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Social media has become a vital key to successful investing. The messages on Twitter, and on investing websites, like StockTwits, can predict stock market behavior. Online communities are often the best source of insight into the causes of stock moves. Company executives now use social media to communicate with their investors about business trends. By using these tools, investors can learn about breaking news before it hits the "mainstream" media.
About the Author
During a twenty-year career on Wall Street, Brian held positions of increasing responsibility as an equity analyst at Goldman Sachs, Credit Suisse, BMO Capital Markets, and Topeka Capital Markets. He served as Associate Director of Research at BMO and Director of Research at the Institutional Research Group. An experienced lecturer, Brian taught securities analysis to MBA students as an Adjunct Finance Professor at Columbia Business School. He received a BS in Economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from the University of Chicago's Booth School of Business.
