for free.

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Happy Hour Stock Market Trading Show #55

Brent "aka Zippertheory" dropped by Happy Hour this week to discuss several trading/investing ideas and strategies. In this episode we discuss MLPs, macro agriculture themes, water, fertilizer, OJ and the superbug, inflation, deflation, interest rates, QE 2.0, and much more. 

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