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Earnings Beat Forecast Using Event-Driven Score

Earnings Beat Forecast Using Event-Driven Score Events such as M&A, new deals, new orders, partnerships, ESG, regulatory decisions, management and stakeholders’ changes, expansions to new markets or product categories, new products, price changes, new agreements, FDA decisions, financial reports related events, and more reflect the companies’ ongoing operation during a certain period. To demonstrate the predictive power of events on earnings, we selected randomized 134 companies which beat the [...]

First to invest2020-01-02T02:40:46-05:00November 18th, 2018|Categories: Case study|Tags: alternative data, Forecast|Comments Off

Semiconductor industry outlook using alternative data

Semiconductor industry outlook using alternative data “Three-quarters of the way through 2018, the global semiconductor industry is on pace to post its highest-ever annual sales, comfortably topping last year’s record total of $412 billion,” said John Neuffer, president and CEO, Semiconductor Industry Association. “While year-to-year growth has tapered in recent months, September marked the global industry’s highest-ever monthly sales, and Q3 was its top-grossing quarter on record. Year-to-year sales [...]

First to invest2020-01-27T12:15:08-05:00November 16th, 2018|Categories: Case study|Tags: alternative data, Semiconductor|Comments Off

Using Corporate Events To Forecast Financial Outcomes

Using Corporate Events To Forecast Financial Outcomes In today’s reporting session, it is essential to be able to track corporate events such as M&A, new deals, partnerships, ESG, regulatory decisions, management and stakeholder changes, expansions to new markets or product categories, new products, price changes, new agreements, FDA decisions, financial reports related events, macroeconomics, and much more. These events have prediction power on companies’ financial reports, specifically, the direction [...]

First to invest2020-01-02T02:42:41-05:00October 23rd, 2018|Categories: Case study|Tags: alternative data, Forecast|Comments Off

Market analysis – US market case study

This is how our system notify about the US market correction 2 days before it happens After a 5% correction in the US market, we analyzed our system to see if we could know before it happens Our system can generate market, sectors, industries, and ETFs event-driven score based on the aggregated events of the companies within it. The recent market correction was correlated with our model; therefore, our [...]

First to invest2020-01-02T02:44:06-05:00October 12th, 2018|Categories: Case study|Tags: alternative data, US market|Comments Off

Industry analysis – Medical Devices case study

Industry analysis - Medical Devices case study US medical device makers could lose $138 million this year as a result of the 25 percent US tariffs on Chinese imported goods that went into effect from July, and they may cause some manufacturers to downsize and cut research and development. “We estimate that the imposition of additional 25 percent duties will impact approximately $836 million worth of medical technology entering [...]

First to invest2020-01-27T19:33:24-05:00October 3rd, 2018|Categories: Case study|Tags: alternative data, Medical Devices|Comments Off

Alternative data: Apple case study

Alternative data: Apple case study Apple ($AAPL) unveiled not one new version of the iPhone X, but three, in its biggest event of the year. Among the trio is Apple’s largest ever phone – the iPhone Xs Max – which features the biggest display that Apple has ever put in a phone. Many details about that new phone, including its shiny gold color, were accidentally leaked by Apple ahead [...]

First to invest2020-01-27T19:42:10-05:00September 14th, 2018|Categories: Case study|Tags: alternative data, Apple|Comments Off

ESG event category – AT&T case study

ESG event category - AT&T case study AT&T ($T) has suffered a data breach that compromised some details of about 3% of its total 77 million users or about 2 million customers which the personal information of millions of its users, including phone numbers, e-mail addresses, and account numbers, were exposed to hackers. This type of event was classified in the ESG category which has implications on the stock [...]

First to invest2020-01-02T02:45:37-05:00September 5th, 2018|Categories: Case study|Tags: alternative data, AT&T, ESG|Comments Off

PepsiCo VS Coca-Cola case study

PepsiCo VS Coca-Cola As the beverage industry undergoes a transformation with carbonated soft drinks losing their position and consumers preferring “healthier” beverages, cola giants have focused their attention on other avenues to spur their sales. One such route is the sparkling water category which has witnessed spectacular growth rates. PepsiCo launched its own sparkling water brand called Bubly. Given the enormous interest in this space, PepsiCo’s $3.2 billion acquisition of SodaStream, [...]

First to invest2020-04-05T18:16:54-04:00August 22nd, 2018|Categories: Case study|Tags: alternative data, Coca Cola, PepsiCo|Comments Off

Alternative data: Tesla case study

Why we don't use personal account tracing on social mediaUsing event extraction from a personal account on Twitter can be a risky method for news sentiment assessment. This week, we got a very good example of why we don't cover personal twitter account on our platform.On Aug 07, Tesla CEO Alon Musk tweets he is 'considering' taking the company private, investor react immediately and increase and entering the stock which sends [...]

First to invest2020-04-05T18:22:42-04:00August 7th, 2018|Categories: Case study|Tags: alternative data, Tesla|Comments Off

Alternative data: ESG events case study

Alternative data: ESG events case study The importance of environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors, in investment decision making, as Boston Consulting Group point out in their article; Investors Care More About Sustainability Than Many Executives Believe, that 75% of senior executives in investment firms see ESG factors as materially important to their investment decision. The disconnect is evident that only 60% of companies have a sustainability strategy, and just [...]

First to invest2020-01-27T19:43:00-05:00August 5th, 2018|Categories: Case study|Tags: alternative data, ESG|Comments Off

Alternative data: Twitter case study

Alternative data: Twitter case study Twitter shares finished Friday 20% down at market close after reporting a decline in monthly active users during the second quarter. The trouble here isn't revenue (it beat estimates) or earnings (it hit its number). Instead, it's about a decline in "monthly active users," a figure that was depressed for reasons like new privacy rules in Europe, a purging of fake/abusive accounts, and not [...]

First to invest2020-04-05T18:24:28-04:00July 29th, 2018|Categories: Case study|Tags: alternative data, Twitter|Comments Off

Alternative data: Facebook case study

Alternative data: Facebook case studyFacebook was the most-loved holding of hedge funds before the stock's epic plunge on Thursday, resulting in a massive multibillion-dollar loss for the so-called smart money on Wall Street.According to CNBC, 848 hedge funds tracked by Goldman Sachs, 97 had Facebook as a top 10 holding, according to the firm's May "Hedge Fund Trend Monitor" report. The note, tracking $1.6 trillion in hedge fund long positions, [...]

First to invest2020-04-05T18:25:55-04:00July 27th, 2018|Categories: Case study|Tags: alternative data, Facebook|Comments Off

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