Make your Twitter account a profit centre by following the smart money.
Last week we talked about Twitter, the social networking and micro-blogging tool that's actually pretty useful if you can resist telling the world what you had for breakfast – and you stay away from those who do, too.
Today we're back with 33 suggestions for Twitter users you might want to follow with your new account.
Some of these are essentially newswires, which are a handy way to keep up-to-date with your favourite news sources.
Others use Twitter to its fullest extent; it's quite a surprise to see the BBC's Declan Curry let alone Richard Branson replying to tweets!
Beware that there are plenty of bogus accounts on Twitter. (Warren Buffet's Twitter account is a spoof, for example – not surprising given he's famously technophobic). Some of the rich and famous have officially verified their accounts, and boast a little icon in the top right of their Twitter page to prove it.
Our suggestions are meant as a pick-and-mix, so take what you want and ignore the rest. Except for the Motley Fool UK, of course. If you don't follow us, well, we know where you live.
3 Foolish essentials
The Motley Fool UK -- Stay on top of our latest articles.
The Motley Fool US -- They say tomato, we say tomato. (Don't get us started on potatoes).
Lovemoney.com -- The Fool's personal finance sister site.
8 big media twitterers
BBC Business -- Auntie Beeb's take on the business news.
The Economist -- The heavyweight magazine has pointers to all its web news and features.
Investors Chronicle -- Keep up-to-date with the latest ideas from the fondly nicknamed Chronic Investor.
The Financial Times -- The FT has embraced Twitter, with feeds for all its major sections and many of its key writers. As I write you can find most of them here.
Telegraph Finance -- Business and money stories from The Daily Telegraph.
Working Lunch -- The BBC's long-running lunchtime consumer finance show.
Wall Street Journal -- Lean, mean updates from the US business Bible.
Guardian Money -- Make money with a clean conscience.
5 more specialist Twitterers
CityWire -- Very regular news links focussed on the UK stock market.
Zoopla -- A property search and comparison site that actively interacts with its followers on Twitter.
House Price Crash -- The purveyors of property doom.
BBALIBOR -- Remember how LIBOR, the interbank lending rate, spiked during the credit crisis? Follow this feed to spot if it starts rising again.
ETF Database -- US site providing tips and strategies for a cheap passive portfolios, with lots of UK relevance.
7 personal finance bloggers
Trent Hamm -- Hugely popular US money blogger.
Monevator -- British blogger who writes about investing and other money matters.
PensionsMonkey -- An independent financial advisor who tracks the pension crisis obsessively.
PensionGuru -- Another pension fanatic.
Frugal Dad -- US father and blogger who covers finance and money saving from a parental perspective.
MoneyWatch -- Prolific linker to the latest UK money and finance stories.
Richard Beddard -- British financial writer and blogger who also edits the Interactive Investor blog.
4 organisations to check out
HM Treasury -- You can follow the Government money mandarins if you're a real finance geek. I won't tell if you don't.
10 Downing Street -- The Prime Minister's official Twitter Channel. Don't expect updates from his Blackberry.
The White House -- Same again, but with fries.
Citizens Advice Bureau -- The service turned 70 this week, but it's keeping up with the latest technology.
6 famous folk to unleash your inner stalker
Declan Curry -- The BBC's business presenter is almost as garrulous on Twitter as on-screen.
Richard Branson -- Who knows if Sir Richard and the other famous Twitterers really write their own updates? Fans will follow anyway.
Duncan Bannatyne -- The Dragon is a very active user who frequently tweets to friends and fans.
Boris Johnson -- He used to knock out the Spectator in an afternoon, so regular Twitter updates are no problem.
Hugh Hefner -- The money shot mogul tweets about hanging around with Playmates at the age of 80. Or maybe his PR does while he has a nice lie down and a cup of hot chocolate.
Stephen Fry -- Nothing to do with money, but it's de rigueur to follow Mr Fry.
Feel free add your financial favourites on Twitter in the comment section below.
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