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Re:Ask HN: What was your best passive income in 2016? by Inconel on Sunday December 11, 2016 @09:49PM (#13155128)
>high end systematic firms

I'm not familiar with this term, would you mind giving me a general description of what kind of investing these firms take part in?

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Re:Ask HN: What was your best passive income in 2016? by jamez1 on Sunday December 11, 2016 @11:53PM (#13155639)
"Algotrading" generally refers to execution algorithms only, despite popular culture's interpretation.

When the funds portfolio is decided based on a system your fund is systematic. It's an important distinction.

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