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ML forecasts trump analyst coverage over long horizons: Research

Machine learning forecasts of corporate earnings outperform analyst forecasts, by revealing new information, economically important predictors and capturing non-linear relationships. Investors can use ML models as a less-biased forecast and a decision-making tool for when there is a vacuum of analyst coverage, an award-winning research paper has found. 
Darcy SongFebruary 12, 2025
Technology

Investors spot key AI applications in portfolio management

AI can add value in almost every part of the investment process, including manager selection and monitoring and risk management, providing support in information gathering and analysis, sometimes from non-traditional and hard-to-access data sources, according to a new CFA Institute Research and Policy Center report.
Darcy SongDecember 19, 2024
FIS Oxford 2024

‘Opportunity to lose a lot of money’ in net zero investments

Allocating capital to net zero opportunities doesn’t mean investors are prepared to do charity. In a universe of potential transition solutions, Battcock Professor of Environmental Economics Cameron Hepburn at the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, University of Oxford said investors should look at them with some filters.
Darcy SongNovember 27, 2024
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