Yahoo Finance Integrates Real-Time Stock Discussion From StockTwits

Yahoo Finance announced Tuesday that is has begun pulling data from StockTwits's API, which curates stock-related conversation from Twitter tagged with $[stock symbol] (i.e. $AMZN) and messages sent through its own microblogging platform.

StockTwits's stream appears in a newly launched Market Pulse section, designed to help users keep track of real-time, user-generated finance news discussion on the web. We've pulled up the page for Google below.

Unfortunately, the stream is not yet integrated into the main dashboard pages, which includes quotes, charts, news and other information for each stock. Instead, users have to navigate to a separate "Market Pulse" page on the left sidebar, which severely limits the stream's exposure.

Nevertheless, it's a big move for the startup, whose API is also being used by Bloomberg, CNN Money and Marketwatch in similar fashion. Stocktwits has raised $8.6 million in venture capital thus far.

"It's a great partnership for us because they're the leader in the finance web," Editor in Chief of StockTwits Blog Network Phil Pearlman observed in an interview with Mashable.