Analysis Why Machine Learning Hasn't Made Investors Smarter

Hedge funds have been in the doldrums and face mounting pressure to justify their fees. Will artificial intelligence come to the rescue? A growing number of hedge funds are putting money behind the idea that a branch of AI called machine learning could provide a way to get back on top. A software program that searches for regularly occurring patterns in more data than even the most sleep-deprived junior analyst could examine, and then tests its hypotheses against even more data. What can satellite shots of mall parking lots tell you when combined with in-store sales data?