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.
Yahoo! Finance: Capital One 2Q profit up, plans $2B stock offering http://yhoo.it/pbSXKK $COF #earnings
Reuters: Bank funding crunch overshadows Europe stress test http://reut.rs/qnlns1
Zerohedge: Today’s Economic Data Docket – Bernanke Presentation To Congress On State Of The Monetary Disunion http://is.gd/HinZYG
Yahoo!: Bernanke to face grilling on jobs, debt, Europe http://yhoo.it/pnFsvF
FT: Saudi oil output hits 9.7m barrels a day http://on.ft.com/nTARhT #FinancialTimes
WSJ: ConocoPhillips Ordered to Halt China Oil Operation http://on.wsj.com/puzFhS
Reuters: Moody’s cuts Ireland to junk, warns of second bailout http://reut.rs/oGoV54
CNNMoney: China GDP: Economists were expecting a gradual slowdown, as Beijing tries to avoid a ‘hard landing.’ http://bit.ly/pKi6Hw #China #economy
NYT: China’s Economy Slowed a Bit in the 2nd Quarter http://nyti.ms/qHXfGB
MSNBC: China’s breakneck growth rate slows http://on.msnbc.com/qiHN7t
Douglas A. McIntyre
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