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title: Big Data's Impact on Analysts
url: https://www.ml-quant.com/papers/ssrn/4679197/
site: ML-Quant (https://www.ml-quant.com)
updated: 2026-09-26
license: Summaries CC BY 4.0; links go to the original sources
index: https://www.ml-quant.com/llms.txt
identifier: SSRN 4679197
source_url: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4679197
featured: 2024-01-03
citations: unknown
topic: Trading, Microstructure & Execution
---


# Big Data's Impact on Analysts

Sell-side analysts using alternative data in their analyses generate more accurate earnings forecasts and earn higher trading commissions.

- Source: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4679197
- Identifier: SSRN 4679197
- Released: 2022-02-15
- First featured: Quant Letter No. 31 (2024-01-03): https://www.ml-quant.com/issues/2024-01-03/
- Citations (Semantic Scholar): not tracked
- Published in: not yet
- Topic: Trading, Microstructure & Execution

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