Google predicts stock market crashes, study suggests
Thursday, April 25, 2013 - 17:02
in Mathematics & Economics
On Tuesday, a tweet from a hacked Associated Press account claiming there had been explosions at the White House sent the Dow Jones Industrial Average plummeting 145 points almost instantaneously. The incident was an example of how quickly the Internet can send shock waves through the financial world, given how many trades are completed by computers rather than humans.But new research finds t...