Eagle Alpha Data Used To Correctly Predict GoPro’s Improving Market Share and Pricing
Eagle Alpha correctly predicted GoPro results using web crawled and online search data.
Eagle Alpha correctly predicted GoPro results using web crawled and online search data.
The attached paper was prepared by researchers working at the Monetary Department of the Riksbank, the central bank of Sweden.
Asset managers constantly ask Eagle Alpha for case studies that demonstrate how alternative data can add value to their investment process. In response to this demand Eagle Alpha will regularly publish a compilation of case studies. This document is the first in this series.
According to Eagle Alpha, their China Auto Insight (CAI) dataset is provided through an exclusive partnership with a leading Chinese financial automotive consultant.
In this report, we demonstrate the value of Eagle Alpha’s China Auto Insight (CAI) dataset in analyzing the Chinese auto industry.
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:
On the 15th of July, we produced a research note on the US toy market highlighting “… pressure on licensed brands [as] a headwind for Hasbro in the US.” We showed that Hasbro had lost share amongst the bestselling boys’ toys in the US.
Investors started noticing gaps and inconsistencies in the official figures since the Central Committee for Disciplinary Inspection (CCDI) started investigating the National Bureau of Statistics 8 months ago. The uncertainty about the official figures has created demand for “proxy” indicators.
Eagle Alpha gathers alternative data sources to analyse the Auto Industry in different ways, some details are described in our case study.
There is a wide variety of data related to the Auto Industry and not all of it is available via conventional ways.
New data-driven techniques are being continuously implemented by the asset management community.
On the 26th of January, we published a report on Electronic Arts (EA) highlighting the decreasing ASP year-on-year for marquee EA games: “Eagle Alpha’s online pricing data shows progressively larger discounting of Madden NFL and FIFA games over the last two years.