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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

<p>In early July, our sentiment indicators flagged a pending downturn in Brazilian equities as we saw the emergence of political risk in a wave of anti-Bolsonaro protests and new corruption scandals, along with Lula's re-emergence as the favored candidate for '22 (see <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/tmi-snapshots-brazil-macro-sentiment-peaking-pboc-easing-not-a-buy-signal-yet-crypto-sentiment" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:54390" rel="noopener">TMI Snapshots:  Brazil Macro Sentiment Peaking, PBOC Easing Not a Buy Signal Yet, Crypto Sentiment.)</a> In addition, we flagged Brazil's hydro crisis as key potential driver of inflationary shock, with spot electricity pricing set to double.</p><p>Although Brazil remains fragile, we are seeing early signs of a bottoming process as sentiment momentum has turned less negative following the Q3 selloff, and is no longer accelerating to the downside after 3 months of relentless deterioration from June to September:</p><section class="figure"><figure class="editor-figure mceNonEditable"><img src="https://static-prod.smartkarma.com/images/media/000/233/606/original/BRAZIL_SENTIMENT_OCTOBER.png?1633429628" class="editor-image img-responsive" data-smartkarma-image-id="233606"></figure><div class="content-caption">Brazil Sentiment Momentum (90D, STDEV Units) vs. EWZ</div> Correlation between our Brazil Macro Sentiment indicator and the iShares MSCI Brazil (EWZ) has been 92% in the T6M, 48% T12M and 47% T24M.  Brazil underperformed sharply in Q3, down -21% in USD terms vs. MSCI EM's -9%, with BRL down -9%.  Following this outlier move, it appears that EM fund positioning has turned neutral to slightly OW Brazil (along with only 2 other OWs in EM - Russia and India - as per EPFR.)</section><section class="figure"></section><div class="content-highlight"><section class="figure">TMI Data Science utilizes Natural Language Processing to build custom 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 macroeconomics, equity indexes/ETFs, commodities, currencies, fixed income &amp; individual equities. </section></div>

In early July, our sentiment indicators flagged a pending downturn in Brazilian equities as we saw the emergence of political risk in a wave of anti-Bolsonaro protests and new corruption scandals, along with Lula's re-emergence as the favored candidate for '22 (see TMI Snapshots:  Brazil Macro Sentiment Peaking, PBOC Easing Not a Buy Signal Yet, Crypto Sentiment.) In addition, we flagged Brazil's hydro crisis as key potential driver of inflationary shock, with spot electricity pricing set to double.Although Brazil remains fragile, we are seeing early signs of a bottoming process as sentiment momentum has turned less negative following the Q3 selloff, and is no longer accelerating to the downside after 3 months of relentless deterioration from June to September:Brazil Sentiment Momentum (90D, STDEV Units) vs. EWZ Correlation between our Brazil Macro Sentiment indicator and the iShares MSCI Brazil (EWZ) has been 92% in the T6M, 48% T12M and 47% T24M.  Brazil underperformed sharply in Q3, down -21% in USD terms vs. MSCI EM's -9%, with BRL down -9%.  Following this outlier move, it appears that EM fund positioning has turned neutral to slightly OW Brazil (along with only 2 other OWs in EM - Russia and India - as per EPFR.)TMI Data Science utilizes Natural Language Processing to build custom 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 macroeconomics, equity indexes/ETFs, commodities, currencies, fixed income &amp; individual equities. 

TMI Snapshot:  Early Signs of Bottoming in Brazil Macro Sentiment