Head of Research, Nebula

Marcus Reid

Marcus leads research at Nebula, where he studies how financial social intelligence — sentiment, emotion, narrative attention, and forecasting markets — translates into market behavior. He focuses on turning noisy public conversation across X, Reddit, YouTube and news into structured, measurable signals for stock and digital-asset researchers.

Focus areas: Stock market sentiment · AI stock and private-market sentiment · Commodity and index sentiment · Prediction markets · Crypto sentiment analysis · Mindshare and narrative tracking · Fear & Greed indexes · Social intelligence methodology

Stock researchAugust 8, 202613 min read

The Best Stock News Sources: A Research Stack

Build a reliable stock news stack with SEC filings, investor relations, official data, trusted reporting, market context, and social intelligence.

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Stock researchAugust 6, 202612 min read

How to Use Social Sentiment for Stock Research

A step-by-step workflow for turning stock social sentiment into research: detect attention, verify catalysts, compare price, and avoid crowd-driven mistakes.

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Stock sentimentAugust 6, 202610 min read

Measuring Market Sentiment

A practical guide to stock market sentiment: how it is measured, how social sentiment differs from market indicators, and how to use it responsibly.

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Prediction marketsAugust 6, 202612 min read

Prediction Markets Explained

Learn how prediction markets work, why contract prices imply probabilities, how markets settle, what research says about accuracy, and the key risks.

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Stock toolsAugust 6, 202611 min read

The Stock Sentiment Stack for 2026

A current comparison of Nebula, Stocktwits, Quiver Quantitative, MarketPsych, and LunarCrush for stock sentiment, social attention, and research.

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Market intelligenceJuly 31, 202613 min read

Financial Market Intelligence Use Cases

Eight practical financial market intelligence use cases for stock screening, sentiment, narratives, risk monitoring, APIs, and AI research agents.

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Stock researchJuly 30, 202610 min read

How to Track Stock Mindshare

Learn how to measure stock mindshare, compare attention fairly, identify narrative shifts, and avoid confusing social interest with business performance.

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Stock researchJuly 29, 202610 min read

How to Analyse Stock Sentiment Around Earnings

A practical earnings sentiment analysis workflow covering expectations, filings, earnings calls, investor reactions, mindshare, and narrative persistence.

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Market narrativesJuly 28, 202610 min read

How to Track Market Narratives

Learn how to track stock market narratives by defining testable claims, mapping propagation, verifying sources, and measuring attention and sentiment.

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Alternative dataJuly 25, 202611 min read

Alternative Data for Stock Research

A practical guide to alternative data for stock research, covering social intelligence, source diligence, bias, validation, compliance, and data lineage.

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Stock researchJuly 24, 202610 min read

How to Use Social Momentum in Stock Research

Learn how to use stock social momentum to detect unusual activity, verify catalysts, design alerts, and combine attention with sentiment and mindshare.

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Fear & GreedJuly 8, 20268 min read

Best Crypto Fear & Greed Index Tools in 2026

The best crypto Fear & Greed Index tools compared: Nebula, Alternative.me, CoinMarketCap, CFGI and CoinStats, with honest pros, cons and methodology.

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MindshareJuly 8, 20269 min read

Best Crypto Mindshare Tools in 2026

A fair roundup of the best crypto mindshare tools in 2026: Nebula, Kaito, and Cookie.fun compared, with honest pros and cons and why attention needs sentiment.

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ComparisonsJuly 8, 20268 min read

Kaito Yaps Discontinued: What Changed and the Alternatives

Kaito Yaps discontinued in January 2026 and folded into paid products. What changed, who it affects, and free alternatives for tracking crypto mindshare.

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Fear & GreedJuly 8, 20269 min read

What Is a Crypto Fear & Greed Index?

A clear guide to what a crypto Fear & Greed Index is: the factors behind the 0-100 score, how to read Extreme Fear and Greed, and per-token indices.

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MindshareJuly 8, 20269 min read

What Is Crypto Mindshare?

What is crypto mindshare? A clear guide to mindshare as share of crypto conversation, how it is measured, why it leads price, and how to use it with sentiment.

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