Whether you favor romantic dinners for two or a heart-shaped box of chocolates, Valentine’s Day is all about expressing gratitude and appreciation for the special people in your life. In this spirit, we couldn’t think of a better time to show some love to a few of our favorite Twitter accounts striking our financial services’ hearts in 140 characters or less.
Determining the most influential voices on our Twitter feed was no easy feat, but the below profiles are managed by those who are always ahead of the curve and ready to provide real-time news updates, financial industry intel and the occasional witty remark or meme to keep us all sane in times of market duress.
This is by no means a comprehensive list of our favorite accounts, but be sure to follow along! After all, these accounts make the perfect dream-date alongside your morning cup of Joe as you scroll the day’s headlines.
Paul La Monica
Digital Correspondent for @CNNMoney
Total followers
42.5K
Follow for
Up-to-the-minute headlines impacting stocks and the economy, with the occasional entertaining reference to sports and pop culture.
Tesla unstoppable or will this end badly? $TSLA up 3% today & 30% YTD. Near all-time high. My story from Thursday. https://t.co/O9QNqHt2a6
— Paul R. La Monica (@LaMonicaBuzz) February 13, 2017
Ben Carlson
Director of Institutional Asset Management at Ritholtz Wealth Management, Blogger and Author
Total followers
25K
Follow for
Investment content and personal finance advice you can actually use.
Facebook: My fake news is amazing Instagram: My life is amazing Snapchat: My stories are amazing Twitter: The world is coming to an end — Ben Carlson (@awealthofcs) February 12, 2017
Lauren Young
Money Editor at @Reuters
Total followers
31.9K
Follow for
Engaging wealth-related content, upcoming Twitter chats and Facebook Live teasers.
Forget Valentine’s Day: It’s “split up season!” ???????????? 10 tips to prepare for divorce. Join me NOW #FacebookLive https://t.co/8qO9ko4ugC pic.twitter.com/veOIanDlTT
— Lauren Young (@LaurenYoung) February 13, 2017
Eric Balchunas
Senior ETF Analyst for @Bloomberg Intelligence
Total followers
5K
Follow for
Your daily dose of all things ETF-related.
Best overall performing ETF since election: Inverse VIX ETN (XIV), up 68%, triple banks, 8x mkt. Nothing’s shocking. pic.twitter.com/l0Iunn83o7 — Eric Balchunas (@EricBalchunas) February 14, 2017
Liz Skinner
Reporter for @NewsfromIN covering fintech and practice management for financial advisers
Total followers
6K
Follow for
Your go-to source for news impacting advisers and their businesses.
Got client passwords? That means custody to SEC https://t.co/l1KpVxDzzQ via @newsfromIN
— Liz Skinner (@skinnerliz) February 9, 2017
Meb Faber
Founder and Chief Investment Officer at Cambria Investment Management
Total followers
29.8K
Follow for
Insight into the latest catalysts driving the stock market and investment strategies.
Notice how different stock returns can be in various countries… nice post by @thinknewfound https://t.co/xF4Zzz1Pcs pic.twitter.com/vHcOpBBCaY — Meb Faber (@MebFaber) February 13, 2017
Wu-Tang Financial
David Chappelle’s Parody Financial Services Consulting Firm
Total followers
121K
Follow for
Uncensored financial-related humor not for the weak of heart.
S&P: no clue what is in this CDO, we should be diligent in credit review
S&P: JUST RATE IT AAA, DA MARKET BE BOOMING FAM, MORE DEALZ 2 COME pic.twitter.com/oEiEGuMwxO
— Wu-Tang Financial (@Wu_Tang_Finance) November 17, 2016