Seeking Alpha is a crowd-sourced content service for financial markets.

In contrast to other equity research platforms, insight is provided by contributor base of investors and industry experts buy side rather than sell side. Finance , MarketWatch , NASDAQ and TheStreet , [5] although Yahoo Finance ended its relationship with Seeking Alpha on July 28, As of February , the firm had 3 million registered users, and attracted 8 million unique viewers a month.

The firm derives its content from independent contributors who sign up to the site. Its articles are published as Premium articles, Standard articles, and Instablogs. Standard articles are allowed to be published elsewhere, and are unpaid, but also undergo a selection process. Instablogs are published instantly and with no pay.

In , the Review of Financial Studies published, Wisdom of Crowds: The Value of Stock Opinions Transmitted Through Social Media.

Researchers from City University of Hong Kong , Purdue University and Georgia Institute of Technology analyzed approximately , Seeking Alpha articles and commentary published between and The researchers looked at the ability of Seeking Alpha articles to predict not only future stock returns, but also future earnings surprises.

Findings included that number of negative articles and comments on Seeking Alpha predicted stock returns over every time-frame examined, from one month to three years.

In , WIRED magazine named Seeking Alpha one of its, "…core nutrients of a good data diet. In , Seeking Alpha was the recipient of Forbes ' Best of the Web Award [14] and was selected by Kiplinger 's as its pick for Best Investment Informant.

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