Tag Archives: crowdsourcing

Crowdsourcing vs. Piggybacking: An ongoing debate

(this post originally appeared on Tradestreaming)
Just returned from a mini-tour for Tradestreaming which ended with an editorial of mine appearing on CNNMoney.
CNN’s editors thought the tension between investing alongside guru investors (what I call, piggybacking) and following the crowd (which devalues individual expertise) was worth exploring (in 800 words or less).  It [...]

Interview with Emilio Garcia-Ruiz of The Washington Post

– by Cecile Oreste, Media Relations Specialist, Business Wire/DC I recently met with Emilio Garcia-Ruiz, editor for the Local section of The Washington Post, to talk about newsgathering trends and press release distribution.  Emilio has extensive knowledge of these topics, with more than 25 years of experience in the newspaper industry and a journalism degree [...]

Crowdsourcing investments: it’s all about chosing the ‘right crowd’

We’ve spoken a lot about piggyback investing (mimicking the moves of top fund managers) and crowdsourcing ideas (using crowd sentiment to generate trading ideas) as two ‘new ways’ investors can devise profitable strategies.  The Internet is producing tons of information – the tradestream – that investors can plug into to get at this type of [...]

Crowdsourcing stocks, Piqqem adds missing link for investors

2009 saw crowdsourcing — as a movement — making big strides in practice and PR in a variety of different fields.  For investors looking to purely crowdsource stock ideas, Piqqem has been on the forefront of helping investors tap the wisdom of the crowds.
Having users rate stocks on a variety of different factors — much [...]

Live from CES 2010: Optimism!

by Amy Yen, Marketing Specialist, Business Wire
Optimism was the word at Wednesday night’s pre-opening keynote at the 2010 International CES, where Business Wire was on-site. As Keynote speaker and Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer put it, even with the economic difficulties in 2009, the consumer electronics industry stayed focused and innovative and still managed to make [...]

Interview with John Schroy, thought leader in collaborative investment research (Part 1)

I’ve been thinking a lot about collaborative research techniques, strategy, structure, etc. over the past couple of weeks.  I’ve written about Wikinvest’s wiki structure previously and generally like what they’re up to.
But look a little further, and there’s been little written, discussed, analyzed about the future of collaborative research when so much has been written [...]