The muni press covers the situation in Puerto Rico thoroughly and the investors read the muni press - so what nuggets of insight (i.e. information advantage) escape the investor? The fact is that [...]
If you work in the fixed income markets, you already realize the value of finding materially changing situations in local markets faster than anyone else. Today we poured 24 hours of [...]
A is for Agility
Are your markets changing faster than your information systems?
Markets are changing fast. Competitors are moving fast. Information is communicated faster every day. And it's going [...]
Bitvore Closes $4.5 Million Series A Funding
General Motors understands that the real-time web is filled with opportunities to service customers better. According to Digiday, GM is moving to bring their social media data in house so they can [...]
Harrisburg, Stockton, San Bernardino, Detroit and now … Connersville, Indiana. The city of 13,000 – southeast of Indianapolis – has been struggling in the wake of the 2007 closure of an auto parts [...]
Last week, Safeway – the nation’s number two supermarket chain – announced plans to merge with Albertson’s. Because Albertson’s is controlled by private equity firm Cerebrus, observers speculate that [...]
The MSRB EMMA system is a great start to learn about required material events affecting your municipal bond portfolio. But the event notifications posted on EMMA often appear after the fact, and only [...]
Marc Andreesen predicts the news industry will grow 10x to 100x over the next 20 years (link). That's great if you are a media publisher, but not great if you leverage information for business [...]