# My ‘Greed-Oriented’ Algorithm is Telling Me to Buy Stocks

1 Opinion March 27, 2020 MarketWatch ![Vasant Dhar](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/vdhar-article.jpg?itok=pbljmsFi) By Vasant Dhar >

As the stock market responds to the coronavirus pandemic, should you buy U.S. stocks now or wait?

I created a machine-learning-based hedge fund that has managed institutional capital systematically for over 10 years. One of my “greed oriented” algorithms sees the plunge in the equity market SPX, 2.392% as a good time to buy, even as humans are gripped by fear. I agree, and suggest you consider taking its advice with a long view.

Algorithms offer useful, unemotional information during times of panic. While exact market bottoms are difficult to predict, the market will recover. The question is when, and how do I leverage the current opportunity to potentially see large returns when it does?

Read the full [*MarketWatch* article](https://www.marketwatch.com/story/my-greed-oriented-algorithm-is-telling-me-to-buy-stocks-2020-03-27).

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*Vasant Dhar is a Professor of Information Systems.*## More from Vasant Dhar

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