December 16, 2010 – 7:45 am
A lot of work is going into developing the next generation of financial powerhouses. Where traditional brokers/banks controlled the locus of power in the investing game, it’s not clear exactly who is going to take their place as their assets and influence have waned. Here are a couple of ways that firms are going at [...]
By Zack Miller
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Also tagged betterment, broker, covestor, etf, financial advisor, future of investing, invest, mirrored accounts, new products, new rules, stock, stocktwits, tradestream, wealthfront
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December 3, 2010 – 2:30 am
THE online social media revolution of the last 5+ years has touched nearly every facet of society with one glaring exception: open and direct online conversation between public company executives and equity investors remains minimal. But as 2010 comes to a close, change is afoot. Public company executives are taking aggressive steps to improve and [...]
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December 1, 2010 – 7:32 am
This week’s episode of Tradestreaming Radio is up and ready for listen. Let me know what you think and if you have ideas for future shows. You can listen below, find the transcript below or download directly to you iPod/iPhone via iTunes — search for Tradestream or go here.
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October 11, 2010 – 8:53 am
From David Jackson, Seeking Alpha’s founder and CEO:
After eight months in development, I’m thrilled to officially launch Seeking Alpha’s Investing Applications today and tell you a bit about why we launched them. Investing Apps are professional-grade tools to research stocks, and manage, track and analyze your investments. These apps are [...]
Just penned some thoughts about the recent news that Yahoo Finance is getting into blogging and curation over at my book’s website (migrating much of my writing over there — head over and sign up!).
Money quote:
This is a risky strategy. In essence, the financial portal is pitting itself opposite all its content partners — [...]
By Zack Miller
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Also tagged aggregation, crowsourcing, curation, financial content, forbes, investing, long tail, new rules, piggyback investing, tradestream, yahoo finance
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It’s always a good idea to check out what’s being advertised to see what the financial product firms are pushing. Some of this is horse-leading-the-cart stuff, but sometimes financial products are developed based on demand for such things. Looking at advertising in the financial industry is a momentum-driven way to look at trends [...]
By New Rules of Investing
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Also tagged ameritrade, brokers, commodities, etf, etrade, finance, financial advertising, financial advisors, financial reporting, forex, fx, industry news, investing, investment site, mlp, new products, reuters, tradestream
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December 3, 2009 – 4:53 am
As reported yesterday, Seeking Alpha, the largest aggregator of financial content from blogs, asset managers and investment newsletters, raised another round of funding yesterday. The raise of $7 million represents a B round financing from existing investors, Accel and Benchmark, along with new investor DAG.
There’s been speculation about what Seeking Alpha’s going to do with [...]
November 30, 2009 – 6:54 pm
IN MY previous post, I called attention to the outstanding readership profile of Seeking Alpha, an increasingly popular web service that offers public company representatives an unprecedented opportunity to connect with a highly qualified audience of investors and analysts.
In this post, I’ll explore different ways that investor relations departments can use Seeking Alpha to raise [...]
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November 24, 2009 – 1:58 am
BY now you have probably heard the sales pitches from various pundits and salespeople about how your company should be using social media in its investor relations program because investors are increasingly using new media.
And to a large extent, the pundits are right. Investors are using the web and various social media more today than [...]
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