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This is a message to my StockTwits followers that is prompted by StockTwits’ change in policy that went into effect today, 3/1/2013.

To date, I have been communicating to my StockTwits followers primarily via Twitter. If I put a dollar ($) symbol in front of the stock symbol on Twitter, StockTwits would pick up that change and repost the tweet on StockTwits. StockTwits is a great service that is focused on stock information in its community. As of today, this linking between the Twitter and StockTwits seems to be turned off.

I have about 250 followers on StockTwits and over 15,000 followers on Twitter. I will try to cross-pollinate my comments across the two services but my first priority has to be Twitter. If you are following me on StockTwits and NOT following me on Twitter, you may wish to follow me on Twitter. I value my followers on StockTwits greatly and I will do my best to cross-pollinate posts but I am sure that some conversations will be lost.

My Twitter page is https://twitter.com/ConfidentInvest.

Here is the announcement that I received today from StockTwits:

Dear StockTwits Member,

This email contains an important product announcement that impacts your StockTwits account.

Effective today, March 1, you will no longer be able to post to your StockTwits account via Twitter by including a $TICKER or $$ in your message. All messages you want to share on StockTwits need to be posted directly to StockTwits at StockTwits.com, using our browser extensions or API partners.

We continue to work with Twitter in other ways, you can still automatically send messages you share on StockTwits to your linked Twitter account (or your linked Facebook and LinkedIn accounts).

Much has been written over the last several months about how Twitter has changed their developer rules and, like many other developers, these new rules have forced us to make changes in order to continue to deliver a great experience to you and all of our users.

We know this changes the way some of our members use our service – since we announced this change earlier this year we have helped many members set up tools like our Chrome or Firefox Browser Extensions or our HootSuite plug in to minimize any impact on the way they work, while ensuring their best stock and market ideas continue to be seen on StockTwits.

If you have any questions or we can help you please email us at support@stocktwits.com or contact any team member on StockTwits.

Sincerely,

StockTwits

 

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Company name Bolt Technology Corp.
Stock ticker BOLT
Live stock price [stckqut]BOLT[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Fair

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

Employee productivity Poor
Sales growth Good
EPS growth Poor
P/E growth Good
EBIT growth Poor

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Poor
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $22.21
Target stock price (averages with growth) $21.55
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $13.08
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $21.38

The following company description is from Google Finance: http://www.google.com/finance?q=bolt
Bolt Technology Corporation consists of four operating units, such as Bolt Technology Corporation, A-G Geophysical Products, Inc., Real Time Systems Inc. and SeaBotix Inc. The Company operates in four segments: seismic energy sources reportable segment (Bolt), underwater cables and connectors reportable segment (A-G), seismic energy source controllers reportable segment (RTS) and underwater robotic vehicles segment (SBX). The Company’s Bolt, A-G and RTS products are used in marine seismic exploration surveys to acquire seismic data. Bolt develops, manufactures and sells marine seismic energy sources (air guns) and replacement parts. A-G develops, manufactures and sells underwater cables, connectors, hydrophones, depth and pressure transducers and seismic source monitoring systems. RTS develops, manufactures and sells air gun controllers/synchronizers, data loggers and auxiliary equipment. SBX develops, manufactures and sells underwater remotely operated robotic vehicles.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I do not think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in this stock.

If you would like to understand how to evaluate companies like I do on this site, please read my book, The Confident Investor.

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Company name Equinix Inc
Stock ticker EQIX
Live stock price [stckqut]EQIX[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Fair

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

Employee productivity Good
Sales growth Good
EPS growth Good
P/E growth Good
EBIT growth Poor

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Good
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $332.98
Target stock price (averages with growth) $374.53
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $177.83
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $332.62

The following company description is from Google Finance: http://www.google.com/finance?q=eqix

Equinix, Inc. (Equinix) connects businesses with partners and customers worldwide through a global platform of data centers. Platform Equinix connects more than 4,000 enterprises, cloud, digital content and financial companies, including more than 690 network service providers. The Company offers each customer a choice of business partners and solutions based on their colocation, interconnection and managed IT service needs. Equinix operates in 38 markets across the Americas, Europe, the Middle-East and Africa (EMEA) and Asia-Pacific. Equinix offers customers direct interconnection to an aggregation of bandwidth providers. In July 2012, the Company acquired ancotel GmbH, a provider of carrier-neutral colocation and interconnection services in Europe. In July 2012, the Company acquired Hong Kong-based data center provider, Asia Tone. In November 2012, the Company sold of 16 International Business Exchange (IBX) data centers located throughout the United States.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in this stock.

If you would like to understand how to evaluate companies like I do on this site, please read my book, The Confident Investor.