I could not get the image into here, but here is a link to a Google Doc that will show you that ZH has passed thestreet.com in viewing rank:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tPlAU0vDbVjSZGfzURiscTm5Z5Bm2NlRgKSFr1HIgvw/edit?hl=en_US
Showing posts with label Zero Hedge. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Zero Hedge. Show all posts
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Zero Hedge Analysis, v. 2.4
I present below the latest results from my analysis (analyzing Zero Hedge articles and Categories):
ZH_Current_Meme_Index, 15-Sep-2011
Below table is number of ZH articles examied from Sept. 13 - 15. Again, I did not include certain articles (RANsquawk and others that did not seem to offer a "meme").
Below table shows outlook on each subject reviewed by the article. A positive number is a favorable outlook, a negative one is unfavorable. A "zero" indicates an equal number of "1"s and "-1"s.
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Comments:
1) Three days worth of Zero Hedge articles is not very many. Clearly, the "Stories du Jour" are going to mentioned the most often. ZH is famed for breaking news. There IS enough data to see certain trends, but there is NOT enough data for me to make informed comments on how ZH communicates "memes" out to the world other than the above.
2) The mega-Europe/Default meme is still the big one, but, it is as well THE "Story du Jour". ALL of those stories were negative in outlook for Europe.
3) But, there are some trends emerging from the above (increasing attention today paid to Bailouts, Banksters, and Obama/Scandal). There might be interesting insights into seeing how these trends in ZH memes change over time.
4) I have data on Contributors and Guest Posts, but I have not gotten around to examining them yet (esp. to see if there are differences between Contributors, for example, and "Tyler Durden" pieces).
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I now invite my readers to comment on whether the above seems to be useful to you or not! Please send me your emails or comment below!
I still have not decided how much work to put into this project, and/or whether or not to change directions or try something else (for example, waiting on a GOLD thread, and tabulating positive and negative comments).
Zero Hedge, as I have found, has a HUGE data-set! It must be like Heaven for analytical DBAs working there...
ZH_Current_Meme_Index, 15-Sep-2011
| Category / Meme | # Articles | 13-Sep | 14-Sep | 15-Sep |
| Bailouts | 5 | 5 | ||
| Banksters | 8 | 2 | 6 | |
| BRICs | 2 | 2 | ||
| China | 1 | 1 | ||
| China/Europe | 4 | 1 | 3 | |
| Economic Indicators | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| Europe/Default | 24 | 5 | 14 | 5 |
| FX/Derivatives/Trading | 1 | 1 | ||
| Gold | 2 | 2 | ||
| Hedge Funds | 2 | 2 | ||
| Housing | 1 | 1 | ||
| Market Analysis | 3 | 3 | ||
| Middle East | 1 | 1 | ||
| Munis | 1 | 1 | ||
| Obama | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Obama/Scandal | 4 | 1 | 3 | |
| Other | 4 | 2 | 2 | |
| Political Left | 1 | 1 | ||
| Political Right | 1 | 1 | ||
| Politics/General | 1 | 1 | ||
| PsyOps | 1 | 1 | ||
| Stocks/HFT | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Treasuries | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Total ZH Articles Reviewed | 95 |
| Category / Meme | Total + / - | 13-Sep | 14-Sep | 15-Sep |
| Bailouts | 1 | 1 | ||
| China/Europe | -2 | -2 | ||
| Economic Indicators | -5 | -1 | -2 | -2 |
| Europe/Default | -21 | -5 | -12 | -4 |
| Gold | 1 | 1 | ||
| Hedge Funds | -2 | -2 | ||
| Housing | -1 | -1 | ||
| Market Analysis | -2 | -2 | ||
| Middle East | -1 | -1 | ||
| Obama | -1 | -1 | ||
| Obama/Scandal | -4 | -1 | -3 | |
| Stocks/HFT | -2 | -2 | 0 | |
| Treasuries | -1 | -1 |
Comments:
1) Three days worth of Zero Hedge articles is not very many. Clearly, the "Stories du Jour" are going to mentioned the most often. ZH is famed for breaking news. There IS enough data to see certain trends, but there is NOT enough data for me to make informed comments on how ZH communicates "memes" out to the world other than the above.
