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'Survivor Or Thriver': tastyworks Brings Fantasy Contests To The Stock Market
Friday, April 17, 2020 - 5:51pm | 319Read More...tastyworks, the leading options brokerage for active traders, alongside Andy and Landon Swan, the fintech entrepreneurs behind social sentiment data platform LikeFolio, formally announced the launch of Earnings Survivor, an exciting concept that merges the stock market with fantasy league. “...
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Study: Consumer Interest In iPhones Down Ahead Of Holiday Shopping Season
Wednesday, December 5, 2018 - 10:55am | 420Read More...December usually means a holiday push for retail sales — but that may not hold true for Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) and sales of its latest iPhones. Model Sales This year, Apple has produced perhaps its most diverse line of iPhones in terms of size, capability and price. The...
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Beer Makers Buy Into Hard Sparkling Water Trend As Hard Soda Fizzles
Friday, July 27, 2018 - 1:19pm | 654Read More...As beer continues to cede market share to alcoholic alternatives and hard sodas fall out of favor, brewers are jumping in on a rising trend. The industry is shaking its line-up with hard seltzer, a beverage seen to be as disruptive to beer as LaCroix has been to soda. Sparkling Water’s...
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Riskalyze Wins First-Ever LikeFolio Customer Love Award At 2018 Benzinga Fintech Awards
Thursday, May 24, 2018 - 4:23pm | 417Read More...People seem to really like using Riskalyze. The software platform that enables financial advisors to more accurately create portfolios based on their clients' risk profiles was named the winner of the first-ever LikeFolio Customer Love Award at the 2018 Benzinga Global Fintech Awards. The award...
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This Social Data Suggests #DeleteFacebook Isn't Really Happening
Wednesday, March 28, 2018 - 3:09pm | 514Read More...Social media stocks have been pounded in the past two weeks on fears that privacy concerns and data regulation could eat into social media ad revenue. The hashtag #DeleteFacebook has been trending off and on since the Cambridge Analytica story broke, and investors are rightfully concerned the wave...
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The Most Loved And Hated Super Bowl LII Commercials: Pepsi Steals The Show, Diet Coke Falls Flat
Monday, February 5, 2018 - 8:38am | 657Read More...A new generation? Pepsi (NYSE: PEP) stole the show with its 2018 Super Bowl commercials as its brands Doritos, Pepsi, and Mountain Dew each delighted viewers and generated massive amounts of positive chatter. The company’s brands captured three of the top four spots in LikeFolio consumer buzz...
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Sneaker Wars: How Adidas Was Able To Overtake The Jordan Brand
Friday, September 22, 2017 - 11:23am | 624Read More...“But the Yeezys jumped over the Jumpman” Those were the words of Kanye West in 2012 as he rapped about his shoe brand surpassing Nike Inc's (NYSE: NKE) Jordan Brand shoe sales. Five years later, it actually happened. Matt Powell, a NPD Sports Industry analyst, tweeted that this is...
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Can Oprah Do For Kraft Heinz What She Did For Weight Watchers?
Friday, August 25, 2017 - 12:05pm | 605Read More...We’ve known for a long time that brands partnering with celebrities can often lead to an increase in product sales. One of the best examples of this has occurred over the past two years, as Oprah Winfrey shed pounds in exchange for millions of dollars of gains in Weight Watchers’ stock...
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How Consumers Have Reacted To Starbucks' Refugee Hiring Announcement
Thursday, March 16, 2017 - 7:38am | 358Read More...Back in January, Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ: SBUX) CEO Howard Schultz took a political stand against the anti-immigration policies of Donald Trump by announcing that Starbucks would hire 10,000 refugees over the next five years in the 75 counties in which it operates around the world. While the...
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A Key Metric Signals Garmin Likely Had A Bad Fourth Quarter
Tuesday, February 21, 2017 - 8:09am | 468Read More...Social media data indicates Garmin Ltd. (NASDAQ: GRMN) had a rough fourth quarter. That's according to Andy Swan, the co-founder of LikeFolio, a company that tracks social media analytics among brands and stocks. Swan was a guest on Friday's edition of Benzinga's PreMarket...
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Which Super Bowl LI Commercials Were Social Hits?
Monday, February 6, 2017 - 12:59pm | 805Read More...Investors who were glued to their TV sets to watch Tom Brady's epic comeback in the 2017 Super Bowl are now shifting their attention and asking the more pertinent question: Which companies outperformed during commercial breaks? The TD Ameritrade Ad Challenge used Social Sentiment data, a resource...
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Which Fintech CEO Starts His Day With An Ice Shower And Ends It With Books And Bourbon?
Monday, January 30, 2017 - 1:36pm | 636Read More...To get you prepared for the 2017 Benzinga Global Fintech Awards, Benzinga will profile the daily schedules of select fintech leaders whose companies have applied. For this installment, we spoke with LikeFolio CEO Andy Swan. A Day In The Life Andy Swan is the founder of LikeFolio, a company...
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Social Media Data Indicates Chipotle Is Primed For A Turnaround In 2017
Monday, January 9, 2017 - 4:27pm | 242Read More...After another disappointing year in 2016 following a disastrous string of food safety incidents in 2015, Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (NYSE: CMG) shareholders are hoping that 2017 will finally bring the recovery they have been looking for. According to a recent presentation by Andy Swan, co-...
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11 Entrepreneur Traits That Lead To Failure
Monday, August 29, 2016 - 4:21pm | 336Read More...Everybody wants to be their own boss, but being an entrepreneur takes a lot of hard work. One of the most difficult parts of being an entrepreneur is convincing others to invest in your idea. Floodgate Fund founder Mike Maples recently discussed five elements his VC fund seeks out when...
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Social Data Is Turning Against Tesla
Wednesday, March 23, 2016 - 11:56am | 476Read More...Last month we told you that Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) was ready to rally based on the LikeFolio data we were looking at at the time. That was with the stock at $152/share. Here's how the stock has performed since our call on the LikeFolio podcast: That's...
