Alternative Data

Quiver Quantitative, an alternative data platform for retail investors, formally announced the closure of a $525,000 seed round led by Wisconsin’s Idea Fund of La Crosse. What Happened: A popular term amongst investment professionals, alternative data allows investors insight into the...

A basic truth exists for investors looking to extract value from alternative data, said Sequentum CEO Sarah McKenna: they need clean, valuable data feeds to start with. The New York-based company provides software and services for web data collection at scale. “Your artificial intelligence,...

Nasdaq Inc (NASDAQ: NDAQ) announced the acquisition of a financial data company Tuesday.  What Happened Nasdaq said it bought Quandl, Inc., which provides alternative and core financial data. The The Toronto-based company offers alternative data to over 30,000 monthly users compiled from...

From social investing to value investing, everyone has their own strategy. Each approach depends largely on factor ranking, with some ruling out stocks by corporate environmental records and others heavily considering executive turnover. Cognizant of these uniquely weighted details, G&S...

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Prior to the widespread availability of the internet, Wall Street insiders had a huge advantage when it came to access to information about public companies. Individual investors would often read about market-moving news in the newspaper the next day or in a company’s annual report once it...