What Do Retail Investors Think?

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Matt Ober
February 20, 2025

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Every investor wants to know consumer confidence. What does the retail investor think?

How can you find a good gauge of retail investor confidence? Consumer confidence index? Pretty old school. Barometers they show on CNBC? Does anyone really watch CNBC? Have you gone to that website?!!

The best way to figure out consumer confidence is by looking at a real-time gauge. Where do people talk in real time about the markets? Stocktwits! Of course, I am biased as Social Leverage is an investor and I sit on the board. BUT I was also the first API Data client of Stocktwits back when I worked at a hedge fund. So I know firsthand how valuable the insights on StockTwits are.! Have you seen the new features?!! Listen to earnings live and chat about it with the community members. Polling! Yes, the polls everyone wants. Stock price predictions. This is like alpha capture that all the big buy-side firms pay the sell side for, but in this case, you can get it from the masses! Earnings summaries! YES Please.

Imagine if you were sitting in an institutional seat and you could leverage Stocktwits and ask polls to the community. Why pay GLG or Guidepoint or the dozens of other survey providers, when you could ask similar questions to millions of active investors? What if you could get a daily Trending Stocks email in your inbox? Would you pay for that as a buy-side analyst or PM? Would be a good way to CYA aka Cover Your Ass in case some stock is taking off or the next meme stock happens overnight! What if they offered you daily or weekly summaries of what is being said about companies on your watchlist? That would be valuable, right?! Wake up in the morning, open your inbox, and BOOM, you have a quick summary blurb about every company in your watchlist and what was said on Stocktwits. Not only a great CYA, but a great way to know what’s happening in retail trading chatterland.

Not all of this exists today, some is coming, and some is just what I think I would want if I was sitting back within a hedge fund. BUT all is possible. If you want this, if you'd pay for it, or if you want to get the full Firehose API data feed, then head over to Stocktwits or shoot me a message. Did I mention it’s not just stocks? Crypto, commodities, FX, the world of Stocktwits talks about all of these investable assets. You can even find chatter about meme coins!. aka $TRUMP

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