NYU Launches the World's First Alternative Data Course Following the Publication of a Seminal White Paper by Two of Its Professors
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Wednesday, October 21, 2020
The new class represents the first time an accredited institution offers a full university course on alternative data.
Key Points:
- The new class represents the first time an accredited institution offers a full university course on alternative data.
- In conjunction with the new class, Professors Petter Kolm and Gene Ekster have published a new white paper ( https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3715828 ) on alternative data.
- Novel findings in the paper describe the relationship between the alternative data ecosystem, investment alpha potential, and the degree to which data is structured.
- The authors argue that the very fabric of alternative data, which is often unstructured, creates the many varieties of alpha opportunities unique to the alternative data ecosystem.