5 Tips for Using Social Media in Making Stock Investment Decisions: “Trust, but Verify” – November 1, 2013 With the deluge of information in the social media blogosphere out there about stocks, it’s easy to get overwhelmed. Here are 5 tips to follow when considering using social media and the blogosphere as a source of […]

10 Things Twitter Won’t Tweet – October 28, 2013 Some analysts say Twitter can help predict which way stock prices are heading, which gives investors an edge that they previously didn’t have. An academic paper published in 2011 by professors at Indiana University and the University of Manchester found that sentiment on Twitter could help […]

UPDATE: 10 thinks Twitter won’t tell you – October 25, 2013 Twitter has surpassed Facebook as the most popular social networking site among teens in the U.S., according to a study released in October by Piper Jaffray, a financial firm. Twenty-six percent of teens primarily use Twitter, compared with 23% who prefer Facebook and its […]

Twitter Could Help Investors Profit Long Before The IPO (TWTR) – October 18, 2013 Twitter is expected to go public in the not-too-distant future. While some investors may be waiting for that moment to cash in, others may already have the opportunity to profit from Twitter — by using its service as an investing tool. […]

Move Over Cash, Mobile Payments Go Small – October 3, 2013 In an era when everything seems to be moving online or to mobile devices, the way that most people give money to each other — for, say, splitting a restaurant check or reimbursing a roommate for rent — has remained stubbornly in the 20th […]