TCRI Watchdog

TCRI Watchdog (WD) converts complex news and announcements into standardized quantitative alternative data. Building on our research into "Official Announcements (Source P)" and "Media News (Source N)," we have confirmed that disclosure channels directly dictate the speed and structure of market digestion. This chapter moves from macro "Event Categories" to micro "Source × Sub-category" dimensions to capture actionable Alpha within granular events. Focusing on high-sensitivity "Corporate Control Events," we analyze the signal heterogeneity between Source P and Source N. We further demonstrate how these high-precision signals assist investors in optimizing entry timing and hedging strategies.

TEJ held the “TCRI 2026 Industry Outlook Seminar” on March 20, offering an in-depth analysis of how the rapidly changing global political and economic landscape is affecting Taiwan’s industries and creating new development opportunities. The seminar also explored how the rapid evolution of AI is shaping a polarized development pattern in Taiwan’s electronics industry.  The seminar covered a broad range of macro-level topics, including the impact of the Middle East conflict on the international political and economic environment, the challenges and transformation faced by traditional industries amid geopolitical tensions, and how Taiwan’s electronics industry is diverging into two distinct development trajectories under the AI trend. The seminar aimed to provide Taiwan’s industrial sector with a clearer roadmap for future development.

While Part I establishes that news events generate identifiable market reactions, the informational content of news varies widely—from industry developments and financial disclosures to management changes and corporate crises. Event intensity alone is insufficient to explain these differences. Accordingly, this section decomposes news events into five categories (A, I, M, F, R) and examines whether markets respond systematically differently across news types.

Introduction: News as an Event-Based Market Signal In today’s highly real-time and information-saturated markets, news media no longer merely serve as post-hoc explanations of price movements. Instead, they have become a critical channel through which market expectations are formed and sentiment spreads. Compared with structured disclosures such as regulatory penalties or official disclosures via the […]

Great connecting with the global quant and data community at the Neudata Data Summit in New York! We enjoyed sharing how TEJ’s Point-in-Time Financials, alternative data for sentiment signals, and our Factor Library for the Taiwan market are helping investors build stronger models and uncover new insights.

TCRI Watchdog classifies all events into 5 major categories: Accounting, Industry Prospects, Management & Governance, Market Transactions, and Crisis Events. We analyze how each category affects stock prices, compare their reaction magnitudes and persistence, and highlight which types of information serve as the most important early-warning signals for investors.

Discover how TCRI Watchdog quantifies material announcements and reveals the asymmetric market impact of event intensity. Learn why negative events drive deeper, longer price reactions and how investors can use event-based signals to enhance risk monitoring and strategy design. We find that higher-ranked portfolios deliver significant short-term excess returns, while predictive power weakens over longer horizons. The results highlight the practical value of Point-in-Time financial data for quantitative factor investing and underscore its role in building replicable, data-driven investment strategies.

In Aug 2025, TEJ’s TCRI Webinar reviewed semiconductors, shipping, construction, and manufacturing, outlining key risks and opportunities amid global uncertainty.

On March 28, 2025, Taiwan Economic Journal (TEJ) hosted the "TCRI 2025 Industry Outlook Seminar," providing an in-depth analysis of the complex global economic landscape and its impact on Taiwanese industries. The seminar emphasized the burgeoning potential of AI technologies and covered international political and economic developments, challenges faced by traditional industries, and strategies for the electronics sector amidst trade wars and technological competition.​

For banks and investment institutions, managing corporate credit risk is a critical aspect of securing sound lending and investment decisions. The ability to detect potential risks before they escalate can define the success or failure of an investment strategy. In today's fast-paced financial landscape, having the right tools to evaluate creditworthiness is more important than ever.

TEJ has successfully undergone rigorous screening processes on both platforms, providing alternative data and point-in-time data for Asian stock markets. This empowers efficient information retrieval, resolving data collection challenges in investment research.

TCRI Watchdog (WD) is a structured event-intensity dataset covering all publicly listed and OTC companies in Taiwan. Built on TEJ’s long-standing credit research framework, TCRI WD transforms corporate disclosures, regulatory announcements, and major media coverage into standardized event scores ranging from –3 to +3.