Hotel-blogger dustup: Elle Darby vs. The White Moose Café is a battle of rude losers

Hotel-blogger dustup: Elle Darby vs. The White Moose Café is a battle of rude losers

YouTube and Instagram “influencer” Elle Darby asked The White Moose Café in Dublin for some free lodging. The owners of the White Moose responded by ridiculing Darby and banning bloggers. They’re both losers. Learn by observing what they did, and then doing the opposite. Let’s start with Darby. With 90,000 followers on YouTube, she makes…

Bitcoin at $100,000? For any prediction, ask “what’s your methodology?”

Bitcoin at $100,000? For any prediction, ask “what’s your methodology?”

CNBC reported that, according to Saxo Bank analyst Kay Van-Peterson, the price of bitcoin “could hit $100,000” in 2018. This is a good time to ask, “Where do numbers like this come from?” Broadly speaking, analysts use detailed analysis and models to identify what is happening and predict what will happen. But what is the…

Analyst Gene Munster says Amazon will buy Target. Is he right?

Analyst Gene Munster says Amazon will buy Target. Is he right?

On New Year’s Day, Gene Munster, former Piper Jaffray analyst and currently a venture capitalist at Loup Ventures, predicted that Amazon will buy Target. This prediction got picked coverage in hundreds of publications yesterday. Let’s look at why analyst types make predictions like this, how accurate those predictions are, and what they do for the…