Whitepapers
Predicting Chinese Auto Revenues using Alternative Data
In this report, we demonstrate the value of Eagle Alpha’s China Auto Insight (CAI) dataset in analyzing the Chinese auto industry.
A Guide to Structured Web Data
The attached white paper was prepared by Webhose.io, a company providing access to structured web data. This paper gives an overview of technological issues associated with extracting web data from various and fragmented sources.
Geolocation Data Used to Measure Retail Sales
The attached paper titled 'What Do Measures of Real-Time Corporate Sales Tell Us About Earnings Surprises and Post-Announcement Returns?' was prepared by Kenneth Froot (Harvard University), Gideon Ozik (EDHEC-Risk Institute), Namho Kang (University of Connecticut) and Ronnie Sadka (Boston College).
First Steps to Innovating Your Investment Process with Alternative Data
Expert Networks were the last major change to the fundamental research process. There is mounting evidence that alternative data will be the next major change.
Global Asset Management 2016: Doubling Down on Data
The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) published the attached report in order to investigate the state of the global asset management industry. The first chapter is devoted to a summary of financial performance and a discussion of competitive trends.
Web Crawling: Legal Considerations, Best Practices, Datasets, Use Cases
Automated crawling of websites (also often referred to as “scraping” or “web-harvesting”) is ubiquitous. Internet search engines use “web crawler” programs (sometimes called “bots” or “spiders”) to automatically copy third-party websites in order to help people easily find sites of interest.
Why Big Data Degrees Have Big Returns
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.
Innovations in Capital Markets Technology Report
This White Paper documents the major innovation in Capital Markets Technology, Focusing on Open Source Communication Networks, Unstructured Data Analytics and Intelligent Search.
Predicting the Present with Google Trends
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.