Or maybe the information is out there, in plain sight, and no one has yet figured out how to correctly use it. I'm not saying this company has deciphered socia

Or maybe the information is out there, in plain sight, and no one has yet figured out how to correctly use it. I'm not saying this company has deciphered social media for investing, but it's theoretically possible that mining social media could reveal certain patterns that would be of use in financial markets -- the more sophisticated private equity firms are already using such methods.