According to a study released today by Cogent Research, social media plays a rapidly growing and influential role in individual investors' financial decision-making.
PBA 30 Atlanta - Investor Protection Trust Part 12: Message Boards. You can find an online message board on just about anything: religion, romance, sports. You can get or give advice - all while staying virtually anonymous. There are a lot of pros, but it's the con-artists investors have to worry about. Eve Chen reports on message board scams.
BoardCentral.com today announced that it has reached a major milestone of processing over three million financial message board search requests over the past 12 months. This milestone reflects BoardCentral's position as the leading aggregator and provider of innovative search and analytics tools for online financial message board communities.
Dont use these discussions as a confirmation of your opinion but rather as another viewpoint that can assist you in your decision making. Forums are meant to help you think about what you are doing, not make the decision for you.
12/29/07 BoardCentral wins 2007 BESPy award!
The Disciplined Investor recognized BoardCentral as one of the best sites in Software/Sites: Stock Mash Up/Message Boards category. The Disciplined Investor is among the top financial blogs and its hosted by the Andrew Horowitz, a Certified Financial Planner and Investment Advisor.
BoardCentral selected by the the The Day Trader's Toolkit blog as one of the Top Message Board Resources. Whether you participate or merely lurk, message boards can often provide more information than the pros or the news media...
