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Wall Street investors are using information you give to social networks such as Twitter and Facebook to make investment decisions based on information you give to them. You may have thought Twitter, Facebook, and other sites were just places to keep in touch with friends or play games, but one investment banker from London is planning to launch a fund with financial decisions based solely on information from Twitter. His company is investing $100 million!

The fund, called the “the Twitter hedge fund” by some on Wall Street is being managed by Derwent Capital Markets. The launch of the “Twitter hedge fund” has been delayed.

The interest on Wall Street for using social networks is broad. Twitter is not the only social media platform receiving attention from the investors. Not all seeking to use Twitter and other sites to make money are traditional investors. Many are actually computer experts seeking to use their knowledge to make big amounts of money from the sale of stocks, options, bonds, and other financial investments. They’re using their own knowledge instead of giving lots of money to brokers.

Those seeking to make the money don’t care whether computer users turn to Twitter, Facebook or another site. They only care that they make money from the information given to the sites.

Many in the mainstream business press are still ignoring investors who spend a lot of time on the computer trying to make large amounts of money. In 2009, however, the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times did cover the issue.

Many of those seeking to make money by investments after following trends online do it for a variety of reasons:

• Up to 73% of trading volumes are using systems that are designed to use computer power and
speed. Such systems use massive amounts data to seek even small profits.

• Social networks are especially suited for use on Wall Street. Social networks utilize a massive amount of content. Those who use Twitter and other sites do so voluntarily. Most information on such sites is public.

• Those who use social networking sites don’t do so because it is new. They do so because they feel they have to, if they want to make money. Trading on Wall Street is fast, and the social networks are fast.

It is for these reasons that many are seeking to find as many was as possible to use social networking sites to make money. Are you surprised?

Companies can benefit from the information captured from social networks by placing ads to their exact demographic. If you wanted to approach a very specific demographic, say male, 34-38, single, lives in Manhattan, interested in action movies, likes soccer, has a college education, and speaks English and Russian, you can now approach them!!! 

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Why Wall Street Is Betting Big on Your Social Media Data

Wall Street investors are using information you give to social networks such as Twitter and Facebook to make investment decisions based on information you give to them. You may have thought Twitter, Facebook, and other sites were just places to keep in touch with friends or play games, but one investment banker from London is planning to launch a fund with financial decisions based solely on information from Twitter. His company is investing $100 million!

The fund, called the “the Twitter hedge fund” by some on Wall Street is being managed by Derwent Capital Markets. The launch of the “Twitter hedge fund” has been delayed.

The interest on Wall Street for using social networks is broad. Twitter is not the only social media platform receiving attention from the investors. Not all seeking to use Twitter and other sites to make money are traditional investors. Many are actually computer experts seeking to use their knowledge to make big amounts of money from the sale of stocks, options, bonds, and other financial investments. They’re using their own knowledge instead of giving lots of money to brokers.

Those seeking to make the money don’t care whether computer users turn to Twitter, Facebook or another site. They only care that they make money from the information given to the sites.

Many in the mainstream business press are still ignoring investors who spend a lot of time on the computer trying to make large amounts of money. In 2009, however, the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times did cover the issue.

Many of those seeking to make money by investments after following trends online do it for a variety of reasons:

• Up to 73% of trading volumes are using systems that are designed to use computer power and
speed. Such systems use massive amounts data to seek even small profits.
• Social networks are especially suited for use on Wall Street. Social networks utilize a massive amount of content. Those who use Twitter and other sites do so voluntarily. Most information on such sites is public.
• Those who use social networking sites don’t do so because it is new. They do so because they feel they have to, if they want to make money. Trading on Wall Street is fast, and the social networks are fast.

It is for these reasons that many are seeking to find as many was as possible to use social networking sites to make money. Are you surprised?

 

Companies can benefit from the information captured from social networks by placing ads to their exact demographic. If you wanted to approach a very specific demographic, say male, 34-38, single, lives in Manhattan, interested in action movies, likes soccer, has a college education, and speaks English and Russian, you can now approach them!!!