September 13, 2006
David (Jackson) Versus Goliath
Every stock market blogger probably knows by now that Yahoo Finance will carry Seeking Alpha articles. That’s good news for Seeking Alpha’s volunteer contributors and even better news for their landlord, David Jackson.
I thought it would be interesting to look at the chart of Dow Jones in light of this news, and the fact that I’m probably not going to renew my subscriptions to both the online WSJ and Barron’s. DJ has been sucking forever and with a downgrade from Lehman Brothers last week it’s flirting with new relative lows. The smart money is long David and short Goliath.
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Very Zen-like as if to embody the full spirit of a Daoist blogger…
September 13th, 2006 at 12:02 pm
Great post and relevant insight. While seeking alpha bores me it does show the shift in power.
Fame over fortune – bloggers will win.
September 13th, 2006 at 12:10 pm
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September 13th, 2006 at 12:59 pm
Howard: I don’t read SA either, but I assume Jackson is making a fortune … walling off content is crazy, as David well knows.
September 13th, 2006 at 1:50 pm
Yes – the trend and avalanche of people wanting to be famous is a strong wind at their back. what it is doing though is further displacing wealth into haves and have nots – worse than dow Jones really
The end of this will be interesting indeed
September 13th, 2006 at 9:31 pm
That’s too bad, your “Interesting Bits in Barron’s” section was really good to read.
September 13th, 2006 at 11:09 pm
I bet SA gets most of it’s traffic from search, because I have trouble believing that site has regular visitors. It’s a clear case of too much choice and most of it dross.
September 14th, 2006 at 3:48 am
I stopped my subscription to WSJ and Barron’s. Waste of money.
September 14th, 2006 at 6:25 am
I agree with Camabron, and would further say your Barron’s bits were the most interesting part of your site for me. I’d come here at least once a week to read it. Don’t do like andrey and waste that money on your waist.
September 14th, 2006 at 11:18 am
dayo: If I could still get both the WSJ and Barron’s for $99 a year I’d be happy, but they’ve unbundled them and want $180 now, which is too much. I still have a couple months to think things over.
September 14th, 2006 at 3:27 pm
So just take Barrons and dump the WSJ. Your cost then remains $99 a year.
Btw, did you edit andrey’s waist to waste, or can posters here come back and edit their posts after the fact?
September 14th, 2006 at 4:02 pm
dayo: Actually it would be $80 a year, which is way too much. I edited andrey’s post because I’m a bit meticulous.
September 18th, 2006 at 10:00 am
I’ve got an offer of WSJ for $59 for a year that I’ll pass along if you’re interested. Unfortunately, it doesn’t include Barrons
September 18th, 2006 at 10:25 am
Sportsbiz: Is that the online WSJ? (I’m not interested in the paper version.) When the time comes, I’m going to see how hard I can bargain with them for WSJ/Barron’s bundled. Anyway, thanks for the offer.
September 25th, 2006 at 10:01 am
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