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Twitter influences investor behaviour whether companies intend it to or not: new research

  • Written by Maria Prokofieva, Senior lecturer in Accounting and Finance, Victoria University
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Companies that tweet corporate news and financial results can significantly affect stock prices even if the company’s tweets contain no new information beyond what is already posted through the stock exchange platform, my research shows.

I studied 3,516 corporate announcements published by Australian listed companies throughout 2008-2013 at...

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