Using Twitter As An Investment Tool

When it comes to investing, using Twitter “just another arrow in the quiver … whether you are an investor or a money manager speaking to your client” says IgorGonta, Chief Executive Officer of Market Prophit.

After spending the majority of his career on Wall Street, Gonta began to see the benefits of social media data analytics by reading an article about a hedge fund that was trading based on Twitter data. He became fascinated with Twitter as a platform, social sharing in general and crowdsourcing behavior. After conducting research, and building a website, his firm now sells social media data to various market participants such as hedge funds, retail self-directed investors, day traders, and brokers to support their clients. Here is an edited version of our phone conversation.

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