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I probably shouldn’t do this but I really liked this post<\/strong>. I have done this with my tracking to some extent. I have picked up many differing opinions and try to “meld” that into something that I can follow or believe in with my investing thoughts. Reference my post<\/strong> on Investing and Politics<\/a> I listed out only 4 of my most followed investment readings. But there are many on Stocktwits. I have even put a page up on my blog to show<\/strong> some of my following twits. Truth be told I did the page so I can see those twits from behind a protective firewall that prevents linking to any “social” based site, twitter, facebook, stocktwits, even linkedin and other business type sites. So I can show<\/strong> them on my page and they are not blocked, as long as I know who I want to watch tweet… Anyway back to the following blog post<\/strong> from Abnormal Returns<\/a>… I really like it and am reposting it here for my memory retention. – WD0AJG<\/p>\n

Stocktwits strangers<\/p>\n

abnormalreturns July 20th, 2010
\nJonah Lehrer at The Frontal Cortex has an interesting post<\/strong> up talking about the value of following strangers on Twitter. He notes how we all have a tendency to associate (virtually) with people<\/strong> of like mind and outlook. It stands t reason that going outside of our comfort zone may have some benefits.<\/p>\n

I\u2019d argue that the benefits of these twitter<\/strong> strangers extend beyond the fleeting pleasures of electronic eavesdropping. Instead, being exposed to a constant stream of unexpected tweets<\/strong> \u2013 even when the tweets<\/strong> seem wrong, or nonsensical, or just plain silly \u2013 can actually expand our creative potential.<\/p>\n

Lehrer talks about the \u201cpower of surprise.\u201d When we hear or read something unexpected it forces us to confront our underlying assumptions. One can see how this might be of value when examining the markets. He writes:<\/p>\n

And this is why following someone unexpected on Twitter can be a small step towards a more open mind. Because not everybody reacts to the same thing<\/strong> in the same way.<\/p>\n

Last year we had a post<\/strong> up that talked this very topic and its applicability to StockTwits. In \u201cHow to make<\/strong> the most of StockTwits\u201d we talked about how following some people<\/strong> with a different approach to the markets may help<\/strong> combat confirmation bias. Following a stranger or two would help<\/strong> combat this, but one<\/strong> wonders whether following a stranger is necessarily the best approach.<\/p>\n

As we discussed in the earlier post<\/strong> it might make<\/strong> sense to systematically follow people<\/strong> with different approaches to the market. For instance a swing trader might want to follow a day<\/strong> trader. Some one<\/strong> who trades equities exclusively may want to follow some one<\/strong> who trade forex. A fundamental investor may want to follow some who uses technicals, and vice versa. As you can see the permutations are endless.<\/p>\n

The great thing<\/strong> is that doing this requires little additional time or effort on your part. In closing we quote ourselves:<\/p>\n

The point is that no one<\/strong> person (or method) has all the answers. We learned this early on as a fan of Jack Schwager\u2019s Market Wizards. The fact is that there are as many ways to make<\/strong> money in the markets as there are traders. Feel free to follow traders of a like-mind. However, the opportunity today is to expose yourself to some new ways of thinking about the markets. The positive thing<\/strong> is that in the age of services like StockTwits, exposing yourself to a range of opinions is just a click or two away.<\/p>\n

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