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seeking alpha is a user contributed site. they don't predict anything. their authors do. and most off them have terrible track record and are trying to push their newsletters , funds, and other crud on an dwindling supply of dumb mom & pop investors who read the site

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I'm not sure at this point, but they used to allow anyone to write articles. You were paid based on pageviews. I put their analysis of companies right up there with Marketwatch headlining a big crash everytime there is a down day in the markets.

SeekingAlpha (along with ZeroHedge) correctly predicted 500 out of last 2 economic recessions.

Indeed, if you click "expand" next to "About this article" at the bottom you will read :

>Author payment: $35 + $0.01/page view. Authors of PRO articles receive a minimum guaranteed payment of $150-500.

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