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    What is Alternative Data?

    Alternative data is a significant yet underutilized source of intelligence, offering insights beyond traditional financial data. Insights derived from non-traditional data sources, such as anonymized consumer transactions to healthcare data, can provide valuable information and facilitate detailed analysis of companies, industries, and market trends. Leverage this data to gain a competitive edge and comprehensive view of the market landscape.

    Alternative data is a significant yet underutilized source of intelligence, offering insights beyond traditional financial data. Insights derived from non-traditional data sources, such as anonymized consumer transactions to healthcare data, can provide valuable information and facilitate detailed analysis of companies, industries, and market trends. Leverage this data to gain a competitive edge and comprehensive view of the market landscape.

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    Monetize Your Data with Nasdaq

    As your firm seeks to turn unused data into a revenue-generating asset, Nasdaq is dedicated to enhancing market transparency and providing clients with valuable insights from untapped data sources. Partner with Nasdaq to transform your raw data into measurable and actionable insights on Nasdaq Data Link today.

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    As your firm seeks to turn unused data into a revenue-generating asset, Nasdaq is dedicated to enhancing market transparency and providing clients with valuable insights from untapped data sources. Partner with Nasdaq to transform your raw data into measurable and actionable insights on Nasdaq Data Link today.

    Learn more ->

    Why Nasdaq Alternative Data?

    Whether you are a hedge fund, private equity firm, traditional asset manager or beyond, leverage Nasdaq’s expansive suite of alternative data products that span geographies, asset classes, and industries. At Nasdaq, we specialize in sourcing , evaluating, and productizing undiscovered data assets, and transforming them into quantified, exclusive actionable intelligence. Find the right reliable data solution that will help you generate untapped alpha, uncover industry trends, assess market share, forecast revenues, and get ahead of the industry and competitors today.

    Whether you are a hedge fund, private equity firm, traditional asset manager or beyond, leverage Nasdaq’s expansive suite of alternative data products that span geographies, asset classes, and industries. At Nasdaq, we specialize in sourcing , evaluating, and productizing undiscovered data assets, and transforming them into quantified, exclusive actionable intelligence. Find the right reliable data solution that will help you generate untapped alpha, uncover industry trends, assess market share, forecast revenues, and get ahead of the industry and competitors today.

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    Join the Trailblazers in Your Industry: Alternative Data Users

    Nasdaq Alternative Data Features

    Unique, expansive, exclusive, and powerful solutions created with the end-user in mind

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    A Comprehensive Suite of Data Solutions

    • Geographies: From global datasets to country-specific data, the suite offers intelligence from various regions around the world.
    • Asset classes: Insights into the equity markets and beyond, including fixed income and commodity markets. Monitor your portfolio more thoroughly.
    • Industries and Sectors: Gain a wealth of insights into various industries and sectors, ranging from consumer shopping behavior to natural resource data.
    • Geographies: From global datasets to country-specific data, the suite offers intelligence from various regions around the world.
    • Asset classes: Insights into the equity markets and beyond, including fixed income and commodity markets. Monitor your portfolio more thoroughly.
    • Industries and Sectors: Gain a wealth of insights into various industries and sectors, ranging from consumer shopping behavior to natural resource data.
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    Productized & Packaged Feeds

    • Nasdaq's data science team uses proprietary technology and financial engineering expertise to evaluate each dataset for predictive power, reliability, and compliance. High-quality datasets are then organized, structured for easy access, and added to the platform.
    • Organization, documentation, expert support, and quality control are prioritized.
    • Nasdaq's data science team uses proprietary technology and financial engineering expertise to evaluate each dataset for predictive power, reliability, and compliance. High-quality datasets are then organized, structured for easy access, and added to the platform.
    • Organization, documentation, expert support, and quality control are prioritized.
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    Seamless Integration

    Accessible via Nasdaq Data Link. Nasdaq Data Link has integrations with most major languages and analytical tools including R, Python, Excel, Ruby, and via API.

    Accessible via Nasdaq Data Link. Nasdaq Data Link has integrations with most major languages and analytical tools including R, Python, Excel, Ruby, and via API.

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    How to Use Alternative Data?

    Fuel your trading models, investment decisions, and company assessments with powerful insights from Nasdaq Alternative Data. Understand a few ways leaders in the industry are using our Alternative Data products today:

    • Systematic and quantitative investors use our datasets for strong trading signals on a wide range of stocks.
    • Track retail trading activity with daily insights into retail buying and selling volume.
    • Utilize Merchant sales data to forecast the UK food delivery companies' performance before earnings release.
    • Analyze the pharmaceutical landscape by tracking current US drug trends to identify emerging drugs, companies, and shifts in market share. 

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