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One of the newest areas of development in major financial centers around the world is news analytics: evaluating news, weather and other non-market data about stocks to anticipate positive or negative price movement.
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Relating news analytics to stock returns News analytics, as defined in a current reading by experts David Leinweber and Jacob Sisk, measure the effect on stock price of the sentiment, timeliness, relevance and volume of news about a particular instrument. Leinweber and Sisk highlight some of the major factors in news analytics, including the latency from the first publication of a significant news event and the impact on different market cap groups (not surprisingly, small caps are typically more affected than large caps). Sybase delivers valuable insights Sybase is already a lead player in news analytics, working with partners such as Dow-Jones to help deliver key insights to customers. The value that Sybase brings is the ability to store and query very large amounts of unstructured data, including news reports and weather data. Sybase solutions give customers the ability to customize basic news analysis algorithms for specific stocks, markets or geographies, providing a strategic edge in one area of expertise over the rest of the market. Unique opportunity Sybase provides the only solution that combines the components that can identify market opportunities in real time with the depth of historical data to make better, more informed decisions on an ad hoc basis. In a time where computers are edging human traders out of their roles, Sybase is focused on providing the best of both – ultra-low latency monitoring of markets and other relevant sources of data, with high speed historical analysis for quants and traders looking for in-depth insight. Key Sybase products include: |
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