The StockTwits Top 10 portfolio is lagging again this month. The under performance is due to Walter Energy (WLT) which is down over 11%. The monthly picks this year seem to find at least one stock that blows up. I see it as just another sign of a thinning market where investors and traders are quick to […]
Over the past month the StockTwits Top 10 portfolio lagged the market. The under performance was mostly a result of a nearly 20% decline from First Solar (FSLR). Celgene (CELG) was the only outstanding winner up 12%. For the month the portfolio was up just over 1%. It’s the first Friday of the month so it’s […]
The StockTwits Top 10 portfolio continues to track the S&P 500 Index (SPX). It is slightly under performing this month mainly due to Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) down 12.5% and First Solar (FSLR) down 5.5%. Lululemon Athletica (LULU) is the only stock that is significantly out performing SPX, up nearly 8%. Below is a performance […]
The StockTwits Top 10 Portfolio continues to track the market. For the past few months the performance between the S&P 500 Index (SPX) and the the portfolio has been almost exactly the same. This is at odds with the way the Twitter Top 10 portfolio has performed. It tends to outperform in up trends and […]
The StockTwits Top 10 portfolio continues to bounce around fairly closely with the market. This month it slightly out performed the S&P 500 Index (SPX) allowing it to play catch up. JC Penney (JCP) is the only stand out up nearly 15%. The other stocks mostly rose between 4% and 7%. The two losers were […]
Here’s a list of the stocks that have had the most support on StockTwits over the past three months (ending 8/25/14). Notice that the top contenders are dramatically different from the most bullish stocks on Twitter over the same time period. Solar and semiconductor stocks are the most popular on StockTwits while Facebook, Google, Apple, […]
In case you missed them. Here are some charts I posted this week on Twitter and StockTwits…in no particular order.
The StockTwits and Twitter streams are showing a serious divergence in their respective support for Green Mountain Coffee (GMCR). In both the short and intermediate term traders on Twitter are showing very strong support for GMCR. However, that support is lacking on StockTwits. In fact, the StockTwits community is negative on the stock in the […]
The Twitter Top 10 portfolio is closing the gap with the S&P 500 Index (SPX) this month even as we’re seeing a large split between high performers and laggards. Twitter (TWTR), down over 7% and 3D Systems (DDD), down 14% are the largest drags on the portfolio. Facebook (FB), up nearly 14% and Plug Power […]
Over the past week the StockTwits Top 10 portfolio recovered a few percentage points as the S&P 500 Index (SPX) remained relatively flat. For the month the portfolio is still down over 3% and lagging SPX. We’re continuing to see most of the stocks falling, but Baidu (BIDU) is fighting the trend, up over 16% on the […]