MarketBrief (YC S11) Makes Obtuse SEC Documents Human-Friendly
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Re: MarketBrief (YC S11) Makes Obtuse SEC Documents Human-Friendly
#2If they had an API, or a machine-readable format that contained only the data from each SEC filing, I would be very interested.
Re: MarketBrief (YC S11) Makes Obtuse SEC Documents Human-Friendly
#3This is one of those opportunities that seems blindingly obvious in hindsight - the amount of data being pushed out daily is way beyond what any of us can process, especially in the typical SEC language. Turning it into meaningful (or at least, understandable) info changes the dynamic entirely - I can skim a document now and know if it's worth finishing. And being able to pump high-value, legible, auto-generated financial news across to other networks is an opportunity that boggles the mind.
The mention of other sources (FDA, etc.) also makes a ton of sense I hadn't thought of. I wonder if we'll see the day of mostly-generated news with humans mainly being editors?
One question: the included screenshot has the sentence, "I've included a few more notes from..." - is that auto-generated, or is that an editor's note?
Re: MarketBrief (YC S11) Makes Obtuse SEC Documents Human-Friendly
#4If they are automatically generating all the articles on the site that is quite impressive.
Re: MarketBrief (YC S11) Makes Obtuse SEC Documents Human-Friendly
#5So who is the target audience? Finance pros can already read SEC filings.
SEO is the only obvious source of traffic and money I can think of.
Re: MarketBrief (YC S11) Makes Obtuse SEC Documents Human-Friendly
#6If they had an API, or a machine-readable format that contained only the data from each SEC filing, I would be very interested.
the SEC already makes filing data available in machine readable format - it's called XBRL. I don't think all companies are on it now, but there's a mandate that will force all companies to eventually do it
Re: MarketBrief (YC S11) Makes Obtuse SEC Documents Human-Friendly
#7I'd be interested to know how Google feels about automatically generating content from other content like this - at first glance it looks like a regular article, but after you read a few it's clear that they have some sort of dynamic template for the content. More legit than a content farm I suppose, but it's not necessarily high quality either.
Re: MarketBrief (YC S11) Makes Obtuse SEC Documents Human-Friendly
#8So who is the target audience? Finance pros can already read SEC filings. SEO is the only obvious source of traffic and money I can think of.
Their pro package is cheap for an analyst data service.
Re: MarketBrief (YC S11) Makes Obtuse SEC Documents Human-Friendly
#9If they had an API, or a machine-readable format that contained only the data from each SEC filing, I would be very interested.
the SEC already makes filing data available in machine readable format - it's called XBRL. I don't think all companies are on it now, but there's a mandate that will force all companies to eventually do it
Shows how behind I am; thanks!
Re: MarketBrief (YC S11) Makes Obtuse SEC Documents Human-Friendly
#10I'd be interested to know how Google feels about automatically generating content from other content like this - at first glance it looks like a regular article, but after you read a few it's clear that they have some sort of dynamic template for the content. More legit than a content farm I suppose, but it's not necessarily high quality either.
Thanks for checking out MarketBrief. We just launched our financial news service, but we're constantly iterating on the quality and analysis of our articles, and our sights are set much higher than simply churning content.