Credit-card data is broken. Here's how hedge funds and banks are trying to retool one of the original alt-data trades.

Firms are using techniques like post-stratification weighting and "swarming" to help correct how the pandemic has skewed alternative data sets.

June 23, 2020   |   View Online »

Credit-card data is broken. Here's how hedge funds and banks are trying to retool one of the original alt-data trades. Bradley Saacks | Firms are using techniques like post-stratification weighting and "swarming" to help correct how the pandemic has skewed alternative data sets. Read More »

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'The clinical person is going to just slaughter the emotional person.' This is why legendary VC Marc Andreessen doesn't think investing should feel like gambling. Megan Hernbroth | Although Marc Andreessen said he doesn't feel a dopamine rush when he gambles, he sometimes approaches VC like a professional poker player. Read More »

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