POOF! Goodbye iBankCoin

Seventeen years ago a much younger Fly took to the internets with the intent to change the way people talked about finance. At the time, there was a wide chasm between boardroom jargon and the so called professionals, whether it was online or on CNBC. In the beginning, I was known for saying outlandish things, writing funny articles about my experiences in the market; but it wasn’t too far into the beginning of the site when the financial crisis hit and my bonafides were firmly established, having nailed that and many others since then.

The halcyon days of the blogosphere pre Twitter was something to behold and I did my part in creating a community of like minded lunatics. We traded and did it well and argued and got mad at one another; because that’s what men do when competing.

Once upon a time, the site hosted 200 bloggers, did a few public events, and regularly trolled CNBC with malicious intent. But those days are long over and I made a promise to you long ago that I’d never blog past the age of 47.5. Lo and behold, here I am at 48 with news that I am retiring from blogging as “The Fly”, in exchange for getting back into the field of professional money management.

You have to understand, I have been given a gift from God to see what others cannot and my skillset is wasted by simply talking to a gaggle of ne’erdowells. Whilst I do appreciate your evergreen support and company, The Fly was always destined for greatness and I must bid you adieu.

Many thanks to all of you who’ve read me since 2007 and before that on other sites. I have enjoyed blogging here and feel grateful for the opportunity to share my thoughts and concerns with you over so many blogs: 25,000+ but who’s counting?

Plans for the future entail running my own shop, not a hedge fund but investment advisory, and I intend to do so with the utmost skill and professionalism that you’ve come to expect over the years: winship. I will continue to write, but under client portal. Thanks to the financial tools I’ve created with Stocklabs, my skills have never been better and I do intend to continue to invest in its technology.

For financial advisory inquiries, email me at [email protected].

For this important day, killing iBC on Halloween of 2024, I put together some merch for you to peruse and possible purchase, in memory of the site.

If you’ve enjoyed my writing over the years and never knew about or purchased my books, they are available on Amazon.

And now for a video goodbye from Le Fly, aka Senior Tropicana, aka HORATIO CLAWHAMMER.

Ciao and Fin.