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[Datascrum @datascrum]

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[Olga Kane @arkanealpha]

regulators are considering new rules for PFOF, short-selling, investing with options https://t.co/aTcImhLcta

[Placer.ai @Placer_ai]

Round up of last week's blogs...

🏋️Jan 25 week, @PlanetFitness's traffic was down 31.5%

🛍️@tjmaxx has the highest cross-shopping w/ @marshalls at 40%

⚒️@HomeDepot's market share is 55.7%

🛒Traffic for @Walmart was down 7.3% YoY in Jan

Full insights - https://t.co/n6KLJOSxsJ

[Saeed @saeedamenfx]

Covid-19 and Employment in South Korea: Trends and Comparison with the 2008 Financial Crisis https://t.co/Eai6Ugz9MR #QuantLinkADay

[Ron Shevlin @rshevlin]

Politico: "The episode with Robinhood has unearthed a growing sentiment on the left: Fintech is just a fancy word for everything they already hate about finance."

<-Wow. Good thing we all agree that the "average person" has no clue what "fintech" is.

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[Aaron Bradley @aaranged]

Scalable knowledge graphs can use data from any source, efficiently load and store data, can be deployed flexibly, support real-time queries, have accessible interfaces and granular security / Ben Szekely, @CamSemantics https://t.co/1wsuNunRg1

[Sentieo (an AlphaSense Company) @Sentieo]

#DigitalTransformation in #AssetManagement is big: see how our CRO thinks about it in @Hedgeweek
https://t.co/UcF2hnPu0x

[Antonio Grasso @antgrasso]

The use cases of artificial intelligence in business are numerous and varied. However, we can list some key use cases in four example sectors.

#Infographic by @antgrasso #AI #DigitalTransformation

[FactSet @FactSet]

FactSet’s Vanessa Barnett, Global Head of ESG, recently spoke with @Climate_Action_ about the recent acceleration in ESG investing and implications for the investment community. #ESG https://t.co/i2CfKdJJAT

[Olga Kane @arkanealpha]

Renaissance Technologies’ Medallion fund, available only to current and former partners, had one of its best years ever, surging 76%. Renaissance Institutional Equities Fund lost 22.62%; Renaissance Institutional Diversified Alpha fell 33.58%. https://t.co/uoiOCgVgbn

[Datascrum @datascrum]

Embracing a new #work reality @LinkedIn #WorkLifeBalance #data #alternativedata #remotelearning #remotework

[Chris Herd @chris_herd]

"Where do you want to work?"

38,000 responses on Linkedin

29% Full-time remote
49% Hybrid mostly remote
18% Hybrid mostly office
4% Full-time office

Conclusion
67% want some time in office
96% don’t want an office full-time
78% want a majority of time remote

[Chris Herd @chris_herd]

I've spoken to 1,500+ people about remote work in the last 9 months

A few predictions of what is likely to emerge before 2030

[ a thread ] 💻🏠🌍

[Olga Kane @arkanealpha]

On average, Russell 3000 stocks with price tags below $2 a share have surged almost 13% so far in 2021. Those with share prices below $5 are up close to 10%. That’s more than three times the gain experienced by stocks with share prices above $100. https://t.co/GfVKhOaTx5

[FF News | Fintech Finance @fintechf]

SoFi, A Leading Next-Generation Financial Services Platform, Announces Plans to Become Publicly-traded via Merger with Social Capital Hedosophia
https://t.co/TkASAQ2X05

#Fintech #Data #Datascience #Analytics #fintechlife #Banking #Bank #FintechFinance #Lendtech #knowyourcustomer

[Datascrum @datascrum]

@ianmiell @ouraring

[Datascrum @datascrum]

AI Council publishes roadmap for #UK #AI strategy via @sumolaw
https://t.co/NOHAxX1KAp

#altdata #data #tech #bigtech

[Joe Mulholland @TheVibrantSpark]

The importance of good critical data analysis and questioning what the data is telling you... https://t.co/V0E7X6Jxub

[Olga Kane @arkanealpha]

“Eventually, every asset manager will probably have an ETF product” - new rules that made launches easier and the approval of a breed of funds that partially conceal their holdings luring active managers https://t.co/mcmC72hcnA

[Cardify @cardifydata]

With DoorDash's IPO's listing over 80% higher than initial expectations, all eyes are on Airbnb. In our latest insight, we revisit Airbnb's recent performance as we head into the IPO.

Find the report here https://t.co/baR4Y8tZs0

$ABNB

[Financial Times @FT]

Salesforce to buy Slack for $27.7bn https://t.co/35gFlPOULd

[Sundar Pichai @sundarpichai]

.@DeepMind's incredible AI-powered protein folding breakthrough will help us better understand one of life’s fundamental building blocks + enable researchers to tackle new and hard problems, from fighting diseases to environmental sustainability.
https://t.co/kpr8EAx34h