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Yes^. RenTech and lots of other funds routinely source non-financial data to back out nonpublic information. It's not illegal and it's not unique to them. Examp
by throwawaymath 7y ago
Yes^. RenTech and lots of other funds routinely source non-financial data to back out nonpublic information. It's not illegal and it's not unique to them. Examples are things like real estate documents, weather data, public activities of executives, satellite imagery, credit card transactions (Second Measure), DNS data, location data (Thasus, Foursquare), etc...