indicate Twitter The investment trend? On it goes. Social media, which grow amazingly in strength, are being officially incorporated into the mechanisms which will aid investment decisions.
This week, a British investment firm Derwent Capital Markets has opened the world's first hedge fund, whose investments are based on an analysis of the expression Twitter. The Fund has a value of $ 40 million. As a basis for investment decisions Daily analysis will serve about a million tweets in terms of expressed emotion. idea of \u200b\u200bthe fund based on the assumption that the knowledge of the social mood reliably predict the trends in financial markets.
Researchers in applied investment algorithm used keywords. It turned out, inter alia, that the word "calm" (translated: peace) enjoyed a high correlation with the stock market quotation. Scientists have predicted the U.S. stock market fluctuations in 2008 with the accuracy of the order of 87%.
British fund operates for only a few days, but has already identified the expected annual rate of return on shareholders for 15 - 20%.
Personally, I laughed under my breath, though you should be aware that the Internet and what it creates, or people in an incredible community, is a good brain. Time will tell whether the idea burned out, but rather bring generous earnings to those who risk the own money in this experiment.
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