By Jack Forehand, CFA (@practicalquant) There has been a major change in our economy going on for a long time now. The days where the largest firms make physical things…
Tag: Alternative Data Sets
Hedge Funds Use Alternative Data for Covid-19 Edge
Alternative data, the multibillion-dollar industry that taps into unusual information such as satellite imagery and measurements of social media sentiment, is seeing a surge in demand as companies continue to…
Potential and Risk of Personal Data Usage by Investors
“The explosive growth of digital data, along with better tools to analyze and store it, has jump-started a once-niche industry that packages under-the-radar information for investors,” according to an article…