Essentially what it means is that analytics tools are picking up t.co as referral traffic instead of from such clients as Tweetdeck.

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Although many publicly-traded entities still use abbreviations of their names as ticker symbols, some companies have chosen to use theirs as marketing tools by picking symbols that form a word related to their business or convey an action or idea.

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He also analyzes prices and fundamental data going as far back as 1982 and has developed a stock-picking system based on which analytical tools work and which don't, depending on country, region or industry group.

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It offers tools for scanning thousands and thousands of funds and picking those that best fit your requirements.

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