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Online reading behavior predicts stock movements

Real-time data could be used to monitor markets and warn of financial crises

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RISE AND FALL  Stock prices move chaotically and defy easy prediction. But accurate prediction is possible, new research shows, by using information on the web-browsing activities of millions of people. 

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By Mark Buchanan

- More than 2 years ago

Web surfing patterns as people read financial news can be used to make accurate predictions of stock movements from a few minutes to up to a couple of hours in advance, a new study suggests.