http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2008/11/google-flu-tracker/ Macro Perspective on the Capital Markets, Economy, Geopolitics, Technology, and Digital Media Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:40:44 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2008/11/google-flu-tracker/comment-page-1/#comment-126078 doherjo1 Thu, 13 Nov 2008 19:00:23 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=9249#comment-126078 It looks like Google does this by looking at the searches with words related to the symptoms of the flu. It turns out that this is a leading indicator of breakouts by ~2 weeks. I wonder if you could do the same mining with stock names, indexes, etc. Also, what if you could mine Bloomberg terminal activity? Hmmmm..... It looks like Google does this by looking at the searches with words related to the symptoms of the flu. It turns out that this is a leading indicator of breakouts by ~2 weeks. I wonder if you could do the same mining with stock names, indexes, etc. Also, what if you could mine Bloomberg terminal activity? Hmmmm…..

]]> http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2008/11/google-flu-tracker/comment-page-1/#comment-125966 jmborchers Thu, 13 Nov 2008 13:16:39 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=9249#comment-125966 When will Intrade have flu contracts? LOL When will Intrade have flu contracts? LOL

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