The New Influentials
Thursday, January 13th, 2011
13.01.11
“Most investors would acknowledge that social media is playing an increasing role in their investment decisions,” says the UK Web site Mindful Money.”Yet no-one has mapped the emerging network of influence likely to be playing a crucial part in those decisions.” Until now.
A report published under the title ‘Social Finance: The New Influentials” is aimed at better understanding what this network looks like and to see if a number of super connections exist.
The report suggests that they do and is well worth reading.
Key insights from the report:
- Individuals are the new influential.
- Mainstream media voices:
Huffington post
New York Times
Bloomberg
Financial Times
CNBC
Colbert Nation
- The top 20 financial blogs :
1. Naked Capitalism
2. Infectious Greed
3. The Big Picture
4. Jesse’s Cross Roads Cafe
5. Zerohedge
6. Mish’s global Economic Analysis
7. Calculated Risk
8. Paul Krugman’s Blog
9. FT Alphaville
10. Ludwig von Mises Institute
11. The Market Trader
12. WSJ Blogs
13. The Epicurean Dealmaker
14.Credit Writedowns
15. Dealbreaker
16. China Financial Markets
17. Max Keiser
18. The Angry Bear
19. The Economist
20. Jr. Deputy Accountant