Interpreting Earnings Calls with Natural Language Processing
This approach can enhance existing factors or introduce efficiencies to the often-manual task of analyzing earnings calls.
This year’s Global Derivatives conference showed clear signs of a field in transition.
Creating a Consolidated Look at Industry Consolidation
What's the best way to identify consolidation (and the corresponding investment opportunities) at the industry level?
M&A Deal Volume, Value Drop 18% in April
Only two of the 21 sectors tracked by FactSet Mergerstat posted relative gains in deal flow over the last three months.
Did DJIA Companies Report Higher Non-GAAP EPS in Q1'17?
The average difference between non-GAAP EPS and GAAP EPS for $DJIA companies was 53.6% in Q1.
Eurozone Eyes Overdue Economic Recovery
GDP forecasts and unemployment rates indicate recovery on the horizon.
Equilibrium and Corporate Spread Reversion
A look at mean reversion in corporate bond spreads for the S&P 500 energy sector, from December 2015 to June 2016.
Global S&P 500 Companies Reported Higher Earnings Growth in Q1
What drove the outperformance of S&P 500 companies with higher global revenue exposure?
Are Any Retailers Reporting Earnings Growth for Q1?
Twenty-five of the 87 remaining S&P 500 companies that have yet to report actual results for the first quarter are retailers.
Hedging Against a Frexit Future
Investors who make geographic revenue distinctions are well poised to reap the profits or hedge potential risk of a possible...
Are Supply Chain Relationships the Causation for Correlation?
Supply chain relationships data can explain the correlation structure between equity returns of companies.
Smallest Cuts to S&P 500 EPS Estimates for 2nd Quarter since 2014
During the past year, the average decline in the bottom-up EPS estimate during the first month of a quarter has been 1.5%.
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