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Since 2011, the Federal Reserve Board has published its survey on the usage of mobile phones and interactions of consumers with financial institutions.
Eagle Alpha has partnered with one of the world's largest transportation and logistics companies that launched a product that enables asset managers to obtain alpha from trade data.
Foursquare predicts the overall 2016 Black Friday foot traffic to be 3.5% down compared to 2015.
Quants have been using various statistical tools for years, but the next-generation algorithms will allow asset managers to combine and analyze different datasets at the same time (e.g. traditional financial, web-crawled and satellite data).
The Bank of England is one of the first major institutions actively using alternative data sources in its work. In 2011, the Bank published a paper titled “Using internet search data as economic indicators” where the benefits of using online search data were identified. These are:
TABB Group, an international research and consulting firm focused solely on capital markets, published a new report called “Capturing Alternative Alpha: The Rise of Alternative Data Sets”.
Eagle Alpha analysts have spent over two years finding the best way to use online search data to predict economic indicators. We have devised our own proprietary methodologies that leverage all relevant academic research, as well as accepted best practice in the field.
By a 3-to 2 vote, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) ruled that broadband providers like Comcast and AT&T will have to obtain permission in order to collect and distribute private data.
Card spend on new houses increased across all Tier cities in September 2016, according to Eagle Alpha’s Chinese credit card data partner.
Paul Tudor Jones, the founder of Tudor Investment Corp., is betting on data and machine learning to drive the profits of his $10.6 billion hedge fund, Tudor Investment Corp.
On the 1st of June 2016, the International Data Corporation (IDC) updated their smartphone shipments growth forecast to 3.1%, which represented a 2.6% drop compared to the previous forecast.
