Chip Anderson

January 2014

Chip Anderson

Bringing DecisionPoint Features to StockCharts.com

by Chip Anderson

Today, I am thrilled to announce that StockCharts.com has acquired DecisionPoint.com. In case you are not aware, DecisionPoint.com was created back in 1992(!) by Carl Swenlin.  It initially started as an old AOL message board but soon morphed into a website.  DecisionPoint.com quickly built a reputation for precision charting, great market timing signals, and a wide range of unique market indicators.  In 2001, they partnered with us in a deal that allowed them to use our original SharpCharts technology to create the charts on the DecisionPoint.com website. After Read More 

Chip Anderson

Browser Extensions May Be Inserting Ads Into Our Pages

by Chip Anderson

Recently we've gotten an up-tick in the number of paying members reporting that they are seeing ads on our website even though they are logged in to our website.  That is a problem because our website is designed so that paying members who are logged in should not see ads on our charting pages.  So where are these ads coming from? A strong possibility is that they are coming from a plug-in/extension that the user added to their browser at some point in the past.  This morning I found a good article that explains exactly what is going on.  Here is the link: Read More