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Trigger Suggestions
The following list of suggested trigger words or phrases beyond company names and symbols, are offered as initial help to our subscribers in getting started with the creation of their own trigger lists. They are further delineated by type. Note: Generalized words may produce more pop-up alerts than desired. If so, simply delete the trigger word or phrase.
Stock Trading or Business-Related
Important note: Enter triggers exactly as shown, including capitalizing AND- awarded (will pop alerts for DOD contract awards of $5 million and above)
- beats AND expectations
- boosts AND guidance
- delisting
- earnings AND warning
- exceeds AND expectations
- expects AND beat
- FDA
- Food and Drug Administration
- increase AND earnings
- increased AND earnings
- lowers AND outlook
- lowers AND guidance
- patent
- profit
- profits
- profits AND leap
- raises AND outlook
- raises AND guidance
- raising AND guidance
- record AND earnings
- strong AND earnings
- wireless
General or Industry Information
- Automotive
- Banking
- Biotechnology
- Computer
- Defense/Aerospace
- Doctors
- Electronic Design Automation
- Insurance
- Legal
- Manufacturing
- Petroleum
- Pharmaceutical
- Real Estate
- Semiconductor
- Telecom
- Trucking
Worldwide Events
It is difficult to offer trigger suggestions in this category given the dynamic nature of general breaking news coming from around the globe. Rather, we offer examples of triggers users might think to enter when a news event starts developing. After a story begins to die down, it is suggested the corresponding trigger(s) be deleted.
Iraq - Given the evolving events of the Iraqi war situation, entering the trigger "Iraq" in your trigger list will produce numerous stories from various angles.
Shuttle - When the space shuttle Columbia disaster occurred, entering the trigger "shuttle" into the trigger list produced numerous stories as events surrounding this tragedy began unfolding.
Korea - The current Korean situation flows from front stage to back stage on any given day, but events could turn critical at any moment, so a trigger phrase of "Korea" might be one users care to enter just to stay on top of events from that corner of the world.