Assertion certainty 4/5 debate potential 2/5

David Loaiza: Most alternative data sets lack four years of history

David Loisa · Panel: Alternative Data in Financial Services (FirstMark's Data Driven) · Mar 24, 2017 · at 25:58

David Loaiza, data research lead at Point72 (Aperio), discusses the statistical limitations of modeling alternative data sets for quarterly financial forecasts.

0:00 / 0:01exact quote · 1.7s

▶ Watch the full episode on YouTube → 720p mp4 · rendered on demand · StarZero watermark

“Most data sets don't have four years.”

quote is from the automated transcript, cleaned for reading: filler sounds and stutters are removed, nothing is rephrased. names can be misheard (the analysis reads context, assessments check outside sources). how →

The claim, plainly

Most alternative data sets in financial services do not have four years of historical data.

a quote alone can be ambiguous, so this restates it with the references and context of the conversation around it resolved. AI-written; the tape below the player is the source.

How this resolves

Unresolvable because there is no comprehensive, standardized public inventory of all alternative data sets to objectively verify whether the majority possess fewer than four years of historical data.

not yet assessed: in the resolution queue (grounded fact checks run in waves; this one's next)

Mentioned

David Loaiza Point72

⚑ Spot an error? Report it

More from David Loisa

Assertion Not checkable as stated

David Loaiza: Roughly 80% of alternative data sold by vendors is duplicated

“You see people taking data from that set, and you compare it, it's about 80% the same data that someone is selling it.”

David Loisa Mar 24, 2017 ▶ 41:51 Panel: Alternative Data in Financial Services (FirstMark's Data Driven)

David Loaiza: Most alternative data sets lack four years of history

More from David Loisa

Turn any episode into a week of clips.