Social media’s influence on financial markets has connected the economy in unpredictable ways. Tweets from users with little to no expertise in finance have proven to have a ripple effect on the stock value of unrelated companies. When the Tesla stock drops, so does Meta’s — along with 200 other firms.
Using AI to analyze hundreds of millions of financial tweets, Sprott’s Mohamed Al Guindy has created a tool that investors, regulators and governments can use to help predict economic shocks, as well as predetermine the impact of intervention efforts and market manipulation.
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