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.
Zerohedge: Bernanke: It’s all Keynes’ fault
NYT: Bernanke Outlines ‘Case for Further Action’ http://nyti.ms/aG24vK
FT: GE third quarter profits drop 11%: General Electric, the world’s largest conglomerate, reported lower net profits … http://bit.ly
CNN Money: Annual inflation rate remains at 1.1%; retail sales rose in September based on strength in auto and electronics sales, U.S. says. $$
CNN Money: Bernanke says Fed has ‘a case for further action’ to stimulate economy due to high unemployment and low inflation. $$
CNN Money: GE posts 29% gain in net income http://bit.ly/dzz4B0
Reuters Biz: GE profit from continuing ops rises http://dlvr.it/73dDX
MarketWatch: Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke says there’s a case ‘for further action’ http://on.mktw.net/aLyQpO
Douglas A. McIntyre
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