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Goldman Sachs Hires a Chief Data Officer
Earlier this week, Goldman Sachs announced that Bridgewater’s senior manager Jeff Wecker is joining them as Chief Data Officer. His role will be across all of GS, including GSAM.
Lessons from Working with Email Receipt Data
We arranged this interview with a provider of email receipt data to learn more about potential applications. The data is gathered from aggregated purchase receipts extracted from the US-based panel of email and assistant mobile app users’ mailboxes.
Lessons from Working with Trade Data
Trade nowcasting indicators provide valuable insights into international trade and industrial production.
Observations from Seven Alternative Data Events
Over the last 2 weeks Eagle Alpha has presented at 7 alternative data events worldwide. The events were in London (Citi and Accenture/Investit events), Charleston (Citi equity derivatives conference), Hong Kong (BoA and Factset events) and Singapore (Factset and Quantcon).
Alpha in Email Receipt Data
Cross-sectional analysis of our partner dataset, performed by J.P. Morgan, generated annualized returns of 16.2% and a Sharpe ratio of 1.13.
Alpha in Employment Data
Testing shows that there is alpha in the data, with the “Jobs Active” variable producing the highest and most consistent returns (6-8% yearly).
Learn 2 Quant Events in NYC and Hong Kong
Estimize, an open financial estimates platform, launched a series of one-day conferences called Learn 2 Quant.
How SpaceKnow Analyzes Satellite Imagery Data
SpaceKnow developed products for monitoring economic activity for a wide variety of both consumer and enterprise clients through AI-powered satellite image analysis tools.
Getting Signal From a Constantly Evolving Dataset
At Eagle Alpha, our analysts are always conscious of the tradeoff between improving the collection technique for a data source while still maintaining the integrity of the signal derived from that source.
Corporate Hiring Activity Offers Insight Into Company Fundamentals
Analyzing job listings data, from an Eagle Alpha data partner, can reveal insights on company fundamentals.
Accuracy of Google Search Indices for Software Vs Retail Stocks
Eagle Alpha’s Search Signals product consists of a series of company revenue indicators constructed using Google search volumes for a company’s product offering.