Posted by on Jul 21, 2019 in Articles & Advice, Blog, Columns, Featured |

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By Jason Zweig  |  July 19, 2019 11:00 am ET

 

Twitter isn’t just a megaphone for bragging about yourself and insulting your enemies, real or imagined. All investors should appreciate that some financial thinkers have turned the social-media site into a force for enlightenment and fun—if you follow the right people.

That’s never been clearer than it was a few days ago, when the person behind the @Nonrelatedsense account died, prompting an outpouring of love and grief in the financial quadrant of Twitter known as FinTwit. (Although I know who he was and where he worked, I’m honoring the wishes of his family and friends to preserve his anonymity.)

Those who followed him, even without meeting him in real life, felt as if we had lost one of our smartest friends.

 

To read the rest of the column:

https://www.wsj.com/articles/financial-twitter-loses-a-source-of-humility-and-wisdom-but-good-voices-remain-11563548407

 

For further reading:

Books:

Benjamin Graham, The Intelligent Investor

Jason Zweig, The Devil’s Financial Dictionary

Jason Zweig, Your Money and Your Brain

Jason Zweig, The Little Book of Safe Money

 

Articles and other resources:

Click here for my list of favorite people to follow on Twitter.

What I Read, and Why

Good Advice, or Advice that Sounds Good?

Use the News and Tune Out the Noise

Consuming Financial News without Being Consumed by It

Saving Investors from Themselves