style . the references used may be made clearer with a different or consistent style of citation footnoting or external linking . july 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message seeking alpha type private founded 2004 headquarters ra anana israel founder s david jackson employees 150 slogan s read . decide . invest . website http seekingalpha.com alexa rank 326 u.s. type of site financial commentary and analysis seeking alpha is a crowd sourced content service for financial markets . 1 articles and research covers a broad range of stocks asset classes etfs and investment strategies . in contrast to other equity research platforms insight is provided by contributor base of investors and industry experts buy side rather than sell side . 2 3 seeking alpha was founded in 2004 by former wall street analyst david jackson . 4 the company reports it has distribution partnerships with msn money cnbc yahoo finance marketwatch nasdaq and thestreet 5 although yahoo finance ended its relationship with seeking alpha on july 28 2014 . 6 7 as of february 2014 the firm had 3 million registered users and attracted 8 million unique viewers a month . 8 9 contents 1 contributors 2 the wisdom of crowds 3 reception 4 see also 5 references 6 external links contributors edit the firm derives its content from independent contributors who sign up to the site . base payment is 35 plus 10 cpm 1 000 page views . for analysis of stocks that have a large number of followers the firm has three additional payment tiers from 150 to 500 per article . 10 finally two articles are selected each week for a 2 500 outstanding performance prize on the basis of how well the stock idea played out . its articles are published as premium articles standard articles and instablogs . standard articles are allowed to be published elsewhere and are unpaid but also undergo a selection process . instablogs are published instantly and with no pay . 11 in 2011 the firm is estimated to have paid its approximately 550 premium contributors 1.2 million . 12 the wisdom of crowds edit in 2014 the review of financial studies published wisdom of crowds the value of stock opinions transmitted through social media . researchers from city university of hong kong purdue university and georgia institute of technology analyzed approximately 100 000 seeking alpha articles and commentary published between 2005 and 2012 . the researchers looked at the ability of seeking alpha articles to predict not only future stock returns but also future earnings surprises . findings included that number of negative articles and comments on seeking alpha predicted stock returns over every time frame examined from one month to three years . 2 13 reception edit in 2013 wired magazine named seeking alpha one of its core nutrients of a good data diet . wired 101 signals . in 2007 seeking alpha was the recipient of forbes best of the web award 14 and was selected by kiplinger s as its pick for best investment informant . 15 in 2011 seeking alpha was listed as 1 in inc. magazine s list of essential economic blogs . 16 see also edit alpha finance references edit regan trish 24 march 2014 . how social media can influence markets . bloomberg tv . retrieved 20 april 2014 . a b hu yu jeffrey ; hailiang chen ; prabuddha de ; byoung hyoun hwang may 2014 . wisdom of crowds the value of stock opinions transmitted through social media pdf . the review of financial studies . 247 5 1367 1403 . retrieved 20 april 2014 . bilton ricardo . how publishers turned platforms pay their amateur contributors . digiday . retrieved 20 april 2014 . market movers u.s. news & world report march 2009 . director of contributor relations seeking alpha january 17 2011 . editor in chief seekina alpha january 25 2104 . hu yu jeffrey ; hailiang chen ; prabuddha de ; byoung hyoun hwang 14 april 2014 . associate professor and consultant pdf . the review of financial studies rfs . 27 5 1367 1403 . retrieved 20 april 2014 . chernova yuliya 19 march 2014 . study crowdsourced stock opinions beat analysts news . the wall street journal . retrieved 20 april 2014 . tweney dylan 9 october 2013 . seeking alpha who needs an acquisition when we re doing so well . venturebeat . retrieved 22 april 2014 . crunchbase . techcrunch . retrieved 22 april 2014 . how much does seeking alpha pay its contributors man bites dog web publisher pays writers . all things d. retrieved 24 october 2013 . updated seeking alpha on track to pay its bloggers 1.2 million this year . paidcontent . retrieved 24 october 2013 . chernova yuliya . study crowdsourced stock opinions beat analysts news . the wall street journal . retrieved 21 april 2014 . forbes december 17 2004 . forbes best of the web . website . archived from the original on february 15 2012 . retrieved 27 april 2013 . the 2007 best list kiplinger s personal finance magazine november 2007 . hoffman constantine dec 26 2011 . 10 essential economic blogs . inc magazine . external links edit seeking alpha retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title seeking alpha & oldid 738800656 categories blogscompanies established in 2004corporate financeeconomics websitesinternet companies of the united statessecurities finance personal finance websiteshidden categories wikipedia references cleanup from july 2016all articles needing references cleanuparticles covered by wikiproject wikify from july 2016all articles covered by wikiproject wikify navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages fran ais edit links this page was last modified on 11 september 2016 at 03 53 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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