Prognosis

Wall Street Forges a New Deal With Data in Coronavirus Age

  • Investors monitoring Covid-19 data, high-frequency metrics
  • Examples include hospitalization rate, demographics, TSA data

New York Stock Exchange on Wall Street in New York, U.S.

Photographer: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg
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Alternative data has been a buzzword on Wall Street for years. Never has demand been greater than during the coronavirus era.