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Let’s focus on whether or not there is anything of value to be learned from the incredibly sad food stamp statistics from a market perspective.

I’m in the fight of my life against this NFL kicker Josh Brown for the top slot on Google. This ain’t about SEO or keywords, it’s about justice and the rights of a non-superhero to claim what’s rightfully his.

Did you know that there were 25 billion tweets sent and 100 million new Twitter accounts created in the last year alone? How about that Latin America has 204 million internet users while Africa has only 110 million?

It comes as no surprise to see that the widely-followed KBW Regional Banking ETF (KRE) has one of the biggest short positions on the entire NYSE.

There was much talk this week about how hedge fund managers are increasingly discussing their various ideas amongst each other and tend to all be crowded into the same 50 stocks (we call ’em Hedge Fund Hotels).

A reader asks why I’m not on Facebook.

Yesterday I had a quick hit on CNBC’s Street Signs about specific stock plays on a strengthening Chinese Yuan. Simon and I talked about the Wisdom Tree Yuan ETF ($CYB), Japan’s Hitachi Corporation ($HIT) and US cosmetics company Elizabeth Arden ($RDEN). Oh, and on my way out of 30 Rock, The Roots were rehearsing in…

The rundown on all the social media IPOs in the works. Exciting times to be in the market.

This is the second in a five part series in which I’m laying out the secrets to successful financial blogging. There are always exceptions to any rule, but if you follow this stuff you will see that I’m right. This is a long post, but every word counts.