This new app wants to help you pick stocks based on Twitter data

Twitter's influence on the stock market isn't breaking news (traders used Twitter data to predict Brexit, the 2016 election and other societal moves), but a new app is trying to put that knowledge into the hands of more people -- not just bankers and professional stocker traders. SEE ALSO: Tesla is the most valuable U.S. car company? LikeFolio, released this week, uses Twitter data and mobile notifications to keep people on top of how the market could be moving. For example, a user can choose to sign-up for a section of the app called "Sharks," which includes big-name investors. Just because O'Leary tweeted about Snapchat ($SNAP on the New York Stock Exchange) doesn't mean the stock is going to move one way or another.