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More Companies Jumping On Facebook Boycott Train

Posted on July 1, 2020 by macromon

Advertisements for hundreds of brands are due to disappear from Facebook and Instagram on Wednesday, as a wide-ranging ad boycott against the world’s largest social media company is taking effect. Last week, the Anti-Defamation League along with several civil rights groups had … Continue reading →

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Biggest Losers In Social Media Ad Boycott

Posted on June 29, 2020 by macromon

Great chart from Statista on which companies are at risk of getting hammered by social media ad boycotts.  GMM’s Coach C has been all over us about this one, and early,  selling and flagging the companies that will be hurt. … Continue reading →

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QOTD: The Facebook Facial

Posted on September 5, 2018 by macromon

Facebook (Sheryl Sandberg) and Twitter (Jack Dorsey) on Capitol Hill today taking pipe from the pols.   Large cap tech getting spanked with both stocks down meaningful. I am all in for either they [Facebook] step up and take responsibility for … Continue reading →

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Contrarian Crush & Why LT Rates Are Going Much Higher

Posted on August 5, 2018 by macromon

This Bloomberg  piece was published before Facebook blew up but still you get the drift.  Betting against the crowd has been a disaster recently.   It always is until it isn’t. In the past year, a contrarian portfolio that invests in … Continue reading →

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The Future Of Facebook And The Social Challenge Of Technology

Posted on July 25, 2018 by macromon

Wow! Haven’t seen a swan dive like that in a major large-cap stock since the GFC.    Facebook’s crash took the stock down as much as 25 percent to a low price of $164.30 just a little before 6 pm … Continue reading →

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It’s déjà vu all over again

Posted on July 10, 2018 by macromon

But with real earnings. Classic momentum thrust feedback loop:  “Gotta buy ’em cuz they’re going higher.”  Otherwise, no year-end bone and career risk Hat Tip: @carlquintanilla

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How Good, or Bad, Will AI Get?

Posted on May 1, 2018 by macromon

Even as the use of artificial intelligence has grown over the past decade, outsized predictions about it destroying humanity or creating utopia haven’t come to pass, at least not yet. Bloomberg QuickTake explains what AI does for us now and … Continue reading →

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How Cambridge Analytica Exploited the Facebook Data

Posted on April 10, 2018 by macromon

Tens of millions of American Facebook users had their data harvested by Cambridge Analytica and a British-based researcher. Here’s how it happened. More from The New York Times Video: Subscribe: http://bit.ly/U8Ys7n

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The Key to Understanding Facebook’s Current Crisis – WSJ

Posted on March 27, 2018 by macromon

Facebook’s current data crisis involving Cambridge Analytica has angered users and prompted government investigations. To understand what’s happening now, you have to look back at Facebook’s old policies from 2007 to 2014. WSJ’s Shelby Holliday explains. Illustration: Laura Kammerman Don’t … Continue reading →

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Social Media’s Bearish Set-Up

Posted on November 26, 2013 by macromon

We noted Facebook’s bearish formation last week, which triggered today and then quickly reversed (see chart).  Whoever said this is an easy business! We’re also watching and waiting to see if the head and shoulders formation triggers in the global … Continue reading →

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