Managing Director

Elan Gore

TMI Data Science

TMI Data Science utilizes Natural Language Processing to build custom leading indicators using unstructured data sourced from the global financial, trade & traditional media.  Our proprietary software, TMI Machine, is a text-mining platform designed with the buy-side & capital markets professional in mind, text-mining the global media to discern and quantify nuanced qualitative shifts in press coverage as they apply to macroeconomics, equity indexes/ETFs, commodities, currencies, fixed income & individual equities.  TMI provides custom leading indicators and systematic trading strategies, operating at the nexus of linguistics & statistics drawing on vast experience in investment banking and hedge fund settings in senior quantitative and fundamental roles.  

TMI Data Science was founded by Elan Gore, an award-winning Senior Global Basic Materials Equity Analyst & China Economist with 15 years of experience in North American hedge funds & institutional managers; and Alessandro Porrino, Ph.D., an Algorithmic Trading Analyst and Programmer with 10 years of front-office experience ranging from complex FX option pricing to auto-hedging strategies at Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Standard Chartered.  Mr. Gore holds an MBA in Finance from New York University Stern School of Business, and Mr. Porrino holds a Ph.D. in Systems Engineering from Brunel University London.

Macroeconomics

<ul>
<li>In <a href="https://www.clevelandfed.org/en/newsroom-and-events/publications/cfed-district-data-briefs/cfddb-20210205-did-the-covid-19-pandemic-cause-an-urban-exodus.aspx" target="_blank" rel="noopener">"Did the COVID-19 Pandemic Cause an Urban Exodus?"</a> Stephen Whitaker of the Cleveland Fed recently examined granular US urban migration data for 2020, concluding that the rate of decline in urban inward migration has been a much more significant driver of net urban population flow than active "urban flight"</li>
<li>Average monthly relocations into urban centers were down -18K/month on average or -7.6% from March-December 2020 relative to the previous 3 years, whereas average monthly relocations out of urban centers were up just +10K/month on average or +3.8%</li>
<li>The data potentially implies greater-than-expected pent-up demand for urban housing per "unit" of increased post-pandemic confidence</li>
<li>Our text-mining saw media coverage of the De-urbanization/Urban Flight theme reach peak momentum in Q3 2020; recently, an Urban Recovery/Return to Cities theme is starting to trend higher as normalized post-pandemic urban life finally appears within reach, along with an incipient "return to the office" theme</li>
<li>Early signs of recovery are showing in recent urban housing data from Redfin, RealPage, the National Multifamily Housing Council and Douglas Elliman</li>
<li>A perceived structural overhang on urban life is the notion of permanent WFH; but the outlook for office work appears less dire as post-pandemic confidence improves on the margin</li>
<li>The trajectory of urban migration post-pandemic will have far-reaching implications for a range of themes, from commercial property &amp; REIT recovery to multifamily construction, retail, dining, municipal finances and CPI</li>
</ul><div class="content-highlight"><p>TMI Data Science utilizes Natural Language Processing to build leading indicators using unstructured data sourced from the global financial, trade &amp; traditional media. Our proprietary tools text-mine the global media to discern and quantify nuanced qualitative shifts in press coverage as they apply to macro, equity indexes/ETFs, commodities, currencies, fixed income &amp; equities. </p></div>


In "Did the COVID-19 Pandemic Cause an Urban Exodus?" Stephen Whitaker of the Cleveland Fed recently examined granular US urban migration data for 2020, concluding that the rate of decline in urban inward migration has been a much more significant driver of net urban population flow than active "urban flight"
Average monthly relocations into urban centers were down -18K/month on average or -7.6% from March-December 2020 relative to the previous 3 years, whereas average monthly relocations out of urban centers were up just +10K/month on average or +3.8%
The data potentially implies greater-than-expected pent-up demand for urban housing per "unit" of increased post-pandemic confidence
Our text-mining saw media coverage of the De-urbanization/Urban Flight theme reach peak momentum in Q3 2020; recently, an Urban Recovery/Return to Cities theme is starting to trend higher as normalized post-pandemic urban life finally appears within reach, along with an incipient "return to the office" theme
Early signs of recovery are showing in recent urban housing data from Redfin, RealPage, the National Multifamily Housing Council and Douglas Elliman
A perceived structural overhang on urban life is the notion of permanent WFH; but the outlook for office work appears less dire as post-pandemic confidence improves on the margin
The trajectory of urban migration post-pandemic will have far-reaching implications for a range of themes, from commercial property &amp; REIT recovery to multifamily construction, retail, dining, municipal finances and CPI
TMI Data Science utilizes Natural Language Processing to build leading indicators using unstructured data sourced from the global financial, trade &amp; traditional media. Our proprietary tools text-mine the global media to discern and quantify nuanced qualitative shifts in press coverage as they apply to macro, equity indexes/ETFs, commodities, currencies, fixed income &amp; equities. 

TMI Snapshot:  De-Urbanization or Urban Recovery?