How hedge funds count Walmart parking-lot cars from space to beat earnings
TheIshanGoswami · x · 2026-10-31
Hedge funds buy satellite photos of Walmart parking lots and gauge how full they are: fuller lots mean more cars and higher sales, letting them estimate Walmart's revenue before the official announcement. That information edge is the arbitrage behind this classic alternative-data trade.
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