#391 – Vinesh Jha, ExtractAlpha – Alternative Data & Crowdsourcing Financial Intelligence

<p>Our guest is <strong><a href= "https://extractalpha.com/?team=vinesh-jha">Vinesh Jha</a></strong>, founder and CEO of <strong><a href= "https://extractalpha.com/solutions">ExtractAlpha</a></strong>, an independent research firm dedicated to providing unique, actionable alpha signals to institutional investors.</p> <p>In today’s episode, we’re talking all things quant finance and alternative data. Vinesh walks through his background at StarMine, which built a Morningstar-esque company for equity research, and then dives into what he’s doing today at ExtractAlpha. He shares all the different ways he analyzes alternative data, whether it’s looking at sentiment and ticker searches or using natural language processing to analyze transcripts from earnings calls. Then he shares whether or not he thinks alternative data can help investors focused on ESG.  </p> <p>As we wind down, we touch on ExtractAlpha’s merger with <a href= "http://www.estimize.com/"><strong>Estimize</strong></a> and the ability to crowd source financial intelligence.</p> <p>-----</p> <p>Follow Meb on <a href= "https://twitter.com/MebFaber">Twitter</a>, <a href= "https://www.linkedin.com/in/mebanefaber/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">LinkedIn</a> and <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKvWzzrVUA_DSCoKXL6GU2w">YouTube</a></p> <p>For detailed show notes, click <a href= "https://mebfaber.com/2022/02/16/e391-vinesh-jha/">here</a></p> <p>To learn more about our funds and follow us, subscribe to our <a href= "https://theideafarm.us1.list-manage.com/subscribe/post?u=6750faf5c6091bc898da154ff&id=7249739cdb" target="_blank" rel="noopener">mailing list</a> or visit us at <a href= "http://www.cambriainvestments.com/">cambriainvestments.com</a></p> <p>-----</p> <p>Today’s episode is sponsored by <a href= "https://theideafarm.com/">The Idea Farm</a>. The Idea Farm gives you access to over $100,000 worth of investing research, the kind usually read by only the world’s largest institutions, funds, and money managers. Join today and get access to quarter