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Notice the caption in the picture of the metro article "A broker looks on in horror as the news that Justin Bieber has a mild cold brings about a global economi
by secretasiandan 16y ago
Notice the caption in the picture of the metro article
"A broker looks on in horror as the news that Justin Bieber has a mild cold brings about a global economic collapse (AP)"
The article you really want is the one linked to
http://thenextweb.com/uk/2010/12/16/investment-fund-set-to-use-twitter-to-judge-emotion-in-the-market/ http://thenextweb.com/uk/2010/12/16/investment-fund-set-to-u...
I'm still pretty skeptical of this concept in general. That the fund doing this is a "family-owned investment boutique" sets off even more flags for me. I think this is just marketing for their asset management business.
- justinmares 16y agoI tend to agree with you. There is just too much information on Twitter to effectively and quickly process to make investing decisions. I also wonder how many funds they would need to keep up with to make this worth their while.