In this special edition of ProgrammableWeb's Developers Rock Podcast from DC-Area API Meetup on Oct 1, 2019, Accrue Ltd. founder and CEO Benoit Brookens III talks about the concept of alternative data (data that at first seems unrelated to the trend you're analyzing) and how it can be used to improve predictive analysis. In his presentation, Brookens looks back at typhoons that were rated as 8 or higher and correlates their timing to movement in financial markets.

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https://www.programmableweb.com/news/dc-area-api-meetup-how-alternative-data-api-can-be-used-to-improve-predictive-analysis/analysis/2020/01/14

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