Twitter has, by most estimates, 75 million visitors a month, which makes it one of the largest social networks in the world. All major media companies are on Twitter and some have more than one million Twitter users.
24/7 Wall St. will look at the Twitter posts at Reuters Biz, WSJ, Financial Times, CNN Money, MarketWatch, CNBC, and 24/7 Wall St. each day to see which stocks are most frequently mentioned. It is clear that in this area of social media these tweet are a sign of which companies the Twitter universe is interested in. These financial sites are followed by a combined 625,000 Twitter users which makes them a sizeable sample of Wall St.’s interests. In some cases, we will publish the actual tweets from the sites.
The most oft mentioned stocks at aggregator StockTwits this mornings are: Google (GOOG), Bank of America (BAC), Genzyme (GENZ)), Starbucks (SBUX), and Apple (AAPL)
Each tweet has the source and the tweet itself.
CNNMoney: Farewell to Fed program that really worked http://bit.ly/bqdcdd
CNBC: Why the Bond Auction Fizzled: Fears of a ‘Fiscal Train Wreck’ -> http://bit.ly/9uzmlo #debt #currencies #politics #debt
FT: Dubai unveils $9.5bn debt restructuring: Emirate’s government announces a proposal for troubled conglomerate Dubai… http://bit.ly/9WhTKs
FT: China comments add to sovereign debt fears: Global Markets Overview: Downbeat comments from Zhu Min, a deputy gove… http://bit.ly/a069M4
Reuters Biz: ConAgra profit up helped by consumer foods http://link.reuters.com/zac35j
Reuters Biz: Best Buy trumps estimates in holiday quarter http://link.reuters.com/xac35j
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