Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Countdown to the Closing Bell

About Alpha Theory
Alpha Theory, the investment industry’s leading Fundamental Portfolio Optimization tool, is the premier solution used by hedge and mutual fund portfolio managers to develop an efficient portfolio using the concept of risk-adjusted return. Alpha Theory leverages research and instinct to build a repeatable system for optimally sizing positions.

Recently In News:
Alpha Theory Founder and CEO, Cameron Hight, was recently featured on Fox Business News’ “Countdown to the Closing Bell.” Mr. Hight discussed an article he authored called “8 Mistakes that Money Managers Make.” The response to the article has been tremendous because every investor has fallen victim to at least one of these mistakes.
The 8 Mistakes:
1. Confidence Bias
2. Good Stock Paradox
3. Value Trap
4. Risk/Reward
5. Dealing with Losers
6. ETF Hedge
7. Best Idea
8. Position Overload

“Of the many firms that we have worked with in the past, there is not a single one that has been immune to all of these mistakes,” said Cameron Hight, Founder of Alpha Theory. “All firms can benefit from reading the “8 Mistakes” article and evaluating if they are exposed to any of these performance-draining issues.”

More at:Alpha Theory..

Go2.me to take any long link (URL) and convert it to a shorter one

What Company Is Offering:
You can use Go2.me to take any long link (URL) and convert it to a shorter one that you can send in Twitter, IM, or Email messages. Your link will not only display the page you want to share, but also add an information box where your readers can comment on your link.

Unique Features:

Comments - Exchange comments with your readers on every link page.
Feedback - see how many people are reading your links.
Personalized - Use a nickname, and get a summary of all your shared links.
Promote - Promote your link by adding one or more "[tags]" to any comment - the most popular links for each tag are listed in their own page

, for example:
http://go2.me/tag/video

Shorter than TinyURL - Go2.me links are only 16 characters long - perfect for Twitter messages.
It's Free - add the Bookmarklet to get started.

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Channels.com is the first web-based video RSS aggregator

What Company Is Offering:
Channels.com is a free Web service that's like a DVR for Web video. Just as you use your DVR to subscribe to TV shows, you can subscribe to Web videos with Channels.

How It Works:

Channels.com is the first web-based video RSS aggregator. Channels.com has put together all the pieces for a very consumer-friendly experience with video feeds. They maintain the Web's largest (and growing) searchable index of video RSS feeds. They run a server farm that is constantly updating their database of feeds as new video items are posted to the thousands of feeds in its index. They have developed a web application for consumers to manage personal feed subscriptions and view videos.

More at:http://www.channels.com/

RememberingThat helps you share your stories

What Company Is Offering:
RememberingThat helps you share your stories, memories, or whatever else you have on your mind. It seeks to collect and present your memories and stories. Think of it as a bit of an historical archive and window to our past. Stop by and just read and reminisce, or engage yourself in the community and keep the memories flowing.

More at:http://rememberingthat.com/

PingVine is a free service that takes an Atom or RSS feed from your blog

What Company Is Offering:
PingVine is a free service that takes an Atom or RSS feed from your blog, lifestream or favorite website and posts it to Twitter, Ping.fm or Identi.ca. PingVine consumes messages from the feed url you provide and rebroadcasts those messages to your Ping.fm microblogs. If the url you provide is similiar to a microblog enabled in your Ping.fm account then PingVine will warn you that you may have a circular reference. It is possible for messages rebroadcasted by pingvine to show up in the original feed causing an endless messaging loop.

More at:http://www.pingvine.com/