social media stock sentiment

Groupon Earnings and Twitter Sell-Off Hit Social Media ETF – May 8 …

It seems that the Global X Social Media Index ETF (SOCL) has fallen on hard times. The fund started the year on weak footing thanks to a massive sell-off in momentum stocks. After that, many of its components like Twitter (TWTR) and LinkedIn Corp. (LNKD) came up with downbeat Q1 results (read: After LinkedIn’s Slump, Connect with the Social Media […]

Morning Movers: Earnings From Tesla, SolarCity, and More …

Morning Movers: Earnings From Tesla, SolarCity, and MoreBy Stefan Cheplick+ (@scheplick) editor @stocktwits |
May 8th, 2014

Share on StockTwits1.) Tesla ($TSLA) reported earnings yesterday and it’s been a top trending ticker ever since. It dropped as much as 10% in pre-market trading:Main takeaway from Tesla? Valuation matters. $TSLA results were not “bad.” But not good […]

Earnings Beats Not Necessarily Bullish For Stocks StockTwits Blog

Earnings Beats Not Necessarily Bullish For StocksBy Catherine Holahan+ (@cholahan) Editor |
May 7th, 2014

Share on StockTwitsEarnings are nearly over and most companies are surpassing consensus estimates. But there’s considerable debate on StockTwits.com concerning whether the beats are really a bullish sign for the overall market.
Earnings season is 80% over at this juncture – 75% […]

Groupon Spending Too Much. But Stock Could Yet Prove A Deal …

Groupon Spending Too Much. But Stock Could Yet Prove A DealBy Catherine Holahan+ (@cholahan) Editor |
May 6th, 2014

Share on StockTwitsGroupon needs to spend too much money to make money. That was the verdict on StockTwits.com after the group discount site posted a smaller than expected loss on better than anticipated revenues, but fell short […]

Whole Foods' Rotten Earnings StockTwits Blog

Whole Foods’ Rotten EarningsBy Catherine Holahan+ (@cholahan) Editor |
May 6th, 2014

Share on StockTwitsInvestors smelled something rotten in Whole Foods, $WFM, earnings. Shares fell 13% in after hours trading minutes after the company released its second quarter results. And some investors on StockTwits.com said shares, which traded around $42 in the after hours market, could […]

Investors Bank On Twitter Insiders Selling StockTwits Blog

Investors Bank On Twitter Insiders SellingBy Catherine Holahan+ (@cholahan) Editor |
May 5th, 2014

Share on StockTwitsWhen the lock breaks, Twitter could become unhinged. Investors on StockTwits.com prepared for the worst ahead of Tuesday’s share lockup expiration. Starting tomorrow, Twitter insiders will be able to sell 480 million shares that were previously restricted. The amount […]

Tesla: Anatomy of a Run-up By Aswath Damodaran, Bradford Cornell

Tesla Motors Inc (TSLA): Anatomy of a Run-up Value Creation or Investor Sentiment? Bradford Cornell, professor of Finance, California Institute of Technology, was kind enough to send us, and give us permission to post the following academic paper which he just co-published with Aswath Damodaran, Professor of Finance, Stern School of Business,  New York University. In light of the fact that many […]

GMO: Stock Market Irrational Exuberance – Business Insider

There are many ways to assess the state of the stock market.You could take the fundamental approach and consider a wide array of variables to derive an actual value based on projected profits and cash flows. You could take the technical approach and consider price chart patterns.You could also focus on sentiment, which is somewhere in between the fundamental […]

Market Prophit's Big Data Analytics Help Investors Generate Alpha …

This post is part of our live coverage of FinovateSpring 2014.Market Prophit is our next presenter. The company is showing its “Morningstar + Klout” solution for both retail and institutional investors and traders looking to improve the way they use sentiment analysis in their overall investing decisions.”Market Prophit is demoing its full functionality with its recently launched proprietary quantitative blogger […]