Human + machine in investing is better than either in isolation

Nick Thomas-Peter | Winton Group | 22 August 2018 | 0.50 CE

Systematic investment managers are entirely reliant on technology to access and process enormous volumes of data through trading algorithms, and to trade hundreds of markets globally. The scale, speed and consistency achievable by these machines cannot be replicated by humans. But randomness can make the data lie. To future proof portfolios, you need human skill and judgment to distinguish betwee...