2) The mega-Europe/Default meme is still the big one, but, it is as well THE "Story du Jour". ALL of those stories were negative in outlook for Europe.
3) But, there are some trends emerging from the above (increasing attention today paid to Bailouts, Banksters, and Obama/Scandal). There might be interesting insights into seeing how these trends in ZH memes change over time.
4) I have data on Contributors and Guest Posts, but I have not gotten around to examining them yet (esp. to see if there are differences between Contributors, for example, and "Tyler Durden" pieces).
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I now invite my readers to comment on whether the above seems to be useful to you or not! Please send me your emails or comment below!
I still have not decided how much work to put into this project, and/or whether or not to change directions or try something else (for example, waiting on a GOLD thread, and tabulating positive and negative comments).
Zero Hedge, as I have found, has a HUGE data-set! It must be like Heaven for analytical DBAs working there...
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Analyzing Zero Hedge, v. 2.3
Continuing my project of classifying and tabulating Zero Hedge articles I present results from the past couple of days. I am going to do this one more day, and see if it is worth the time it has taken. I will probably THEN ask you readers for your comments...
I did NOT include several articles that did not really communicate much re ZH (RANsquawk, and a couple of others).
The below table shows number of articles reviewed by Category (Meme) over the past two days. Note that I started about one half the way through yesterday, but for now, that does not matter. N = 59 articles reviewed.
ZH_Current_Meme_Index, 14-Sep-2011
The below table is similar to the others I published over the past day or so. For many ZH articles, there is an outlook by the author. A "1" means a positive rating on the subject being reviewed. A "-1" means a negative rating. The one case of a "0" is because there was 1 positive and one negative review (Stocks/HFT). Only 29 articles had a positive or negative spin on the subject at hand.
Comments:
1) Clearly the "Europe/Default" meme was by far the biggest meme over the past 1 and 1/2 days. I did see at Drudgereport (at least for a while) that Europe was the top headline there this afternoon.
2) The second table above shows quite clearly that Zero Hedge is a "Bear's Paradise"...
I did NOT include several articles that did not really communicate much re ZH (RANsquawk, and a couple of others).
The below table shows number of articles reviewed by Category (Meme) over the past two days. Note that I started about one half the way through yesterday, but for now, that does not matter. N = 59 articles reviewed.
ZH_Current_Meme_Index, 14-Sep-2011
Category/Meme | # Articles | 13-Sep | 14-Sep |
Banksters | 2 | 2 | |
BRICs | 2 | 2 | |
China/Europe | 4 | 1 | 3 |
Economic Indicators | 6 | 2 | 4 |
Europe/Default | 19 | 5 | 14 |
Gold | 2 | 2 | |
Market Analysis | 3 | 3 | |
Munis | 1 | 1 | |
Obama | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Obama/Scandal | 1 | 1 | |
Other | 2 | 2 | |
Political Left | 1 | 1 | |
Politics/General | 1 | 1 | |
Stocks/HFT | 5 | 2 | 3 |
Treasuries | 1 | 1 |
The below table is similar to the others I published over the past day or so. For many ZH articles, there is an outlook by the author. A "1" means a positive rating on the subject being reviewed. A "-1" means a negative rating. The one case of a "0" is because there was 1 positive and one negative review (Stocks/HFT). Only 29 articles had a positive or negative spin on the subject at hand.
Category / Meme | Total, + / - | 13-Sep | 14-Sep |
China/Europe | -2 | -2 | |
Economic Indicators | -3 | -1 | -2 |
Europe/Default | -17 | -5 | -12 |
Gold | 1 | 1 | |
Market Analysis | -2 | -2 | |
Obama | -1 | -1 | |
Obama/Scandal | -1 | -1 | |
Stocks/HFT | -2 | -2 | 0 |
Comments:
1) Clearly the "Europe/Default" meme was by far the biggest meme over the past 1 and 1/2 days. I did see at Drudgereport (at least for a while) that Europe was the top headline there this afternoon.
2) The second table above shows quite clearly that Zero Hedge is a "Bear's Paradise"...
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