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TheStreet.com ($TSCM): (Under)Dog?

by on March 21, 2010

First off, this is NOT meant to be construed as a recommendation for the stock but rather a discussion of TheStreet.com — the company, including its products and services.  Investors should do their own diligence and not rely upon anything said here as a basis for investing. Seeking Alpha’s been running a great series, High [...]

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How to start an investment newsletter: how much money can you make

by Zack Miller on December 22, 2008

I assume one of the reasons you’re looking to run an investment newsletter is because it’s so potentially lucrative.  Rolling through your head are thoughts of penning your best stock picks at 3 am and watching the subscription revenues roll in while you take your kids to school in the morning — oblivious to the [...]

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How to piggyback guru investors: a primer

by Zack Miller on November 24, 2008

In our last post, Piggybacking guru investors for profit, we explored what piggybacking is (following the every move of uber-investors) and why it’s important (there are a small number of great investors who beat the market over the long term). So…how does an investor follow the trades of A-list hedge fund investors like Eddie Lampert, [...]

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TheStreet.com and what it means for Investing 2.0

by Zack Miller on November 7, 2008

Good summary over at SeekingAlpha on TheStreet.com’s quarterly earnings.  The author’s main takeaway: monetization of ads getting tougher as ad model struggle: This issue is facing every firm reliant on ads for revenues.  TheStreet.com’s CFO Eric Ashman said, “it is safe to say that we have very little visibility into online ad spend for the [...]

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Covestor rolls out cross-posting with TheStreet.com

by Zack Miller on September 24, 2008

Covestor, a leading investment expert community site, announced yesterday that they have begun a program where Covestor members can write articles to appear on TheStreet.com site.  These articles, after passing through an editorial filter, will appear in The Street Picks section on the large financial media site. In addition to expert content cross-posted to TheStreet’s [...]

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Covestor integrates Twitter notifications into platform

by Zack Miller on August 17, 2008

Covestor, a leading investing expert community, recently announced a new feature enabling Twitter integration into its trading platform.  According to the company, “When you execute a trade with your broker you can now keep your followers on Twitter up to date, per the other members following you on Covestor.” Because Covestor and other expert communities [...]

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TheStreet.com: good quarter but what about helping investors?

by Zack Miller on July 31, 2008

PaidContent.org has a great post early on in TheStreet.com’s (TSCM) quarterly conference call.  TheStreet.com posted a pretty good quarter and the stock is up over 12%.  See what we wrote recently about theStreet’s search for a new managing editor for MainStreet.com here. Couple of salient points: CEO Tom Clarke attributed strong ad sales performance to [...]

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MainStreet.com looking for new Editor in Chief

by Zack Miller on July 9, 2008

Joseph Weisenthal at PaidContent.org has the scoop that MainStreet.com’s founding Editor in Chief, Caroline Waxler has left TheStreet.com’s (TSCM) newest launch.  Thomas Clarke, TheStreet.com’s CEO, is quite bullish on the new site (see recent conference call transcript) and thinks that the ‘money’ category opens up entirely new advertising streams for his firm. In fact, we’re [...]

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