The Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Market Report (7/19/2011) Earnings For Bank Of America, Coke, And Goldman Sachs (GS, BAC, KO)
This is the Twitter-24/7 Wall St. market report for July 19, 2011. These tweets are a sign of which companies the Twitter universe is interested in. Is there there is wisdom in crowds?
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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.
USA Today: Coca-Cola second-quarter net income rises on overseas growth http://usat.ly/r7FGjI
Zerohedge: Bank of America (BAC) CEO says revenues from outside the US are growing faster than inside the US. Bank of Rest Of The World?
Fortune: Goldman Sachs shares slump on news of ‘disappointing’ quarter: http://j.mp/o5RnTB
CNNMoney: New homes under construction rise nearly 15% to 629,000 annual rate in June, government says. Building permits climb 2.5%.
MarketWatch: Coca-Cola posts higher quarterly profit and revenue on CCE acquisition, volume growth http://on.mktw.net/pAhGtO
CNBC: Bank of America $BAC Posts Loss, Hurt by Mortgage Settlement
NYT: DealBook: Bank of America Reports Loss of $8.8 Billion http://nyti.ms/rlEUoz
NYT: Bank of America Reports Loss of $8.8 Billion http://nyti.ms/qoPb4o
BBC: Spain’s borrowing costs increase http://bbc.in/oX4tWG
NYT: Goldman Sachs Reports Dissapointing Profit of $1.05 Billion http://nyti.ms/njPEJ8
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