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by user90131313 760 days ago
Sorry but LLM's are not even good at math so I don't understand how they can beat index if they're a lot worst then avg STEM graduate.
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Math isn't a requirement. There are plenty of examples of a dart-based portfolio (sometimes thrown by monkeys) beating or matching a beskpoke, artisanal, investment professional stock picks.
What a great description of decisions driven by LLMs.
even so, unless I misunderstand... LLM are most likely to pick what they've seen the most, ie: what is the most common recommendation it's seen during training; barring rlhf anyway
I published the all the methodologies and data, do take a look if you're curious.