Artificial Intelligence in Equity and Crypto Markets: Progress, Profitability Evidence, and the Limits of Automated Investing

arXiv:2609.04917 · cs.AI, q-fin.PM, q-fin.TR · Submitted 2026-09-04 · Read on arXiv

cs.AI, q-fin.PM, q-fin.TR

Submitted: 2026-09-04

Updated: 2026-09-04

Comments: Review article. 32 pages, 1 figure, 5 tables. Literature cutoff: 31 August 2026

License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/

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• Artificial Intelligence (AI) — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
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• Foundation Model — 1× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
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• Reinforcement Learning — 1× in this paper · explained in 4 episodes

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