PeerLogix, an advertising technology and data aggregation company, tracks and catalogs over-the-top (OTT) viewership and listenership in order to determine consumer trends and preferences based upon media consumption.
Analyzing satellite imagery and obtaining actionable insights is not easy and the main problem is obvious: clouds.
We have seen a significant drive for competition and innovation in the financial system. PSD2 is leading to an evolution of strong customer authentication and digital identity management and control where classic banks no longer own the end-to-end value chain.
hiQ Labs is a tech startup that collects public LinkedIn profiles and sells analytics to companies wishing to improve management of their workforces (e.g. reduce turnover, increase organizational agility).
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), to be implemented on May 25th 2018, is designed to ensure and strengthen data protection procedures for individuals within the EU.
Eagle Alpha analysts have spent over three years finding the best way to use online search data to predict economic indicators. Eagle Alpha has devised its own proprietary methodology that leverages all relevant academic research, as well as accepted best practices in the field.
Crawled data is one of the most widely used categories of alternative data. It is relatively inexpensive to collect and can often provide a strong signal for consumer related companies.
Eagle Alpha analysts have spent over three years finding the best way to use online search data to predict economic indicators. Eagle Alpha has devised its own proprietary methodology that leverages all relevant academic research, as well as accepted best practices in the field.
Google Trends is a public web facility based on Google Search that shows how often a particular search term is entered relative to the total search volume over time across various regions of the world.
On March 23rd 2017, Eagle Alpha published a research note analyzing the launch of Ubisoft’s (UBI:FP) flagship game for the quarter, Ghost Recon Wildlands. The game significantly underperformed against last year’s major launch, the Division, on key online metrics.
Asset managers have been integrating alternative datasets in their processes but they should be highly attentive and avoid sources that contain personally identifiable information (PII).
