Tag Archives: tradestream
Financial voyeurism and the tradestream
Voyeurism drives a lot of our activities online. Admit it — you’ve definitely googled or facebooked an old friend with no intention of reconnecting. You just wanted to peer into their lifestream. Venture Capitalist Michael Eisenberg told me once that many of today’s successful online businesses are winners because they incorporate some level of voyeurism. … Continue Reading
Recording the future using social media to predict it (podcast)
This week’s podcast contains a great conversation with Evan Sparks of Recorded Future on this week’s Tradestreaming Radio. Evan and Recorded Future are working to bring analysis of social media chatter to a whole ‘nother level. Combining sophisticated linguistical analysis and a solid background in devising investment strategies (Evan worked as a quantitative equity analyst previously), … Continue Reading
Tradestream now available for the Kindle
After Tradestream was published in hardcover (affiliate link), I’ve received a lot of requests for a version compatible for the Kindle. After all, the book is about leveraging social media to become better investors — why shouldn’t it be available in digital format? Agreed — and now Tradestream is available for the Kindle. Check it … Continue Reading
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
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
