Twitter  has, by most estimates, 145 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 tweets are a sign of which companies the Twitter universe is interested in. Together, these financial sites are followed by nearly 1,000,000 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.

Zerohedge:  Bank of Canada cuts 2010 GDP growth forecast to 3% from 3.5% and 2011 growth to 2.3% from 2.9%

FT: BofA reports third-quarter loss of $7.3bn: A $10.4bn non-cash accounting charge wiped out the lender’s quarterly e…http://bit.ly/cSDYD3

CNN Money: Housing starts jump to 5-month high http://tinyurl.com/2ce4ps4

CNN Money: Tylenol maker’s sales hit by numerous recalls http://bit.ly/aC5r6f

CNN Money: Goldman Sachs posts lower quarterly income of $1.9 billion; says economic conditions ‘continue to be challenging’ in several markets. $$

CNN Money: Bank of America reports $7.3 billion loss http://bit.ly/aLzcbo

MarektWatch: Goldman Sachs earns $1.9 bln in third quarterhttp://on.mktw.net/bY7w1N

MarketWatch: U.S. housing starts edge upward by 0.3% in Septemberhttp://on.mktw.net/c5qYJA

DailyFinance: Bank of America Earnings: Large Loss on Special Chargehttp://bit.ly/9vGkLh

DailyFinance: BP to Award Bonuses Based on Safety Perfomance http://bit.ly/b2olbi

Douglas A. McIntyre

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