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 tweet are a sign of which companies the Twitter universe is interested in. These financial sites are followed by a combined 625,000 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.
ZeroHedge: Durable Goods Miss Consensus As Nondefense Shipments Plunge 40.2%, Ex-Transporation Beat Expectations http://bit.ly/dlgVgf
CNN Money: Gold breaks through $1,300 an ounce http://bit.ly/cLcCe9
Reuters Biz: Durable goods orders fall as business spending rises http://dlvr.it/5rGxL
Reuters Biz: Netflix signs expanded license agreement with NBC http://dlvr.it/5r8kM
MarketWatch: U.S. durable-goods orders drop 1.3% for August; stock futures extend gains http://on.mktw.net/bZU0Ah
MarketWatch: Gold for December delivery hits record intraday high of $1,300 an ounce http://on.mktw.net/bFCyCy
Yahoo! Finance: Report: HSBC’s CEO to leave after losing fight to move up to chairman http://yhoo.it/cwST5a
Douglas A. McIntyre