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Can Robots Invest Better Than Us?

By Andy Gordon on November 16, 2020

Can robots invest better than you or I can?  That’s the fundamental question asked — and only partly answered — by six researchers who built an investment algorithm. The researchers compared the algorithm’s performance with the returns of 255 angel investors. The algorithm used the same data — pitch material, social media profiles, websites, etc. — that was available to the angel investors at the time.  The study, whose results were published in the…