Here is a collection of Twitter handles to follow. I have not blindly copy-pasted the ones I follow - all of these tweet and retweet more than just announcements that their latest blog post is out.I intend to update this page. If you think you should (not) be included here, contact me.
If you are new to Twitter, I suggest you check couple of the names, and begin to follow those you like. Pretty soon Twitter will start suggesting similar tweeters and you will see retweets by the names you follow. In no time at all, you are following 100+ names. At that point it would be wise to create lists (divide the tweeters into separate lists based on asset class/topic etc) and start using an application like Tweetdeck instead of the terrible webpage.
Oh yes, I am on Twitter, Facebook, email and paper.li.
see also Market Folly's excellent Top50-list:
Top Finance People to Follow on Twitter – market
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MEDIA
Financial Times' Markets Editor
@chrisadamsmkts
Reuters' Financial Graphics Editor
@scottybarber
Reuters' finance blogger
@felixsalmon
FT Alphaville reporter
@izakaminska
Blogger/Columnist, Washington Post
@ezraklein
FT Alphaville reporter
@cardiffgarcia
FT Alphaville reporter
@jsphctrl
@ftalphaville
I'm the FT's US financial correspondent. I like forensic accounting, financial crisis hindsight, and kittens. Formerly of FT Alphaville. Views my own etc.
@tracyalloway
alphaville team
@CardiffGarcia
FT Alphaville Reporter, data addict, footnote reader, coffee drinker. These are my opinions. There are many like them, but these ones are mine.
@LSPollack
@economistsforum
Martin Wolf, chief economics commentator at the Financial Times, and his forum of leading economists
@djfxtrader
@ftbrusselsblog
Dow Jones Eurozone reporter
@matinastevis
Dow Jones FX Team
@bradleydaviswsj, @robpas, @djfxtrader, @katie_martin_fx
@TheEconomist
The Economist Intelligence Unit provides analysis and forecasts on more than 200 countries and key industries, including technology, finance and energy.
@TheEIU
@SPIEGEL_English
Economist & Bloomberg Brief contributor
@m_mcdonough
Financial reporter for Italian financial site Linkiesta
@fgoria
Financial columnist, work appears on Reuters.com, International Herald Tribune and elsewhere
@jamessaft
Business Editor for the BBC
@Peston
BLOGGERS
@pragcapitalist
@reformedbroker
@SoberLook
@finansakrobat
@epicureandeal
@placeduluxemb
@mbusigin
@writedowns
@zerohedge
INVESTORS & TRADERS
@pimco
Master of the Universe and Beyond
@Alea_
A hedge fund manager.
@BergenCapital
Asset allocation specialist
@DSayag
Fixed income, mathematics, philosophy.
@_CB01
Eurozone fixed income strategist at Nomura
@firoozye
Currency / Fixed income Trader, Arbitrageur through Eurex, Cbot/Cme and FX spot. Mostly tweeting in english, but also in french.
@trader1806
Portfolio Manager, Global cross asset investments, nothing here is related to my employment
@Uldis_Zelmenis
trader: short term to global macro; aspiring quant interested in machine learning, game theory, and programming.
@historysquared
The two main goals: teaching investors about better investing through risk control, and tying all of the markets into a coherent whole.
@AlephBlog
Macro & Equity Long/Short Manager NYC / Artist
@PhilipEtienne
Global Head of Dealing at London & Capital Asset Management
@tradedesk_steve
President of Seabreeze Partners Management Inc; The Street contributor
@dougkass
Chief economist and Head of Global Research at Standard Chartered Bank. Expert on the world economy and international financial markets.
@DrGerardLyons
Investment Adventures in Emerging Markets
@MarkMobius
Macro Trader (inactive?)
@5_min_macro
Economist and mathematician by training, leader at well-known Internet company by day, quant trader by night, and long-time coder.
@quantivity
Value/macro Hedge Fund guy. Interested in the big picture, ground level details, & everything in between. Looking for 'contentious' ideas. Vampire Slayer.
@LongShortTrader
CENTRAL BANKS & INSTITUTIONS
@ecb_europa_eu
@bankofengland
@bankofcanada
@stlouisfed
@PhilFedResearch
@ClevFedResearch
@BostonFed
@NYFed_data
@SEC_News
@IMFNews
@BIS_org
@ISDA
@nberpubs
ECONOMICS & ECONOMISTS
NYU Stern School Professor, Chairman of RGE
@nouriel
Senior Economist at Roubini Global Economics; editor of economistmeg.com.
@economistmeg
Editor of eponymous investment analysis and China news website
@theanalyst_hk
Economics correspondent for The Economist
@ryanavent
Markit research analyst covering fixed income and economics.
@OtisCasey
@MarkitEconomics
Modern economics and economic policy – an attempt at couples therapy
@KantoosEcon
@markthoma
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
@CFR_org
@FP_Magazine
@ForeignAffairs
@stratforintel
OTHER
@creditplumber
Ex-AIG catastrophe underwriter tweeting on finance & risk. Also CEO of Scute Consulting, easing corp funding costs & enhancing 'Going Concern' status.
Independent think-tank campaigning for EU reform
@OpenEurope
World politics, Economy & Film. Greek crisis combatant.
@YanniKouts
@tradingfloorcom
TradingFloor.com is a community for people who like to trade stocks, foreign exchange, futures, options, CFDs and commodities. Join the conversation!
MNI's coverage of the European debt crisis
@MNIEurozone
@Ian_Fraser
Journalist, blogger and broadcaster. Focus on finance, economics and politics.
The latest financial risk management news headlines from across Risk.net covering the international financial risk management sector.
@RiskNetNews
OFF-TOPIC
The voice of the people. Sorry, people.
@ConanOBrien
@TheFeature
@longform
@longreads
@SmithsonianMag
Official Twitter feed for Smithsonian magazine and Smithsonian.com. Updates on history, science, arts and culture.
Co-founder of TheBrowser.com. Owner of Robert's Books in Riga
@robertcottrell
@ReutersScience
@bbcscitech