“JOSEPH PLAZO ON WHY ALGORITHMS STILL NEED HUMAN JUDGMENT”“MACHINES CAN TRADE. BUT CAN THEY GOVERN?”

During a speech delivered at one of Southeast Asia’s top business schools, the algorithmic investor and strategist Joseph Plazo argued that automation may have outpaced accountability.He offered a sober reminder: faster trades are not always wiser ones.“If you allow a machine to manage your portfolio,” he said, “ensure it reflects your prio

Joseph Plazo’s Hard Truths to Asia’s Next Generation of InvestorsAs machines increasingly shape markets, a unfiltered voice in the Philippines’ capital issues a sharp reminder that judgment still beats the algorithm—judgment, ethics, and gut.“AI won’t make you rich. But it will amplify your errors at scale.”That was Joseph Plazo’s b