Providers Added to the Database

• Global oil & gas cargo flow data using satellite, government, and other public registry sources: Kpler
• Air carrier passenger load data and customer review data, compiled daily: Towergate Informatics
• Sentiment analysis platform for analyzing raw text sources: Interconnect Analytics
• Data on outperforming sell-side analysts when isolating specific company and sector scenarios, i.e. confidence data to complement sell-side ratings: Tipigo

Updates

• Yewno, an intellectual property data provider, partnered with NASDAQ to create a disruptive technology index. The 1240-component index was created by using Yewno patent data to identify companies actively investing in AI, Internet of Things, blockchain, and more. (ETF Trends)

Openings

• Sector Data Analyst - Balyasny Asset Management (New York)
• Data Scientist - Point72 (New York)
• Data Product Associate - YipitData (New York)
• See other openings for Investment Research, Data Analyst, Data Engineer, and Data Scientist

Events

• XBRL Investor Forum: Powering FinTech (November 8, New York)
• See full calendar of upcoming events

News & Insights

• Greenwich Associates survey of 30 CIOs, PMs, and investment analysts finds that 36% use web-scraped data, 21% use web traffic data, and only 7% use social/sentiment data. Overall, 50% of respondents are currently using alternative data and 20% expect to start using in the next year. (Integrity Research, Finance Magnates, Greenwich Associates - subscription required)
• Low energy consumption levels were used as early indicator that TSLA may miss production targets, according to Ben Chu of Genscape, an energy data provider. (FactSet)
• In survey of 197 financial services professionals, 53% cite "data quality and standardization" as top barrier to utilizing artificial intelligence. (Traders Magazine)