The New Market Moving Sites

The Wall Street Journal and Barron's have long been known as market moving sites, and when a stock is mentioned positively or negatively from either site, the stocks tend to move. While these two have remained the granddaddies of these sites, there is a new bunch of sites that are coming on board that have had an affliction for moving stocks. Seeking Alpha is firmly entrenched in the third spot for being a market mover. Just take a look at PharmAthene, Inc. PIP. James Altucher wrote about it on October 15, and the stock flew that day, going from $2 to $4 on little news. The stock has held those gains, trading at $3.70 today. Another example is Jeremy Richards' piece on Zalicus, Inc. ZLCS. The stock jumped 20% that day, and is even higher today than where it closed that day. Of course you have to weed out the bad from the good on Seeking Alpha, but that is the same with most sites. Another market moving site as of late has been the U.K.'s Daily Mail. Recently the U.K. has mentioned rumors of Anadarko APC being taken out by BHP Billiton BHP for $90 per share. It was also the first to mention Imax IMAX being taken out by Sony SNE and today's latest rumor about BP BP and Royal Dutch Shell RDSA. The last market moving site is surprisingly the NY Post. The newspaper, which is still primarily known as a tabloid, has seen strong improvements in its business section and has been known to move a stock or two. What are some of the other market moving sites you see out there?
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