Google-based trading strategy would have made big return: study

By Sudip Kar-Gupta and Alistair Smout LONDON (Reuters) - A trading strategy based on changes in the number of times financial phrases are searched on Google could have generated returns in excess of 300 percent over the last decade on the Dow Jones, a study has found. The findings could prove particularly useful for computer-driven trading firms that use the Internet and Twitter to help gauge investor sentiment. ...

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