"How Social Media Is Shaping Today's Trading Environment" With Benzinga: Free Webcast, Live, at RetailInvestorConferences.com on February 2nd

Main Street and Wall Street investors to attend interactive real-time virtual conference

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Jan 30, 2012, 03:56 ET

NEW YORK, Jan. 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Benzinga, a full-service news and media company with three main areas of expertise: real-time news, actionable trading ideas and insightful commentary, today announced that Sam Mattera, Lead News Analyst, will be presenting at RetailInvestorConferences.com.

We will explore how trading and investing strategies are being shaped by social media beyond just news: virtual trading groups collaborative research, training, and real-time sharing of ideas. We will outline specific types, and specific accounts, of social media that move securities in the global capital markets. We'll outline actual examples of substantial securities movements in response to news originating from social media, and we'll show various tools that traders and investors can use to stay abreast of changes and news within social media.

DATE:	February 2, 2012
TIME:	12:00 PM EST
LINK:	www.retailinvestorconferences.com > Click the red "register/ watch event now" button.

This will be a live, interactive online event where investors are invited to ask questions in real-time - both in the presentation hall as well as Benzinga's "virtual trade booth." If attendees are not able to join the event live on the day of the conference, an on-demand archive will be available for 90 days.

It is recommended that investors pre-register to save time and receive event updates.

About Benzinga:

Benzinga is a fast-growing, dynamic and innovative financial media outlet that empowers investors with high-quality, unique content that is coveted by the street's top traders. Benzinga provides timely, actionable ideas that will help users navigate even the most uncertain and volatile markets – in real-time and at an unmatched caliber. From breakouts to unusual volume, from upgrades to downgrades, Benzinga is the leading full-service, one-stop shop for investors of all stripes and styles.

About RetailInvestorConferences.com:

Since 2010, RetailInvestorConferences.com, created by BetterInvesting (NAIC), PR Newswire and MUNCmedia, has been the only monthly virtual investor conference series that provides an interactive forum for presenting companies to meet directly with retail investors using a graphically-enhanced online platform.

Designed to replicate the look and feel of location-based investor conferences, Retail Investor Conferences unites PR Newswire's leading-edge online conferencing and investor communications capabilities with BetterInvesting's extensive retail investor audience network and MUNCmedia's sophisticated retail investor targeting.

SOURCE Benzinga