Alternative data

The Rise of Data-Driven Investing

When JCPenney reported its financial results for 2Q 2015, it came as quite a shock to the market. The US retail...
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Web Scraping and Hedge Funds’ Alternative Data Strategy

Data that was once hiding in plain sight can hide no more. With sophisticated software, new data continues to be extracted...
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Your Mobile Phone as a Gold Mine (for hedge funds)

The alarm sounds. Time to wake up. Still bleary-eyed, you reach for your phone to check your messages. You turn the...
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Satellite Imagery

Looking to the Skies for Alpha

We recently discussed how companies such as Quandl are leading this alternative data revolution. Now, quantitative hedge funds are only too...
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Data Revolution

Quandl and the Alternative Data Revolution

Alpha, as a measure of active management skills in the fund’s world, gauge the manager’s ability to beat the market. Skills...
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