But what I find worrying is exactly that, AP's influence on markets. I find it troubling that a single news organization could wield so much soft power.
With regards to Bloomberg terminals, I am aware of their Twitter integration but again I question their decision. Twitter is not a reliable source of information, particularly for financial markets.
If they go ahead with this, organized criminals and crackers can stage such attacks to make huge profits in minutes - buy low, sell high.
To see the future, look at the past. You've just described the fax and email penny stock spam model which was popular maybe 10-20 years ago. Now no one is dumb enough to take stock advice from emails/faxes especially about penny stocks.
It is extremely likely in the future once/if "everyone knows" twitter (and/or AP) is nothing but spam/scam, then it'll be ignored for financial news.
I wouldn't worry too much about the ecosystem having crooks, they've always been there. I would worry if they're scientifically proven to be getting out of ecologically sound ratios.
With regards to Bloomberg terminals, I am aware of their Twitter integration but again I question their decision. Twitter is not a reliable source of information, particularly for financial markets.
If they go ahead with this, organized criminals and crackers can stage such attacks to make huge profits in minutes - buy low, sell high.