Tag Archives: stock market
Transcript (Podcast 4): Recorded Future and Investing Using Social Media
This transcript was taken off a recent episode of Tradestreaming Radio which can be found here. ****************** Hi! I’m Zack Miller, author of the recent book TradeStream Your Way to Profits: Building a Killer Portfolio in the Age of Social Media, and you’re listening to Tradestreaming Radio, our home in the internet radio space. This … Continue Reading
Playing not to lose sometimes means you lose
Everyone has seen pro basketball players commit fouls early in a game. The coach faces a conundrum. Does he Leave the player in the game: he may play to full potential and contribute Yank him: scared of fouling out of the game, he may play sub-optimally This decision making process has always been kind of … Continue Reading
New study uncovers the ‘new’ influentials in financial blogosphere
Interesting new study (see below) from Mindful Money. Investors are certainly turning to non-traditional sources of information as inputs into their investment decisions. But this appears to be the first time that the interconnections within the financial blogosphere have been studied. The social media train — and specifically, actionable, investable content — continues to chug ahead. … Continue Reading
Preliminary hedge fund index performance for December 2010
Key highlights for the month: Hedge Funds bounced back after muted performance in November, as the Dow Jones Credit Suisse Hedge Fund index rose an estimated 3.01%. Nine out of ten sectors posted positive performance for the month. The industry is expected to finish up 11.07% for the year. The Event Driven sector posted the … Continue Reading
Realtime trading data in the collective tradestream is HUGE
Softly launched a month ago, Yahoo Finance’s Market Pulse is actually a huge f’in deal. Clearly, the press — and investors — hasn’t really understood what’s going on here. And I’m not talking about StockTwits’ inclusion in the real-time stream (there are only two sources of data right now). What’s really huge here is the … Continue Reading
