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Point Focal has been wound up. @thomasdadmun shares learnings, gratitude, and what matters. Deep and sincere thanks to all our supporters.

The One Thing, A Windup Breakdown
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Introducing Market Behavior. New information for asset managers that helps explain price activity. A way to understand and improve trade strategy.

Proudly partnered with @EdgeStructure. Market Behavior Risk Signals is now available for institutions.

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.@onechronos has a podcast. Cool.

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Our founder @thomasdadmun recapped the #allinsummit '23. "Easily the most idea-generating event I've attended". Thanks @theallinpod: @Jason, @chamath, @DavidSacks, @friedberg.

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I wrote "Going All-In" to understand my trip to the @theallinpod Summit. It starts at the end: talking to @stephen_wolfram while listening to @Grimezsz. It ends with friends.

Themes spanning talks from @RayDalio, @JenniferJust8, Stephen Wolfram, @elonmusk, @LHSummers, and @MrBeast included humility about uncertainty, the middle, and demand & supply.

Easily the most idea-generating event I've attended. Thanks @Jason, @chamath, @DavidSacks, and @friedberg.

https://t.co/7a9yY81iLC

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My latest Signals episode covers packaging products through the lens of scarcity and abundance, the importance of data moats, and what we can learn from Taylor Swift.

Inspired by a @TDCowen AI dinner hosted by Erica Yoon where I presented alongside @JimTousignant and @GunnerBrown. Data moats emerged as the lynchpin for financial firms leveraging AI, LLMs and alt-data.

Also inspired by @benthompson coverage of the Eras tour on @sharptechpod, obviously.

Enjoy and subscribe for free to get irregular updates.

@FinTechStudios @EdgeStructure @pointfocal

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From our daily Pre-Market Outlook:

S&P 500 top scored 30-day news sentiment stocks are flat: 0%.

Bottom scored 30-day news sentiment stocks are down 13% over the same 30-day period.

Our reporting module provides daily news sentiment scores and signals on any portfolio.

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We're releasing a new equity accessibility score @pointfocal in our off-exchange liquidity monitoring product.

We're using venue classifications and trade characteristics to score individual stocks. Useful for trade strategies, algo routing and market structure geeks.

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Cracking a business model requires the right people, at the right time, in the right space. You need creativity, grit, and luck. I spoke about it on Signals:

Making Something Users Want
Fintech & Financial Technology
Information Value
Active Management

https://t.co/9Ks3PQsCsc

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My latest Focus Signal piece, Venue Shapes looks at how to see off-exchange activity differently.

Accessing liquidity intelligently reduces the risk of incurring higher trading implementation costs.

See it featured on @TabbFORUM.

Subscribe at @pointfocal.

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JPM, LW, and PVH had statistically meaningful earnings beats while PGR and MU had meaningful misses. The average 2-day performance spread between these beats and misses is 425 basis points.

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Our Pre-Market Outlook report's latest release summarizes portfolio recent news activity and sentiment, and includes an earnings recap and outlook.

See your portfolio differently.

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From today's S&P 500 report: 30-day performance of top sentiment has outperformed bottom sentiment by 660 bps.

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🔊Signals Episode 23: NYFIL Reprise.

Hook, pitch, close. The story of @pointfocal's pitch to the @FinTechLab.

https://t.co/ysZ5HehSXU

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The first Signals episode of '23 is out, from @thomasdadmun. Episode 21: NLG

Language, and the path to a Fintech Superpower.

https://t.co/1tOzVyxVTJ

@ArriaNLG

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From $TSLA's '22 Impact Report:

"As the world needs to strive for a substantial positive impact, we won’t be referring to ESG. Instead, we’ll talk about Impact."

From @util_co's Week In Impact. And why we call our Util content Impact Analytics.

https://t.co/bkkzLEIfJI

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New Signals piece from @thomasdadmun "Sentiment Ebb & Short Volume Flow" explains how market structure sentiment captures this cycle:

Securities laws -> incentives -> market participant behavior -> stock prices.

https://t.co/4WHMAD95dh

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Interesting move in S&P 500 off-exchange volume Friday.

Largest recent 1-day move from lit-to-dark venues (+6%) and highest percent traded off-exchange in 3-monhts (37%).

Views from our weekly venues report.

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📶 New Signals: Stacking Portfolio Analytics

Stacking portfolio analytics is the art and science of performance. It is stacking probabilities together to gain an edge. From uncommon knowledge to rare signal with earnings and market structure information.

https://t.co/qzHFiQj7ch

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- Statements about company purpose or ethics are PR.

- PR is an unreliable proxy for ESG-as-risk and ESG-as-impact.

From @util_co's latest Week In Impact. It matters whether your ESG ratings are informed or misinformed.

https://t.co/CCiePTBtX7?

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Market Structure Sentiment, 10/27:

-Futures aren't tracking underlying stocks
-ETFs diverging from stocks they track
-Passive $ led $SPY recent strength
-Broad Sentiment over 6 (Scale: 1-10)
-Short Volume 48.5%
-750 earnings today

Source: @_TimQuast @EdgeStructure morning note.