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Dallán Ryan
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Dallán Ryan
Technical Insights
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Pricing of Datasets
On July 10th 2018, Eagle Alpha organized an online meeting attended by seventeen asset managers to discuss the topic of dataset pricing. Eagle Alpha’s CEO, Emmett Kilduff, delivered the opening presentation which was followed by a group discussion.
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Dallán Ryan
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Eagle Alpha Data Used to Flag Potential Weak Demand for Samsung’s Galaxy S9
In March 2018 Eagle Alpha highlighted lack of consumer interest in the launch of Samsung’s flagship Galaxy S9 handset using data from its Web Queries tool and Google Trends.
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Dallán Ryan
Legal & Compliance
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UK Publishes A New Data Ethics Framework
The UK government published a new Data Ethics Framework to set principles for how data should be used in the public sector.
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Dallán Ryan
Technical Insights
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Normalizing Metadata Schema - Meeting Notes
The purpose of this meeting held on June 27th, 2018 was to kick off the project of developing a metadata schema for both data buyers and vendors.
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Dallán Ryan
Strategic Insights
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Data Showcase Event in NYC
On May 31st 2018, we organized our second Data Showcase event in NYC for asset managers and data vendors. Over 530 1-on-1s took place and our three buyside panels along with our expert panel provided excellent insights into the alternative data space.
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Dallán Ryan
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Web Crawled Data Used to Predict HPQ Results
This data can provide an insight into long-term trends, as well as the most recent trading performance, and is based on metrics such as average selling price (ASP) and share of “bestselling” products in a category, as ranked by the website provider.
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Dallán Ryan
Strategic Insights
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Rethinking Alternative Data in Institutional Investment
The article notes that these investors will leverage alternative data in ways that are materially different than how money managers, whether buy & hold strategies or long/short strategies, are leveraging alternative data.
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Dallán Ryan
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Consumer Transaction and Online Search Data Used to Predict TJX Results
Eagle Alpha correctly predicted TJX results using consumer transaction and online search data.
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Dallán Ryan
Strategic Insights
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Data Forum Conference
On May 30th 2018, we organized our first in-person Data Forum conference for buyside firms to discuss important alternative data topics with peers.
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Dallán Ryan
Use Cases
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Interview with a Web Traffic Data Provider
With these insights, analysts can benchmark performance against competitors, reveal competitors' online strategies, discover new opportunities, identify emerging trends and understand consumer intent and journey.
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Dallán Ryan
Technical Insights
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Asset Managers Competing For Talent
The growth of technology-influenced investing that utilizes algorithms and other quantitative methods has led to a mismatch between the skills of traditional investors and the tasks they are now required to carry out.
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Dallán Ryan