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Increased Bloomberg Terminal Sales Are A Signal Humans Are Not Getting Wiped Out By Automation

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Mark Melin
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There are two factors driving computer automation fears: complete elimination of jobs and that a “human logic” will be taken away in decision making. To the extreme, there are fears that robots will engage in a dastardly plot to dominate human free will. And then there is a reality, which might possibly be seen through the lens of increasing Bloomberg terminal subscriptions.

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Bloomberg terminal sales increase is a sign humans are not extinct on Wall Street... yet

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Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.