# Professor Vasant Dhar weighs in on the future of computer-generated investment advice

1 Faculty News March 15, 2016 ![Fast Company logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/uat_026723.jpg?itok=PGORMP3v)>

Excerpt from [Fast Company](http://www.fastcoexist.com/3057514/your-data-footprint-is-affecting-your-life-in-ways-you-cant-even-imagine) -- "Personal finance is another new area for algorithmic, data-driven predictions, with a number of new 'robo-advisor' apps. 'We’re getting used to computers actually being pretty credible in terms of the recommendations they make,' says [Vasant Dhar](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/vasant-dhar), a professor at NYU’s Stern School of Business and its Center for Data Science. 'It’s not that much of a stretch, where \[a computer\] actually says, here’s what I suggest with your portfolio.''

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