Investing

The Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Stock Market Report 7.27.2010 The Wisdom Of Crowds?

Twitter has, by most estimates, 100 million members, 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. It raises the question of whether there is wisdom in crowds.

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.

Among the most tweeted stocks on StockTwits are Baidu Inc (NASDAQ: BIDU), Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX),  VocalTech Communications (NASDAQ: CALL), IMAX (NASDAQ: IMAX), Veeco Instruments (NASDAQ: VECO), Ford Motor (NYSE: F), A123 Systems (NASDAQ: AONE), and Deckers Outdoors (NASDAQ: DECK).

Reuters Biz: DuPont shares surge after profit nearly triples http://link.reuters.com/kuj79m

Reuters Biz: Europe banks seen raising significant capital: survey http://link.reuters.com/pyf79m

Reuters: Toyota expects next Prius model to be built in U.S. http://link.reuters.com/beb79m

FT: BP plans $30bn assets sale: Oil major plans to sell assets worth $30bn to meet the costs of its massive oil spill … http://bit.ly

FT: Deutsche Bank confident on continued recovery: The German bank reports net income of €1.2bn for the second quarter… http://bit.ly/d9l44f

CNN Money: BP ousts CEO Hayward and taps an American http://bit.ly/arpu8V

MarketWatch: BP shares fall after it confirms CEO replacement; earnings propel banking-sector gains http://on.mktw.net/ac2jkx

DailyFinance: Oracle’s Larry Ellison Is Highest-Paid CEO of Decade http://bit.ly/biljcG

DailyFinance: DuPont Earnings Beat Estimates, Raises Guidance http://bit.ly/duqCy1

Yahoo! Finance: BP second quarter loss -> $16.97B; oil spill amounts to $32.2B http://yhoo.it/9oLdUM $$ $BP #earnings

Douglas A. McIntyre

Get Ready To Retire (Sponsored)

Start by taking a quick retirement quiz from SmartAsset that will match you with up to 3 financial advisors that serve your area and beyond in 5 minutes, or less.

Each advisor has been vetted by SmartAsset and is held to a fiduciary standard to act in your best interests.

Here’s how it works:
1. Answer SmartAsset advisor match quiz
2. Review your pre-screened matches at your leisure. Check out the advisors’ profiles.
3. Speak with advisors at no cost to you. Have an introductory call on the phone or introduction in person and choose whom to work with in the future

Get started right here.

Thank you for reading! Have some feedback for us?
Contact the 24/7 Wall St. editorial team.