We have been writing research notes on GoPro since the end of 2014 using online data and analyzing the company’s global performance.
We have previously reported on the ascent of satellite imagery and how asset managers are starting to use this type of data in their estimation of revenues of companies in different sectors, including retail, oil and gas, and construction.
The topic of personal data is discussed in this article, particularly new ways of collection and usage.
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.
his article highlights some of the most actionable research reports that Eagle Alpha published in 2015.
On the 4th of November, we published a report on Skullcandy where we expressed concern over the high estimated sales growth in the second half of the year.
On the 14th of July, we published a report titled ‘Discounting and Weak Residual Values in China Pose Threat to Premium Carmakers’.
Randy Bean, CEO and managing partner of NewVantage Partners, published an article in HBR citing his company’s Big Data executive survey.
Robert Maxwell, finINTEL Solutions CEO, recently published a report (attached) highlighting the way datafication is aiding oil & gas analysts.
This document highlights issues such as copyright infringement, breach of contract, the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, trespass to chattels, and ‘Hot news’ misappropriation have to be considered when undertaking data crawling operations.
According to the study conducted by McKinsey Global Institute, the US is going to face a shortage of around 190,000 data scientists and 1.5 million managers and analysts who can work with big data by 2018.
Asset managers are always looking for new sources of alpha. The data revolution is impacting many different industries and it is finally here to change the investment industry as well.
