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Even with AI, humans still crucial in investing

When it comes to managing long-term portfolios, there are too many moving parts in financial markets for Artificial Intelligence to get its mechanical head around.

    Published Tue, Jan 16, 2018 · 09:50 PM

    MACHINES are starting to take the place of the people who flip burgers, drive across town and, lately, manage stock portfolios.

    Artificial intelligence (AI) is taking on a bigger role in making investment decisions.

    AI, including an ability to analyse data and actually learn from it, is considered useful in executing certain investing models, such as high-frequency trading, and in helping fund managers with tasks that rely on gathering and interpreting reams of information. Going a step further, an exchange-traded fund (ETF) introduced in October uses AI algorithms to choose long-term stock holdings.

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