Jeff Shen, co-chief investment officer of BlackRock’s Scientific highlighted the importance of unusual sources such as satellite imagery, Q&A transcripts, online search and social media.
This article introduces readers to Eagle Alpha’s powerful analytical tool that enables clients to query the entire Twitter archive. The Twitter Search tool can be used to identify trends and spikes in activity about any topic.
On the 20th of July 2015, we published a research note, Denim Revival Threatening Athleisure, where we showed evidence that the athleisure market could be peaking. The figure below shows that the shift from jeans to yoga pants was leveling off.
80% of respondents who participated in BrightLocal’s 2015 Local Consumer Review Survey admitted they would trust online reviews as much as personal recommendations. Lee, Park and Han’s study showed that purchase intention increases with the perceived credibility of consumer reviews.
In this paper, the authors show how to use search engine data to forecast near-term values of economic indicators. Examples include automobile sales, unemployment claims, travel destination planning and consumer confidence.
