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Who is TickerMine?

TickerMine is a publisher that provides objective and detailed market data that gives investors the first insight into sales trends, consumer preferences, and buying patterns at the point of sale.

Who would use TickerMine?

Any investor who needs the most timely, objective data on sales trends, consumer preferences, and buying patters: Buy side analysts, institutional portfolio managers, fund managers, sell side analysts, registered independent advisors, and personal client services managers.

Who are some of the biggest TickerMine customers?

TickerMine operates in the financial services information market. We define potential customers as all employees of broker / dealer firms (generally identified as employees holding a Series 7 securities license), all employees of money management firms, including hedge funds, mutual funds and trust and pensions funds.

What problems do analysts or investors have that TickerMine solves?

The Magazine Cover indicator is a famous rule states that when a story makes the cover of a national publication that the trend in that story has already reversed at that moment of publication. This rule clearly highlights the time delay in linear production methods that plagues information companies. The catalytic event for the formation of TickerMine was the discovery of methods that enable us to produce large volumes of detailed market data in a real-time manner. TickerMine is the only vendor offering real-time, point-of-sale field data including the ability to view and manipulate actual raw data from our surveys.

Why should professional investors use TickerMine?

Professional investors can make better-informed decisions because TickerMine provides first glimpse at market data from the point of sale and data that is relevant, factual, neutral and void of any conclusions or opinions from a company’s or analyst’s point of view. TickerMine is the only vendor offering real-time, point-of-sale field data including the ability to view and manipulate actual raw data from our surveys.

What are the primary benefits of TickerMine?

TickerMine delivers the most timely, detailed market information giving investors higher levels of visibility and early insight into stock performance, enabling them to make superior investment decisions. Investors can make better-informed decisions because TickerMine provides first glimpse at market data from the point of sale and data that is relevant, factual, neutral and void of any conclusions or opinions from a company’s or analyst’s point of view

Is the information from TickerMine detailed or statistically significant enough to be relevant to investors?

The current TickerMine service includes field data that is supplied to customers several times day via a web site. The field data is compiled by data analysts and used to produce written commentary on product trends. TickerMine typically works with data sets that consist of at least 30 randomly collected data points that produce an unbiased snapshot of product sales trends.

Who is TickerMine’s competition?

We view companies like financial news aggregators Briefing.com, StreetAcount, FlyontheWall, 24/7 Wall Street as incumbent competitors. Additionly, we view financial services information vendors like Thomson Financial, Bloomberg, Firstcall and Factset as potential competitors. Simialrly, financial media like the Wall Street Journal, CNBC, Barron’s and Business Week may also be potential competitors. Finally we consider financial web sites such as Yahoo Finance, Google Finance and Marketwatch as competitors, however, these competitors are also our most likely partners for content distribution.

Why is TickerMine different?

There are a significantly large number of incumbent information vendors who deliver plain vanilla information such as stock prices, interest rates, public company news and editorialized content. However,TickerMine is the only vendor offering real-time, point-of-sale field data including the ability to view and manipulate actual raw data from our surveys.

Why is the information provided by TickerMine better or more useful than analyst reports, briefing.com, or information from the companies themselves?

Unlike its closest competitors, TickerMine is not a financial news aggregator. Instead, TickerMine offers investors first glimpse at market data from the point of sale before fundamental trend changes impact stock prices. TickerMine’s proprietary raw market data is original, granular and more timely than content produced by its closest competitors

How long as the company been collecting data?

TickerMine has been collection data since the Company’s inception in March of 2007.

How does TickerMine make money? Via subscriptions? Via advertising? Syndication?

TickerMine earns revenues primarily from monthly subscriptions. In the future, TickerMine may also have the opportunity to grow revehues through on-line advertising and/or syndication.

Does TickerMine have any partners?

TickerMine is currently partnered with the Channel Checkers and is currently in talks with a number of other potential partners that would increase its presence in the marketplace.

How is the information collected?

TickerMine collects data using a proprietary electronic methodology that allows information to be collected rapidly and in a cost-efficient manner.

Who collects the information?
How can I trust that the data is correct? The information must be credible in order to base actionable investment decisions on it.

TickerMine collects data using a proprietary electronic methodology. The work of each project is broken down into many smaller parts. This enables TickerMine to maintain a high degree of control over data quality. Seasoned research analysts review the data for discrepancies before it is complied and analyzed and published

How does an investor know if the information is unbiased?

The data produced by TickerMine is relevant, factual and neutral. It is void of any conclusions or opinions from a company’s or analyst’s point of view. TickerMine is not a registered broker-dealer or a registered investment adviser and thus is able to avoid any potential conflicts of interest. TickerMine does not take positions in securities or make any specific buy sell or hold recommendations.

What market segments does TickerMine focus on?

TickerMine operates in the financial services information market. We define potential customers as all employees of broker / dealer firms (generally identified as employees holding a Series 7 securities license), all employees of money management firms, including hedge funds, mutual funds and trust and pensions funds. We also include individual investors in our market sizing and believe that our addressable group within this broad segment consists of individuals who engage in on-line trading over the internet and individuals that invest significant time in managing their own investments.

Can users request customized reports and data?

Yes. TickerMine is affiliated with Channel Checkers, a sister company that creates large scale reports using the same data acquisition and processing methodology. Each project is quoted separately and may involve different levels of complexity depending on a client’s needs. In general, custom wotk is offered at a significantly higher price point since it is client specific and therefore not widely applicable to the general TickerMine audience.

What are the types of data collected? How “fresh” is the data?

The current TickerMine service includes field data that is supplied to customers several times daily via a web site. The field data is compiled by data analysts and used to produce written commentary on product trends. Data for each company surveyed is archived under the stock ticker symbol for that company and by the industry that the company operates in. Customers are able to search our historical database by ticker, by industry or by other key words

Should individual investors be making investment decisions based on the information provided by TickerMine?

TickerMine is a provider of real-time data that may suggest potential changes in fundamental trends that could affect stock prices. However, TickerMine does not provide opinions or suggestions about how content should be used by subscribers. Tickermine is not a registered broker-dealer or a registered investment adviser and mention of a particular security idoes not constitute a recommendation to buy, sell, or hold that or any other security.

How does the information and data provided by TickerMine enable investors to make superior investment decisions?

TickerMine offers early insight into a company’s market traction at the point of sale. Timely, detailed market information provides investors higher levels of visibility and early insight into stock performance, enabling them to make superior investment decisions.