Wrestling the world into rows with Eric Mannes

Signals and Threads by Jane Street

Sep 2, 202601:25:00Technology

"Alternative data" is Wall Street's name for information that comes from non-traditional sources: satellite photos of parking lots, credit card panels, weather forecasts. Eric Mannes has spent over a decade at Jane Stree...

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