Tag Archives: wikinvest

LikeAssets: Like Google Analytics for Investing 2.0

Throughout the writing of Tradestreaming (my new book) and my analysis on the intersection of social media and investing, I kept bumping up against analytics.
Just as analytics are key to running a web business (I mean, where else can you microtarget advertising and test just about everything — see Dave McClure’s presentation on metrics), they’re [...]

Value-added aggregation? Wikinvest’s Portfolio put to the test

Wikinvest: What it is and where it’s going
Don’t get me wrong. I really like the guys at Wikinvest. I’ve written a lot about how well their crowdsourced information and annotatable charts kicks the pants off of more static resources. I’ve also contended that the way Wikinvest deals with investment data is better [...]

Undisclosed paid content on Wikinvest

SEVERAL months ago, I stumbled across information in a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing that raises important questions about the integrity of information posted on the popular Wikinvest website.
According to the filing, micro-cap biotech company INVO BioScience Inc. (OTC:IVOB) is paying a retainer of 1 million shares of restricted stock to a firm called [...]

10 predictions in online finance for 2010

I’ve been thinking about what the future has in store for investors and I’d like to use this post to help clarify my thinking.   Essentially, I’d like to hone in on what 2010 portends for online finance.  I’m looking for some broader trends, as well as some company-specific prognostication.

AOL’s ascension, Yahoo Finance’s continued domination, Google [...]

How to build a powerful IR monitoring dashboard using StockTwits Desktop

MONITORING what is being said about your company in the news and on the social web is something every investor relations department should be doing as a normal part of its daily activities.
There are many ways to monitor the web. Some involve big fees …

Interview with John Schroy, thought leader in collaborative investment research (Part 2)

This is the second part of a two part series where I interview John Schroy, author of Capital Flow Analysis and the founder of Capital Markets Wiki. From the takeaways from our discussions, it’s clear John has put a lot of thought and analysis into thinking about collaborative, crowdsourced investment research.  Just wanted to start [...]

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 [...]

7 fresh resources to uncover great investment ideas

While stocks are still suffering after last year’s smackdown and previously virile research houses are left impotent, we do find ourselves in the throes of a bull market for investment research.
It’s not the broker-calling-his-client-with-a-hot-pick type, but rather just tons of great research work being done on stocks daily posted to the Internet — much of [...]